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 August 2008 August 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 19,401,759 22,660,996 21,550,718 20,383,560 North America 7,034,827 7,221,700 5,986,212 5,087,955 Canada 4,918,093 5,001,432 4,005,279 3,470,502 Mexico 2,116,734 2,220,268 1,980,933 1,617,453 Europe 4,669,900 6,591,842 5,351,320 6,329,756 European Union 2,693,194 4,927,283 3,098,641 5,031,024 Austria 151,869 342,922 160,827 262,030 Belgium 88,922 171,873 111,318 315,612 Czech Republic 73,117 98,873 91,688 128,506 Finland 21,911 75,682 23,183 74,440 France 193,962 426,162 291,224 470,059 Germany 758,069 1,264,330 732,486 1,112,415 Hungary 1 4 929 584 Italy 281,383 647,435 374,062 624,660 Netherlands 230,920 173,065 332,002 217,623 Poland 62,572 41,391 11,232 17,803 Spain 134,475 263,392 116,227 193,518 Sweden 173,519 521,168 185,553 569,480 United Kingdom 241,738 497,975 305,407 602,574 Other EU 280,736 403,012 362,502 441,720 Moldova (-) (-) 1,127 893 Norway 23,218 33,671 25,591 19,646 Russia 656,641 538,735 976,050 555,264 Switzerland 11,332 33,847 18,113 40,223 Turkey 381,262 299,600 433,700 245,412 Ukraine 901,122 755,149 750,323 398,392 Other Europe 3,132 3,557 47,774 38,900 Euro Area 2,086,322 3,689,756 2,428,425 3,626,560 Pacific Rim Countries 5,674,459 6,641,333 7,407,464 6,671,971 Australia 460,540 337,246 560,705 287,669 China 2,212,980 2,799,601 3,141,075 2,857,390 Indonesia 1,684 5,604 17,376 18,762 Japan 1,104,335 1,315,089 1,173,263 1,249,035 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 1,814,205 2,107,068 2,215,609 2,087,272 Hong Kong 652 1,826 31,287 18,268 Korea 1,402,925 1,338,249 1,303,365 1,061,996 Singapore 962 3,578 67,151 43,425 Taiwan 409,667 763,415 813,806 963,582 Other Pacific Rim 80,715 76,724 299,436 171,844 South/Central America 1,071,968 975,119 1,943,627 1,349,933 Argentina 46,715 74,741 54,704 55,522 Brazil 860,084 704,129 1,541,500 1,050,585 Chile 803 1,038 1,516 1,278 Colombia 59,823 95,999 59,307 74,589 Venezuela 30,234 33,966 131,526 83,109 Other S/C A 74,311 65,245 155,073 84,850 Other Countries 950,605 1,231,002 862,094 943,945 Egypt (-) (-) 9,409 5,333 India 767,871 1,023,548 501,975 639,725 South Africa 51,664 63,408 101,376 127,764 Thailand 86,433 92,498 239,749 158,569 Other 44,637 51,548 9,585 12,553 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)