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 December 2006 December 2005 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 4,336,006 5,207,879 4,295,770 4,541,753 North America 1,530,815 1,464,911 1,565,746 1,337,008 Canada 1,074,336 1,155,599 1,112,442 1,033,120 Mexico 456,479 309,312 453,304 303,888 Europe 1,626,999 2,135,907 1,555,982 1,925,997 European Union 1,436,123 1,914,456 1,361,694 1,700,161 Austria 111,948 177,962 85,320 147,984 Belgium 38,782 74,082 34,400 50,790 Czech Republic 44,039 52,975 34,797 35,906 Finland 16,967 20,428 13,264 16,269 France 145,885 245,761 135,345 215,443 Germany 376,813 549,779 384,817 483,704 Hungary 18 56 8 43 Italy 63,690 95,259 57,310 87,910 Netherlands 140,239 95,984 87,626 60,475 Poland 3,800 5,581 19,667 25,850 Spain 145,649 141,643 152,544 132,924 Sweden 161,566 256,093 157,822 227,716 United Kingdom 74,839 114,846 98,162 122,542 Other EU 111,888 84,007 100,613 92,604 Moldova 3 3 (-) (-) Norway 28,764 12,625 100 620 Russia 86,710 125,389 93,428 113,323 Switzerland 2,769 9,009 1,473 3,505 Turkey 16,270 12,192 12,170 12,821 Ukraine 56,352 62,224 79,299 89,512 Other Europe 9 10 7,818 6,056 Euro Area 1,050,916 1,429,007 965,344 1,231,695 Pacific Rim Countries 1,003,361 1,369,911 709,266 916,668 Australia 153 525 983 2,458 China 312,666 396,196 135,528 175,926 Indonesia 1,078 2,841 1,616 2,010 Japan 542,693 803,173 473,135 613,697 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 146,094 166,749 97,960 122,527 Hong Kong (-) (-) 12 35 Korea 133,152 126,799 81,726 80,679 Singapore 63 155 944 714 Taiwan 12,879 39,795 15,278 41,099 Other Pacific Rim 677 427 43 51 South/Central America 127,915 180,253 438,648 331,166 Argentina 7,766 21,959 13,211 25,449 Brazil 97,901 133,495 406,082 289,008 Chile 3 5 297 471 Colombia 11,018 15,463 9,035 8,785 Venezuela 65 54 1,881 2,034 Other S/C A 11,162 9,277 8,141 5,419 Other Countries 46,916 56,898 26,128 30,913 Egypt 3,215 751 5 5 India 32,238 43,236 18,223 23,042 South Africa 10,957 9,630 5,685 6,064 Thailand 122 2,134 1,715 1,092 Other 383 1,147 500 711 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 January 2007 (CB-07-28)