Exhibit 4A: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Alloy Steel Products from Selected Countries and Areas: (Census Basis) Not Seasonally Adjusted Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding March 2006 March 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 1,061,417 1,177,326 1,024,840 1,020,409 North America 385,519 333,184 376,988 318,165 Canada 256,538 257,549 262,540 238,365 Mexico 128,981 75,634 114,448 79,801 Europe 381,086 476,787 352,679 412,103 European Union 303,257 413,598 282,578 349,347 Austria 24,883 39,203 15,742 28,981 Belgium 10,397 13,093 8,377 12,923 Czech Republic 8,979 11,435 7,127 6,101 Finland 4,170 3,654 2,752 4,169 France 31,945 57,788 31,977 45,119 Germany 86,120 118,385 79,458 94,153 Hungary 1 7 3 8 Italy 15,609 21,278 15,694 19,278 Netherlands 16,914 11,320 13,012 10,974 Poland 1,486 2,377 6,227 7,157 Spain 47,931 37,369 28,968 25,340 Sweden 33,546 64,538 42,568 53,006 United Kingdom 17,715 24,007 27,341 33,512 Other EU 3,560 9,146 3,333 8,627 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 8,505 2,944 33 32 Russia 26,327 27,639 24,774 22,894 Switzerland 672 2,394 512 975 Turkey 3,334 4,061 5,311 4,860 Ukraine 12,220 12,447 26,197 26,155 Other Europe 26,772 13,703 13,273 7,841 Euro Area 238,211 302,252 196,094 241,047 Pacific Rim Countries 253,815 310,539 178,265 201,967 Australia 26 122 363 738 China 61,788 66,658 30,584 34,895 Indonesia 252 467 406 526 Japan 161,558 209,781 120,858 136,388 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 30,162 33,493 26,040 29,397 Hong Kong (-) (-) 2 3 Korea 27,189 25,411 21,476 20,302 Singapore 7 14 5 4 Taiwan 2,966 8,067 4,558 9,088 Other Pacific Rim 29 18 14 23 South/Central America 29,763 45,479 110,366 80,966 Argentina 2,701 7,058 3,097 4,804 Brazil 25,281 33,604 104,187 73,404 Chile (-) (-) 297 471 Colombia 795 1,060 1,671 1,599 Venezuela (-) (-) 87 80 Other S/C A 987 3,758 1,027 608 Other Countries 11,233 11,338 6,542 7,208 Egypt (-) (-) (-) (-) India 5,290 7,740 5,224 5,838 South Africa 5,868 3,474 1,183 1,194 Thailand 41 60 46 47 Other 34 64 89 129 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html. CONTACT: For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary April 2006 (CB-06-78)