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 October 2007 October 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 3,609,426 4,682,419 3,570,882 4,213,596 North America 1,520,442 1,609,021 1,229,963 1,175,277 Canada 1,056,951 1,248,791 897,773 950,005 Mexico 463,492 360,230 332,190 225,272 Europe 1,136,366 1,786,762 1,363,490 1,722,947 European Union 1,047,234 1,650,926 1,190,523 1,536,951 Austria 91,904 146,895 89,317 141,207 Belgium 15,723 53,433 30,841 54,684 Czech Republic 37,081 49,690 40,227 47,278 Finland 8,268 15,998 14,737 16,362 France 141,630 231,485 118,320 197,591 Germany 316,026 523,987 296,892 428,016 Hungary 1 3 15 45 Italy 33,618 95,381 54,108 74,649 Netherlands 81,991 61,669 112,745 76,736 Poland 858 2,294 3,699 5,436 Spain 64,456 78,829 132,667 123,545 Sweden 152,198 235,236 131,170 209,624 United Kingdom 77,849 114,326 58,368 85,832 Other EU 25,631 41,702 107,417 75,946 Moldova (-) (-) 3 3 Norway 2,705 1,868 28,761 12,602 Russia 44,141 82,841 77,095 103,046 Switzerland 2,191 7,328 2,010 6,314 Turkey 17,157 13,830 16,077 11,923 Ukraine 22,925 29,954 49,012 52,098 Other Europe 13 15 9 10 Euro Area 764,347 1,231,156 857,932 1,135,557 Pacific Rim Countries 770,314 1,059,937 826,521 1,118,548 Australia 76 760 127 422 China 291,514 392,852 239,148 299,781 Indonesia 373 693 1,078 2,841 Japan 373,594 516,011 464,429 682,043 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 104,421 149,240 121,076 133,042 Hong Kong 202 111 (-) (-) Korea 89,795 98,108 110,197 101,690 Singapore 821 3,463 58 144 Taiwan 13,603 47,558 10,821 31,208 Other Pacific Rim 337 380 663 418 South/Central America 146,679 176,993 111,545 152,350 Argentina 4,597 13,130 7,410 20,871 Brazil 105,672 118,707 89,268 115,536 Chile 10 75 (-) (-) Colombia 26,650 38,039 5,279 7,308 Venezuela 7,096 5,614 65 54 Other S/C A 2,653 1,429 9,523 8,580 Other Countries 35,624 49,707 39,361 44,475 Egypt 1,190 603 3,215 751 India 20,772 26,786 25,182 34,457 South Africa 2,421 8,775 10,597 8,287 Thailand 10,942 13,012 41 85 Other 300 531 327 895 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 November 2007 (CB-07-185)