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 September 2008 September 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 3,334,220 5,173,776 3,237,659 4,203,100 North America 1,309,444 1,736,272 1,335,792 1,429,852 Canada 1,079,705 1,429,349 966,828 1,142,772 Mexico 229,739 306,923 368,964 287,081 Europe 987,126 1,957,317 1,028,147 1,596,503 European Union 908,701 1,795,737 948,137 1,475,268 Austria 80,454 185,065 87,940 135,580 Belgium 11,685 50,203 14,312 44,620 Czech Republic 27,053 39,121 34,673 45,737 Finland 12,354 30,137 7,535 14,700 France 91,080 186,663 131,493 210,959 Germany 337,853 665,220 274,705 455,760 Hungary 1 4 1 3 Italy 37,202 108,375 30,337 83,873 Netherlands 38,150 31,926 72,805 54,915 Poland 1,405 4,020 721 1,966 Spain 53,571 100,172 60,519 74,546 Sweden 127,580 236,258 139,394 211,658 United Kingdom 77,081 124,763 70,748 103,230 Other EU 13,233 33,811 22,956 37,719 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 2,852 11,667 2,705 1,868 Russia 28,338 65,642 40,916 77,970 Switzerland 1,264 4,563 1,424 5,461 Turkey 2,724 3,974 17,117 13,762 Ukraine 43,248 75,734 17,835 22,161 Other Europe (-) (-) 13 15 Euro Area 667,786 1,376,172 688,273 1,095,362 Pacific Rim Countries 906,083 1,231,334 703,380 968,291 Australia 244 1,425 47 251 China 425,951 557,701 269,209 360,393 Indonesia (-) (-) 373 693 Japan 387,372 518,672 339,837 471,606 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 92,506 153,455 93,587 135,039 Hong Kong 15 17 202 111 Korea 75,082 97,110 80,607 89,550 Singapore 61 221 821 3,463 Taiwan 17,347 56,107 11,957 41,914 Other Pacific Rim 10 81 328 310 South/Central America 91,987 190,122 135,087 159,484 Argentina 11,872 23,804 3,968 11,959 Brazil 47,492 101,138 99,125 108,554 Chile (-) (-) 10 75 Colombia 32,035 64,298 22,236 31,856 Venezuela 98 216 7,096 5,614 Other S/C A 490 665 2,651 1,427 Other Countries 39,580 58,730 35,252 48,969 Egypt (-) (-) 1,190 603 India 37,871 55,871 20,537 26,302 South Africa 1,422 2,041 2,301 8,548 Thailand 176 680 10,942 13,012 Other 111 138 283 504 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 October 2008 (CB-08-169)