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 September 2006 September 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 3,215,703 3,783,565 3,299,814 3,399,852 North America 1,109,346 1,044,397 1,164,743 1,000,115 Canada 803,771 841,008 826,694 767,934 Mexico 305,576 203,389 338,049 232,181 Europe 1,240,400 1,565,169 1,175,654 1,431,126 European Union 991,469 1,353,024 964,335 1,212,033 Austria 84,269 132,035 64,336 110,407 Belgium 29,890 53,073 25,063 37,459 Czech Republic 37,828 43,588 28,839 28,684 Finland 13,697 14,436 8,402 11,662 France 108,933 181,564 98,226 155,788 Germany 269,718 390,013 280,425 341,763 Hungary 12 37 6 36 Italy 45,655 63,282 40,547 66,306 Netherlands 98,213 66,580 56,319 42,201 Poland 3,457 5,049 14,648 19,213 Spain 122,172 114,929 110,572 99,335 Sweden 115,615 188,503 116,503 163,815 United Kingdom 53,810 78,220 75,776 94,066 Other EU 8,200 21,714 44,675 41,297 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 28,749 12,330 96 580 Russia 69,659 89,679 76,764 84,663 Switzerland 1,827 5,707 1,157 2,667 Turkey 15,971 11,788 11,227 11,805 Ukraine 43,835 45,963 72,965 81,517 Other Europe 88,889 46,677 49,111 37,860 Euro Area 772,945 1,016,235 687,057 867,563 Pacific Rim Countries 732,646 997,483 533,209 658,033 Australia 117 402 951 2,298 China 211,517 263,241 98,535 119,684 Indonesia 1,078 2,841 1,616 2,010 Japan 414,087 614,015 351,180 436,098 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 105,463 116,708 80,885 97,892 Hong Kong (-) (-) 12 35 Korea 95,542 88,933 67,553 65,962 Singapore 51 113 944 714 Taiwan 9,869 27,662 12,376 31,181 Other Pacific Rim 384 277 43 51 South/Central America 100,803 137,278 407,483 289,833 Argentina 7,278 20,455 9,837 18,258 Brazil 79,811 102,541 388,619 262,605 Chile (-) (-) 297 471 Colombia 4,148 5,665 3,152 3,421 Venezuela 65 54 1,880 2,026 Other S/C A 9,502 8,563 3,697 3,051 Other Countries 32,508 39,238 18,725 20,745 Egypt (-) (-) 5 5 India 23,529 32,126 11,784 14,603 South Africa 8,765 6,774 5,176 4,541 Thailand 41 85 1,259 886 Other 174 253 500 711 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 October 2006 (CB-06-172)