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 April 2007 April 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 1,453,660 1,866,927 1,427,390 1,603,520 North America 636,618 647,810 484,546 434,149 Canada 418,969 489,561 346,603 350,122 Mexico 217,649 158,250 137,944 84,027 Europe 447,150 700,878 554,759 675,906 European Union 400,418 630,392 478,329 605,537 Austria 41,477 59,508 36,677 55,039 Belgium 6,732 20,023 13,017 18,008 Czech Republic 19,935 25,437 16,619 19,704 Finland 2,635 5,146 5,233 5,071 France 65,672 108,043 49,323 82,370 Germany 113,929 192,026 120,076 170,410 Hungary 1 3 2 9 Italy 15,153 36,836 22,077 28,516 Netherlands 18,681 14,237 26,325 17,830 Poland 530 1,312 2,091 3,244 Spain 29,953 32,335 66,623 54,786 Sweden 52,382 80,184 49,366 85,737 United Kingdom 24,814 38,625 25,226 32,728 Other EU 8,523 16,678 45,674 32,086 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 2,705 1,868 10,231 3,991 Russia 20,621 42,167 33,005 35,712 Switzerland 632 2,586 894 3,112 Turkey 9,380 7,304 12,593 8,229 Ukraine 13,380 16,548 19,701 19,317 Other Europe 13 15 6 7 Euro Area 298,758 477,893 342,992 442,188 Pacific Rim Countries 291,854 425,042 335,299 416,909 Australia 38 153 32 132 China 107,524 145,115 92,705 101,237 Indonesia 368 674 252 467 Japan 141,007 220,791 203,248 270,797 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 42,726 58,187 39,032 44,258 Hong Kong (-) (-) (-) (-) Korea 38,162 40,980 34,910 32,663 Singapore 635 2,109 7 14 Taiwan 3,929 15,098 4,116 11,580 Other Pacific Rim 190 122 29 18 South/Central America 63,018 67,789 36,145 57,492 Argentina 636 2,112 3,263 8,446 Brazil 44,463 46,852 30,700 43,473 Chile 4 8 (-) (-) Colombia 10,962 15,222 1,132 1,495 Venezuela 4,472 2,331 18 13 Other S/C A 2,481 1,263 1,032 4,064 Other Countries 15,020 25,408 16,640 19,064 Egypt 1,190 603 (-) (-) India 12,292 15,367 9,964 14,774 South Africa 1,104 4,107 6,557 4,104 Thailand 313 5,127 41 60 Other 121 203 78 126 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 May 2007 (CB-07-89)