Exhibit 4: U.S. Imports for Consumption of 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 17,090,906 19,486,194 19,150,253 17,932,578 North America 6,368,919 6,361,102 5,314,188 4,514,522 Canada 4,477,356 4,441,149 3,552,879 3,082,988 Mexico 1,891,563 1,919,953 1,761,309 1,431,533 Europe 4,113,288 5,716,520 4,759,964 5,534,097 European Union 2,428,149 4,366,110 2,691,157 4,354,329 Austria 140,579 312,089 139,878 226,700 Belgium 82,918 158,251 93,592 269,959 Czech Republic 60,919 81,568 86,827 117,005 Finland 20,553 70,332 21,852 70,544 France 171,185 377,468 263,942 414,407 Germany 691,090 1,126,800 629,009 962,467 Hungary (-) (-) 929 584 Italy 263,824 580,555 323,393 529,477 Netherlands 191,399 139,015 286,027 186,173 Poland 62,033 40,032 10,618 16,866 Spain 121,211 223,606 96,410 157,889 Sweden 151,117 460,040 168,865 508,414 United Kingdom 210,856 432,726 248,916 510,527 Other EU 260,463 363,630 320,899 383,316 Moldova (-) (-) 1,127 893 Norway 14,141 16,813 25,174 18,097 Russia 518,358 405,298 902,714 507,076 Switzerland 9,598 28,354 13,201 34,034 Turkey 369,561 284,944 416,207 234,970 Ukraine 770,984 612,221 662,960 346,145 Other Europe 2,497 2,780 47,423 38,554 Euro Area 1,889,657 3,281,416 2,100,578 3,118,191 Pacific Rim Countries 4,801,258 5,497,003 6,531,153 5,841,737 Australia 403,782 279,482 454,417 229,401 China 1,765,573 2,224,675 2,811,212 2,532,158 Indonesia 1,352 3,973 14,297 13,985 Japan 945,616 1,102,542 995,914 1,068,151 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 1,610,038 1,819,628 1,965,815 1,833,004 Hong Kong 586 1,721 31,176 17,716 Korea 1,250,529 1,149,933 1,172,524 956,428 Singapore 781 2,920 66,982 41,943 Taiwan 358,142 665,054 695,133 816,917 Other Pacific Rim 74,898 66,702 289,499 165,038 South/Central America 967,979 837,558 1,777,656 1,233,966 Argentina 38,352 59,014 53,853 54,070 Brazil 779,218 608,180 1,396,476 954,058 Chile 524 644 1,267 1,034 Colombia 52,637 81,548 55,106 69,534 Venezuela 26,225 27,605 125,409 76,623 Other S/C A 71,023 60,567 145,545 78,647 Other Countries 839,462 1,074,011 767,291 808,256 Egypt (-) (-) 9,409 5,333 India 680,859 898,877 438,864 540,219 South Africa 46,670 55,386 88,779 105,431 Thailand 79,033 82,643 221,741 146,342 Other 32,900 37,105 8,497 10,932 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)