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 August 2007 August 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,961,496 3,835,180 2,853,916 3,333,570 North America 1,238,583 1,316,705 973,171 911,991 Canada 882,263 1,039,660 709,485 736,891 Mexico 356,320 277,045 263,686 175,100 Europe 935,986 1,451,685 1,115,992 1,399,853 European Union 857,513 1,334,697 977,055 1,257,178 Austria 80,366 121,373 75,663 117,837 Belgium 13,975 43,886 26,491 45,572 Czech Republic 29,063 38,160 34,983 40,385 Finland 7,458 14,551 13,406 13,848 France 121,088 192,179 99,696 167,502 Germany 248,573 415,122 237,917 343,041 Hungary 1 3 12 37 Italy 28,888 76,159 44,146 60,327 Netherlands 63,035 47,750 82,085 56,021 Poland 683 1,846 3,342 4,893 Spain 56,719 70,695 115,764 107,159 Sweden 122,990 186,634 99,562 165,274 United Kingdom 62,564 90,932 48,248 69,532 Other EU 22,109 35,408 95,739 65,750 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 2,705 1,868 20,865 8,782 Russia 39,725 74,607 63,667 78,020 Switzerland 1,314 5,001 1,639 5,235 Turkey 16,950 13,511 15,309 10,943 Ukraine 17,765 21,987 37,448 39,684 Other Europe 13 15 9 10 Euro Area 627,907 999,893 702,317 930,850 Pacific Rim Countries 636,193 882,897 647,159 865,498 Australia 46 249 91 370 China 239,578 321,833 186,494 226,163 Indonesia 373 693 1,078 2,841 Japan 308,463 436,279 367,916 534,844 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 87,405 123,533 91,450 101,124 Hong Kong 202 111 (-) (-) Korea 75,747 83,107 82,862 77,385 Singapore 720 3,054 51 113 Taiwan 10,735 37,260 8,537 23,626 Other Pacific Rim 328 310 129 155 South/Central America 127,681 143,842 91,965 125,517 Argentina 2,712 7,410 7,059 19,742 Brazil 95,602 101,581 73,808 94,847 Chile 4 8 (-) (-) Colombia 19,679 27,864 2,041 2,582 Venezuela 7,075 5,595 48 38 Other S/C A 2,610 1,384 9,010 8,308 Other Countries 23,053 40,051 25,629 30,712 Egypt 1,190 603 (-) (-) India 19,010 24,007 16,854 24,205 South Africa 2,190 8,013 8,574 6,188 Thailand 405 6,968 41 85 Other 258 460 159 233 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 Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary September 2007 (CB-07-147)