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 May 2008 May 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 1,800,011 2,685,723 1,822,020 2,363,444 North America 815,494 1,009,053 779,383 819,800 Canada 661,485 828,821 553,841 650,593 Mexico 154,009 180,232 225,541 169,206 Europe 538,551 1,042,103 557,810 876,796 European Union 494,238 957,070 508,993 800,006 Austria 48,072 113,035 54,575 78,981 Belgium 7,799 33,742 10,647 28,290 Czech Republic 12,959 17,982 21,314 28,119 Finland 6,474 15,979 3,863 7,845 France 44,076 94,862 79,393 128,203 Germany 187,324 360,297 137,388 233,315 Hungary (-) (-) 1 3 Italy 18,087 56,167 18,243 45,060 Netherlands 23,263 17,501 27,381 20,949 Poland 494 1,159 644 1,724 Spain 23,628 34,056 37,481 43,922 Sweden 72,525 133,379 72,902 110,844 United Kingdom 44,003 63,484 35,459 53,060 Other EU 5,534 15,428 9,704 19,692 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 8 74 2,705 1,868 Russia 20,460 43,926 22,377 47,596 Switzerland 719 2,580 797 3,163 Turkey 2,144 2,823 9,464 7,423 Ukraine 20,981 35,629 13,460 16,726 Other Europe (-) (-) 13 15 Euro Area 362,278 737,585 374,644 599,266 Pacific Rim Countries 384,208 531,481 387,970 547,542 Australia 41 443 46 249 China 120,960 178,588 148,741 200,477 Indonesia (-) (-) 368 674 Japan 209,724 269,278 186,506 276,124 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 53,473 83,091 52,101 69,871 Hong Kong 15 17 (-) (-) Korea 42,756 50,948 46,698 49,633 Singapore 40 174 635 2,109 Taiwan 10,662 31,952 4,768 18,129 Other Pacific Rim 10 81 208 148 South/Central America 41,321 75,220 79,296 89,042 Argentina 4,032 7,130 840 2,845 Brazil 22,647 45,568 56,495 61,734 Chile (-) (-) 4 8 Colombia 14,243 21,984 14,907 20,802 Venezuela 16 16 4,472 2,331 Other S/C A 383 522 2,579 1,322 Other Countries 20,437 27,865 17,561 30,264 Egypt (-) (-) 1,190 603 India 19,544 26,444 14,435 18,200 South Africa 807 1,081 1,358 4,981 Thailand 16 262 365 6,151 Other 70 79 214 329 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 June 2008 (CB-08-110)