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 April 2008 April 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 1,466,360 2,160,347 1,453,660 1,866,927 North America 656,376 793,950 636,618 647,810 Canada 520,303 642,892 418,969 489,561 Mexico 136,073 151,059 217,649 158,250 Europe 451,076 864,699 447,150 700,878 European Union 410,318 787,157 400,418 630,392 Austria 41,293 95,070 41,477 59,508 Belgium 6,622 29,237 6,732 20,023 Czech Republic 10,690 15,122 19,935 25,437 Finland 4,520 11,315 2,635 5,146 France 35,973 77,856 65,672 108,043 Germany 156,655 300,217 113,929 192,026 Hungary (-) (-) 1 3 Italy 13,929 44,114 15,153 36,836 Netherlands 22,339 16,354 18,681 14,237 Poland 165 501 530 1,312 Spain 21,198 30,110 29,953 32,335 Sweden 55,690 102,093 52,382 80,184 United Kingdom 36,389 52,370 24,814 38,625 Other EU 4,855 12,800 8,523 16,678 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 7 72 2,705 1,868 Russia 18,249 38,171 20,621 42,167 Switzerland 611 2,236 632 2,586 Turkey 2,073 2,732 9,380 7,304 Ukraine 19,819 34,331 13,380 16,548 Other Europe (-) (-) 13 15 Euro Area 305,406 613,613 298,758 477,893 Pacific Rim Countries 315,946 427,513 291,854 425,042 Australia 36 390 38 153 China 101,562 142,241 107,524 145,115 Indonesia (-) (-) 368 674 Japan 171,811 217,732 141,007 220,791 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 42,526 67,070 42,726 58,187 Hong Kong 15 17 (-) (-) Korea 34,470 42,189 38,162 40,980 Singapore 27 152 635 2,109 Taiwan 8,014 24,711 3,929 15,098 Other Pacific Rim 10 81 190 122 South/Central America 29,520 55,744 63,018 67,789 Argentina 2,779 5,427 636 2,112 Brazil 15,947 33,505 44,463 46,852 Chile (-) (-) 4 8 Colombia 10,463 16,378 10,962 15,222 Venezuela 16 16 4,472 2,331 Other S/C A 315 418 2,481 1,263 Other Countries 13,442 18,441 15,020 25,408 Egypt (-) (-) 1,190 603 India 12,654 17,190 12,292 15,367 South Africa 703 909 1,104 4,107 Thailand 16 262 313 5,127 Other 70 79 121 203 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 May 2008 (CB-08-94)