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 August 2006 August 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,853,916 3,333,570 2,978,148 3,072,002 North America 973,171 911,991 1,020,028 891,134 Canada 709,485 736,891 730,255 690,192 Mexico 263,686 175,100 289,774 200,943 Europe 1,115,992 1,399,853 1,062,551 1,307,504 European Union 889,070 1,211,888 872,081 1,112,910 Austria 75,663 117,837 56,637 98,997 Belgium 26,491 45,572 23,795 36,121 Czech Republic 34,983 40,385 28,715 28,173 Finland 13,406 13,848 8,220 11,230 France 99,696 167,502 90,072 145,791 Germany 237,917 343,041 250,996 309,424 Hungary 12 37 6 30 Italy 44,146 60,327 37,931 61,772 Netherlands 82,085 56,021 40,645 32,820 Poland 3,342 4,893 14,159 18,244 Spain 115,764 107,159 104,087 92,363 Sweden 99,562 165,274 112,039 155,241 United Kingdom 48,248 69,532 67,824 85,842 Other EU 7,754 20,460 36,956 36,861 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 20,865 8,782 96 580 Russia 63,667 78,020 72,391 79,286 Switzerland 1,639 5,235 1,029 2,336 Turkey 15,309 10,943 9,379 9,365 Ukraine 37,448 39,684 60,235 66,200 Other Europe 87,993 45,300 47,340 36,826 Euro Area 695,529 911,588 615,545 791,139 Pacific Rim Countries 647,159 865,498 474,481 572,283 Australia 91 370 951 2,298 China 186,494 226,163 88,160 105,435 Indonesia 1,078 2,841 1,616 2,010 Japan 367,916 534,844 308,800 373,154 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 91,450 101,124 74,912 89,336 Hong Kong (-) (-) 12 35 Korea 82,862 77,385 63,752 61,975 Singapore 51 113 8 10 Taiwan 8,537 23,626 11,140 27,316 Other Pacific Rim 129 155 43 51 South/Central America 91,965 125,517 403,178 281,599 Argentina 7,059 19,742 9,283 16,727 Brazil 73,808 94,847 385,075 256,172 Chile (-) (-) 297 471 Colombia 2,041 2,582 3,091 3,261 Venezuela 48 38 1,860 1,984 Other S/C A 9,010 8,308 3,572 2,984 Other Countries 25,629 30,712 17,909 19,482 Egypt (-) (-) 5 5 India 16,854 24,205 11,052 13,507 South Africa 8,574 6,188 5,103 4,391 Thailand 41 85 1,259 886 Other 159 233 489 693 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 September 2006 (CB-06-158)