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 July 2008 July 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,598,868 3,971,053 2,615,442 3,378,800 North America 1,115,843 1,443,173 1,115,118 1,182,530 Canada 918,564 1,193,502 799,255 939,800 Mexico 197,279 249,671 315,863 242,730 Europe 775,736 1,529,154 806,414 1,254,837 European Union 717,891 1,416,530 738,742 1,152,856 Austria 68,645 158,502 70,333 105,588 Belgium 10,318 44,794 12,717 38,120 Czech Republic 17,273 24,153 26,735 35,815 Finland 10,526 25,942 6,511 12,709 France 70,943 150,246 108,077 172,375 Germany 270,834 532,514 208,518 350,049 Hungary (-) (-) 1 3 Italy 28,729 81,485 25,822 64,025 Netherlands 27,991 22,504 52,291 39,334 Poland 860 2,284 681 1,836 Spain 39,268 67,166 46,538 55,992 Sweden 100,795 186,931 112,415 170,052 United Kingdom 61,343 94,746 46,621 73,306 Other EU 10,366 25,263 21,482 33,653 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 8 74 2,705 1,868 Russia 23,982 54,110 34,684 65,912 Switzerland 1,050 3,785 1,147 4,430 Turkey 2,486 3,507 15,462 12,530 Ukraine 30,319 51,148 13,661 17,227 Other Europe (-) (-) 13 15 Euro Area 531,877 1,098,807 538,005 854,637 Pacific Rim Countries 618,989 842,748 559,298 780,504 Australia 56 575 46 249 China 248,699 337,438 216,670 288,013 Indonesia (-) (-) 369 678 Japan 301,724 391,990 264,421 384,093 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 68,499 112,665 77,525 107,219 Hong Kong 15 17 202 111 Korea 54,580 68,105 68,452 74,105 Singapore 41 178 641 2,115 Taiwan 13,863 44,366 8,230 30,887 Other Pacific Rim 10 81 266 252 South/Central America 61,367 118,368 113,448 124,542 Argentina 5,241 10,103 2,634 7,160 Brazil 34,104 70,703 84,484 86,701 Chile (-) (-) 4 8 Colombia 21,435 36,681 18,209 25,637 Venezuela 98 216 5,519 3,668 Other S/C A 490 665 2,598 1,368 Other Countries 26,933 37,609 21,165 36,386 Egypt (-) (-) 1,190 603 India 25,847 35,899 17,476 21,774 South Africa 965 1,318 1,854 6,607 Thailand 16 262 405 6,968 Other 104 131 241 434 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 August 2008 (CB-08-141)