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 September 2007 September 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 3,237,659 4,203,100 3,215,703 3,783,565 North America 1,335,792 1,429,852 1,109,346 1,044,397 Canada 966,828 1,142,772 803,771 841,008 Mexico 368,964 287,081 305,576 203,389 Europe 1,028,147 1,596,503 1,240,400 1,565,169 European Union 948,137 1,475,268 1,080,349 1,399,691 Austria 87,940 135,580 84,269 132,035 Belgium 14,312 44,620 29,890 53,073 Czech Republic 34,673 45,737 37,828 43,588 Finland 7,535 14,700 13,697 14,436 France 131,493 210,959 108,933 181,564 Germany 274,705 455,760 269,718 390,013 Hungary 1 3 12 37 Italy 30,337 83,873 45,655 63,282 Netherlands 72,805 54,915 98,213 66,580 Poland 721 1,966 3,457 5,049 Spain 60,519 74,546 122,172 114,929 Sweden 139,394 211,658 115,615 188,503 United Kingdom 70,748 103,230 53,810 78,220 Other EU 22,956 37,719 97,080 68,380 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 2,705 1,868 28,749 12,330 Russia 40,916 77,970 69,659 89,679 Switzerland 1,424 5,461 1,827 5,707 Turkey 17,117 13,762 15,971 11,788 Ukraine 17,835 22,161 43,835 45,963 Other Europe 13 15 9 10 Euro Area 688,273 1,095,362 780,140 1,036,703 Pacific Rim Countries 703,380 968,291 732,646 997,483 Australia 47 251 117 402 China 269,209 360,393 211,517 263,241 Indonesia 373 693 1,078 2,841 Japan 339,837 471,606 414,087 614,015 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 93,587 135,039 105,463 116,708 Hong Kong 202 111 (-) (-) Korea 80,607 89,550 95,542 88,933 Singapore 821 3,463 51 113 Taiwan 11,957 41,914 9,869 27,662 Other Pacific Rim 328 310 384 277 South/Central America 135,087 159,484 100,803 137,278 Argentina 3,968 11,959 7,278 20,455 Brazil 99,125 108,554 79,811 102,541 Chile 10 75 (-) (-) Colombia 22,236 31,856 4,148 5,665 Venezuela 7,096 5,614 65 54 Other S/C A 2,651 1,427 9,502 8,563 Other Countries 35,252 48,969 32,508 39,238 Egypt 1,190 603 (-) (-) India 20,537 26,302 23,529 32,126 South Africa 2,301 8,548 8,765 6,774 Thailand 10,942 13,012 41 85 Other 283 504 174 253 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 October 2007 (CB-07-162)