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 October 2006 October 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 3,570,882 4,213,596 3,626,548 3,761,847 North America 1,229,963 1,175,277 1,302,703 1,108,391 Canada 897,773 950,005 927,494 853,186 Mexico 332,190 225,272 375,208 255,205 Europe 1,363,490 1,722,947 1,294,328 1,589,563 European Union 1,092,016 1,484,697 1,063,979 1,347,550 Austria 89,317 141,207 68,111 119,926 Belgium 30,841 54,684 28,461 42,057 Czech Republic 40,227 47,278 30,563 31,047 Finland 14,737 16,362 10,012 13,457 France 118,320 197,591 107,523 172,531 Germany 296,892 428,016 310,678 384,458 Hungary 15 45 6 36 Italy 54,108 74,649 44,133 71,791 Netherlands 112,745 76,736 67,940 48,946 Poland 3,699 5,436 19,477 25,303 Spain 132,667 123,545 123,346 108,982 Sweden 131,170 209,624 126,433 181,893 United Kingdom 58,368 85,832 81,338 102,405 Other EU 8,910 23,691 45,958 44,719 Moldova 3 3 0 0 Norway 28,761 12,602 96 580 Russia 77,095 103,046 85,682 95,573 Switzerland 2,010 6,314 1,224 2,827 Turkey 16,077 11,923 12,013 12,659 Ukraine 49,012 52,098 79,132 89,051 Other Europe 98,516 52,265 52,202 41,323 Euro Area 850,039 1,113,129 763,638 964,997 Pacific Rim Countries 826,521 1,118,548 591,218 735,258 Australia 127 422 951 2,304 China 239,148 299,781 111,289 138,452 Indonesia 1,078 2,841 1,616 2,010 Japan 464,429 682,043 391,895 487,089 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 121,076 133,042 85,424 105,352 Hong Kong 0 0 12 35 Korea 110,197 101,690 71,112 69,836 Singapore 58 144 944 714 Taiwan 10,821 31,208 13,356 34,767 Other Pacific Rim 663 418 43 51 South/Central America 111,545 152,350 418,091 305,549 Argentina 7,410 20,871 10,447 19,384 Brazil 89,268 115,536 394,090 272,952 Chile 0 0 297 471 Colombia 5,279 7,308 6,444 6,761 Venezuela 65 54 1,880 2,026 Other S/C A 9,523 8,580 4,932 3,955 Other Countries 39,361 44,475 20,209 23,086 Egypt 3,215 751 5 5 India 25,182 34,457 13,088 16,456 South Africa 10,597 8,287 5,357 5,029 Thailand 41 85 1,259 886 Other 327 895 500 711 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary November 2006 (CB-06-188)