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 March 2008 March 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 1,070,637 1,571,558 1,022,932 1,329,184 North America 489,163 583,303 431,888 443,127 Canada 372,869 459,407 294,405 343,516 Mexico 116,294 123,896 137,482 99,612 Europe 312,119 618,476 314,692 503,034 European Union 288,906 569,810 294,140 461,781 Austria 33,463 76,315 32,571 45,595 Belgium 4,592 18,955 6,266 17,996 Czech Republic 8,749 12,445 10,881 13,675 Finland 3,667 8,874 1,901 3,836 France 27,597 58,409 51,462 87,826 Germany 102,527 201,951 75,620 125,239 Hungary (-) (-) 1 3 Italy 11,604 36,624 10,706 25,102 Netherlands 9,978 8,583 12,014 8,898 Poland 124 344 510 1,235 Spain 13,235 17,950 23,192 25,451 Sweden 46,510 84,372 44,192 65,340 United Kingdom 23,406 35,516 19,280 29,761 Other EU 3,454 9,473 5,547 11,824 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 7 72 89 752 Russia 7,205 21,370 11,115 27,540 Switzerland 393 1,466 485 2,027 Turkey 1,994 2,470 2,615 3,041 Ukraine 13,614 23,289 6,234 7,879 Other Europe (-) (-) 13 15 Euro Area 208,668 434,623 216,343 346,614 Pacific Rim Countries 234,770 311,428 229,067 319,013 Australia 19 126 34 150 China 84,525 111,537 86,200 111,652 Indonesia (-) (-) 368 674 Japan 118,328 150,125 108,450 163,378 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 31,888 49,559 33,851 43,053 Hong Kong 15 17 (-) (-) Korea 26,226 32,192 30,802 31,745 Singapore 11 65 (-) 10 Taiwan 5,636 17,285 3,049 11,298 Other Pacific Rim 10 81 163 105 South/Central America 22,282 42,049 36,348 45,492 Argentina 809 2,015 305 937 Brazil 12,929 26,286 21,249 29,859 Chile (-) (-) (-) (-) Colombia 8,263 13,394 8,151 11,340 Venezuela 16 16 4,469 2,327 Other S/C A 264 339 2,175 1,029 Other Countries 12,304 16,303 10,937 18,517 Egypt (-) (-) 1,190 603 India 11,669 15,276 8,840 12,221 South Africa 552 688 680 2,103 Thailand 16 262 142 3,467 Other 67 76 85 123 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 April 2008 (CB-08-81)