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 November 2006 November 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 3,984,315 4,742,444 3,942,585 4,142,847 North America 1,409,021 1,335,814 1,408,692 1,212,144 Canada 989,574 1,052,820 1,018,800 945,507 Mexico 419,447 282,994 389,892 266,637 Europe 1,504,107 1,946,708 1,432,842 1,764,152 European Union 1,224,716 1,693,583 1,195,786 1,508,869 Austria 105,236 165,548 79,779 138,215 Belgium 35,580 69,595 31,171 45,520 Czech Republic 43,756 52,231 33,619 33,989 Finland 15,510 18,054 10,361 14,076 France 135,612 226,916 121,573 195,641 Germany 337,142 489,080 348,761 433,023 Hungary 18 53 6 36 Italy 58,053 86,352 51,391 79,425 Netherlands 125,719 85,992 76,249 54,271 Poland 3,718 5,462 19,596 25,608 Spain 140,482 133,827 143,264 122,204 Sweden 143,004 229,402 147,287 209,523 United Kingdom 71,136 105,206 85,207 108,858 Other EU 9,750 25,866 47,523 48,482 Moldova 3 3 (-) (-) Norway 28,763 12,622 100 620 Russia 78,606 107,924 89,367 104,002 Switzerland 2,563 8,387 1,325 3,152 Turkey 16,232 12,152 12,147 12,798 Ukraine 53,998 58,606 79,213 89,302 Other Europe 99,226 53,431 54,904 45,409 Euro Area 953,802 1,275,758 866,193 1,085,423 Pacific Rim Countries 903,377 1,235,862 646,129 818,521 Australia 128 430 967 2,375 China 269,657 338,989 123,454 159,109 Indonesia 1,078 2,841 1,616 2,010 Japan 502,594 746,364 429,371 541,531 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 129,243 146,811 90,678 113,446 Hong Kong (-) (-) 12 35 Korea 117,149 110,318 75,247 74,528 Singapore 58 144 944 714 Taiwan 12,037 36,349 14,474 38,169 Other Pacific Rim 677 427 43 51 South/Central America 121,732 170,330 433,580 322,884 Argentina 7,657 21,615 12,671 24,075 Brazil 94,558 126,378 402,985 283,027 Chile (-) (-) 297 471 Colombia 9,830 13,678 7,632 7,905 Venezuela 65 54 1,880 2,026 Other S/C A 9,622 8,605 8,115 5,379 Other Countries 46,079 53,730 21,341 25,147 Egypt 3,215 751 5 5 India 31,610 42,614 13,933 17,662 South Africa 10,826 8,740 5,627 5,871 Thailand 57 493 1,276 898 Other 371 1,133 500 711 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 December 2006 (CB-07-14)