Exhibit 4: U.S. Imports for Consumption of 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 30,158,061 28,968,200 41,071,051 31,250,315 North America 8,972,331 7,582,812 8,703,062 7,021,145 Canada 6,110,713 5,207,747 5,400,093 4,635,783 Mexico 2,861,618 2,375,065 3,302,969 2,385,362 Europe 7,500,141 8,968,894 13,286,356 10,459,280 European Union 4,661,987 7,316,517 6,056,229 6,720,747 Austria 218,547 380,866 252,443 434,225 Belgium 142,388 405,137 317,399 373,984 Czech Republic 138,721 185,781 231,419 217,818 Finland 27,635 88,234 74,693 104,537 France 394,796 676,824 474,142 629,238 Germany 1,096,183 1,624,766 1,218,550 1,419,490 Hungary 929 584 5,239 2,554 Italy 626,482 952,310 858,852 818,314 Netherlands 530,750 348,557 656,001 415,435 Poland 18,588 25,783 97,235 70,133 Spain 146,420 251,005 381,747 406,623 Sweden 275,824 816,687 255,128 594,041 United Kingdom 468,196 879,219 503,690 689,128 Other EU 576,526 680,764 729,691 545,227 Moldova 1,147 906 12,703 10,781 Norway 30,299 25,155 83,410 47,207 Russia 1,078,446 636,373 3,302,358 1,712,951 Switzerland 25,238 58,144 15,652 48,541 Turkey 520,776 299,480 2,174,663 1,047,362 Ukraine 1,132,388 591,169 1,586,983 831,655 Other Europe 49,859 41,150 54,360 40,035 Euro Area 3,639,881 5,274,997 4,538,994 4,883,884 Pacific Rim Countries 9,854,855 9,127,779 12,974,568 9,714,710 Australia 782,068 404,443 1,058,222 460,186 China 4,184,721 3,944,961 4,889,683 3,586,679 Indonesia 23,446 26,242 48,960 36,562 Japan 1,535,940 1,725,920 1,905,551 1,884,547 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 2,917,170 2,783,722 4,314,340 3,360,056 Hong Kong 31,786 19,604 38,210 19,817 Korea 1,817,952 1,496,653 2,534,556 1,811,464 Singapore 68,141 45,857 41,882 22,155 Taiwan 999,291 1,221,609 1,699,692 1,506,621 Other Pacific Rim 411,510 242,492 757,812 386,681 South/Central America 2,589,462 1,852,469 3,302,516 2,127,238 Argentina 91,574 127,827 148,666 122,154 Brazil 2,080,308 1,409,207 2,631,102 1,627,789 Chile 2,121 2,023 11,991 9,108 Colombia 86,324 111,005 103,234 122,446 Venezuela 148,791 99,210 179,633 126,332 Other S/C A 180,343 103,197 227,891 119,410 Other Countries 1,241,272 1,436,245 2,804,548 1,927,941 Egypt 9,451 5,369 719,459 344,667 India 759,344 1,026,786 1,069,990 895,687 South Africa 130,921 163,467 425,651 343,370 Thailand 325,553 219,763 515,251 292,976 Other 16,003 20,860 74,197 51,240 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)