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 June 2006 June 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,103,915 2,417,747 2,335,177 2,351,258 North America 687,707 629,858 797,744 703,595 Canada 501,932 507,111 571,843 544,705 Mexico 185,775 122,747 225,902 158,890 Europe 852,980 1,045,085 810,028 969,713 European Union 668,606 897,934 654,086 817,506 Austria 55,606 86,397 36,547 67,021 Belgium 19,988 29,365 17,161 26,042 Czech Republic 24,009 28,191 22,741 20,905 Finland 9,176 8,921 5,687 7,655 France 75,497 124,092 68,126 106,928 Germany 182,868 263,542 190,043 223,559 Hungary 8 25 5 20 Italy 34,541 43,338 27,282 36,472 Netherlands 51,433 35,544 33,708 26,637 Poland 3,140 4,603 11,929 14,762 Spain 93,664 79,970 75,127 70,435 Sweden 79,594 130,844 92,036 124,649 United Kingdom 33,232 47,781 56,362 69,622 Other EU 5,851 15,322 17,333 22,797 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 10,357 4,183 94 552 Russia 56,145 63,048 58,633 58,964 Switzerland 1,217 4,054 823 1,840 Turkey 13,957 9,616 9,080 8,990 Ukraine 26,887 26,808 53,675 56,177 Other Europe 75,811 39,443 33,636 25,685 Euro Area 523,068 671,382 455,502 566,374 Pacific Rim Countries 487,209 632,201 360,018 421,465 Australia 72 272 754 1,937 China 133,641 156,651 60,893 69,878 Indonesia 252 467 1,616 2,010 Japan 291,331 404,939 237,872 279,943 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 61,877 69,835 58,840 67,648 Hong Kong (-) (-) 2 3 Korea 55,686 52,602 50,020 47,590 Singapore 44 82 8 10 Taiwan 6,147 17,151 8,811 20,045 Other Pacific Rim 37 38 42 49 South/Central America 52,892 83,260 353,739 241,685 Argentina 6,590 17,928 8,204 13,639 Brazil 38,983 56,177 338,601 221,053 Chile (-) (-) 297 471 Colombia 1,929 2,405 1,988 2,057 Venezuela 48 38 1,826 1,954 Other S/C A 5,341 6,712 2,823 2,510 Other Countries 23,128 27,343 13,648 14,799 Egypt (-) (-) 5 5 India 15,143 21,750 8,873 10,565 South Africa 7,832 5,354 3,143 2,842 Thailand 41 60 1,208 824 Other 112 178 419 563 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 July 2006 (CB-06-130)