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 June 2008 June 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,214,635 3,332,247 2,240,740 2,887,451 North America 988,693 1,255,106 953,329 1,003,138 Canada 810,762 1,036,724 672,663 788,708 Mexico 177,930 218,381 280,666 214,430 Europe 655,816 1,270,478 688,401 1,077,461 European Union 602,282 1,167,158 630,897 986,171 Austria 58,278 134,861 63,252 93,149 Belgium 9,069 40,446 11,389 31,470 Czech Republic 16,041 22,195 22,292 30,227 Finland 8,657 21,331 5,899 11,308 France 53,844 117,641 92,509 149,592 Germany 222,046 423,654 174,788 295,765 Hungary (-) (-) 1 3 Italy 23,702 69,251 22,752 54,897 Netherlands 25,823 20,303 37,965 28,885 Poland 572 1,360 681 1,836 Spain 31,990 51,163 42,175 51,259 Sweden 89,579 162,658 93,601 140,655 United Kingdom 55,104 82,348 43,388 65,834 Other EU 7,577 19,947 20,205 31,293 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 8 74 2,705 1,868 Russia 21,651 48,217 28,459 58,506 Switzerland 868 3,152 902 3,551 Turkey 2,237 2,969 11,806 10,287 Ukraine 28,771 48,907 13,618 17,063 Other Europe (-) (-) 13 15 Euro Area 437,516 892,415 457,189 731,372 Pacific Rim Countries 497,380 682,883 477,944 666,069 Australia 41 443 46 249 China 185,678 260,666 179,315 240,011 Indonesia (-) (-) 369 678 Japan 251,245 325,394 232,525 335,586 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 60,406 96,298 65,463 89,369 Hong Kong 15 17 (-) (-) Korea 48,342 58,456 58,404 63,412 Singapore 40 174 641 2,115 Taiwan 12,009 37,652 6,418 23,841 Other Pacific Rim 10 81 226 177 South/Central America 47,342 88,640 102,174 107,725 Argentina 4,414 8,105 2,330 6,094 Brazil 27,184 55,926 75,735 74,077 Chile (-) (-) 4 8 Colombia 15,297 23,980 16,404 23,052 Venezuela 37 66 5,105 3,139 Other S/C A 410 562 2,597 1,356 Other Countries 25,404 35,140 18,891 33,058 Egypt (-) (-) 1,190 603 India 24,381 33,525 15,490 19,899 South Africa 928 1,262 1,595 5,586 Thailand 16 262 389 6,617 Other 79 91 228 354 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 July 2008 (CB-08-127)