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 August 2008 August 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,968,292 4,564,298 2,961,496 3,835,180 North America 1,208,556 1,585,837 1,238,583 1,316,705 Canada 994,813 1,305,969 882,263 1,039,660 Mexico 213,743 279,868 356,320 277,045 Europe 881,017 1,748,093 935,986 1,451,685 European Union 807,332 1,597,348 857,513 1,334,697 Austria 72,855 169,861 80,366 121,373 Belgium 10,880 48,168 13,975 43,886 Czech Republic 21,506 30,742 29,063 38,160 Finland 11,091 27,261 7,458 14,551 France 80,483 168,828 121,088 192,179 Germany 296,658 586,406 248,573 415,122 Hungary 1 4 1 3 Italy 32,670 94,387 28,888 76,159 Netherlands 34,446 28,118 63,035 47,750 Poland 1,025 3,020 683 1,846 Spain 46,965 85,313 56,719 70,695 Sweden 117,515 215,100 122,990 186,634 United Kingdom 70,080 110,625 62,564 90,932 Other EU 11,156 29,517 22,109 35,408 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 2,852 11,667 2,705 1,868 Russia 25,745 58,345 39,725 74,607 Switzerland 1,182 4,277 1,314 5,001 Turkey 2,669 3,882 16,950 13,511 Ukraine 41,237 72,574 17,765 21,987 Other Europe (-) (-) 13 15 Euro Area 591,135 1,225,872 627,907 999,893 Pacific Rim Countries 777,609 1,047,561 636,193 882,897 Australia 225 1,282 46 249 China 355,710 461,637 239,578 321,833 Indonesia (-) (-) 373 693 Japan 346,222 456,647 308,463 436,279 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 75,442 127,915 87,405 123,533 Hong Kong 15 17 202 111 Korea 59,645 77,319 75,747 83,107 Singapore 61 221 720 3,054 Taiwan 15,720 50,358 10,735 37,260 Other Pacific Rim 10 81 328 310 South/Central America 71,904 141,614 127,681 143,842 Argentina 5,882 11,482 2,712 7,410 Brazil 40,402 84,134 95,602 101,581 Chile (-) (-) 4 8 Colombia 25,033 45,116 19,679 27,864 Venezuela 98 216 7,075 5,595 Other S/C A 490 665 2,610 1,384 Other Countries 29,207 41,193 23,053 40,051 Egypt (-) (-) 1,190 603 India 27,900 39,145 19,010 24,007 South Africa 1,183 1,651 2,190 8,013 Thailand 16 262 405 6,968 Other 108 136 258 460 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 September 2008 (CB-08-158)