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 2007 December 2006 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 4,350,176 5,682,091 4,336,006 5,207,879 North America 1,856,809 1,972,432 1,530,815 1,464,911 Canada 1,261,117 1,505,168 1,074,336 1,155,599 Mexico 595,692 467,264 456,479 309,312 Europe 1,377,114 2,193,042 1,626,999 2,135,907 European Union 1,275,682 2,028,629 1,436,123 1,914,456 Austria 104,433 176,169 111,948 177,962 Belgium 18,353 62,747 38,782 74,082 Czech Republic 41,215 55,422 44,039 52,975 Finland 10,421 20,746 16,967 20,428 France 160,289 268,352 145,885 245,761 Germany 389,673 652,966 376,813 549,779 Hungary 1 3 18 56 Italy 44,900 120,715 63,690 95,259 Netherlands 104,026 76,545 140,239 95,984 Poland 1,328 3,301 3,800 5,581 Spain 70,821 87,637 145,649 141,643 Sweden 191,109 293,335 161,566 256,093 United Kingdom 108,631 159,610 74,839 114,846 Other EU 30,480 51,082 111,888 84,007 Moldova 0 0 3 3 Norway 2,705 1,868 28,764 12,625 Russia 51,605 101,629 86,710 125,389 Switzerland 2,510 8,479 2,769 9,009 Turkey 18,561 15,716 16,270 12,192 Ukraine 26,038 36,705 56,352 62,224 Other Europe 13 15 9 10 Euro Area 916,518 1,495,599 1,050,916 1,429,007 Pacific Rim Countries 915,891 1,256,099 1,003,361 1,369,911 Australia 1,313 1,806 153 525 China 354,290 479,484 312,666 396,196 Indonesia 373 693 1,078 2,841 Japan 437,325 601,420 542,693 803,173 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 122,244 172,235 146,094 166,749 Hong Kong 202 111 0 0 Korea 104,915 113,356 133,152 126,799 Singapore 821 3,465 63 155 Taiwan 16,306 55,303 12,879 39,795 Other Pacific Rim 347 461 677 427 South/Central America 159,648 203,464 127,915 180,253 Argentina 7,252 20,500 7,766 21,959 Brazil 110,724 130,504 97,901 133,495 Chile 10 75 3 5 Colombia 31,602 44,951 11,018 15,463 Venezuela 7,342 5,917 65 54 Other S/C A 2,718 1,517 11,162 9,277 Other Countries 40,714 57,054 46,916 56,898 Egypt 1,190 603 3,215 751 India 25,581 33,215 32,238 43,236 South Africa 2,678 9,601 10,957 9,630 Thailand 10,942 13,012 122 2,134 Other 323 623 383 1,147 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 January 2008 (CB-08-34)