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 September 2008 September 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 22,076,674 26,400,894 23,717,265 22,513,822 North America 7,746,346 8,114,978 6,646,745 5,639,196 Canada 5,416,274 5,613,511 4,464,635 3,857,894 Mexico 2,330,072 2,501,467 2,182,110 1,781,303 Europe 5,195,486 7,472,937 5,898,985 6,940,496 European Union 2,979,788 5,519,944 3,457,546 5,537,922 Austria 168,010 378,566 180,102 298,407 Belgium 92,860 183,061 120,648 339,618 Czech Republic 85,254 132,918 112,021 149,546 Finland 23,861 82,392 23,440 75,928 France 214,394 465,903 312,477 513,407 Germany 853,731 1,443,221 813,921 1,220,558 Hungary 3 7 929 584 Italy 297,386 698,629 422,978 690,013 Netherlands 262,537 200,838 387,715 253,972 Poland 64,768 46,310 11,781 18,650 Spain 148,408 297,234 120,959 201,045 Sweden 189,050 576,189 206,745 625,188 United Kingdom 259,104 540,159 338,261 659,373 Other EU 320,422 474,519 405,570 491,633 Moldova (-) (-) 1,147 906 Norway 25,252 38,130 26,982 21,143 Russia 730,624 621,174 986,552 565,888 Switzerland 12,071 36,527 20,185 44,454 Turkey 478,369 423,913 487,806 277,038 Ukraine 966,083 829,474 870,439 453,698 Other Europe 3,298 3,776 48,328 39,448 Euro Area 2,314,748 4,125,559 2,710,701 3,995,592 Pacific Rim Countries 6,666,619 7,999,988 8,094,693 7,354,279 Australia 530,065 411,373 603,130 310,913 China 2,728,644 3,515,497 3,444,060 3,177,177 Indonesia 2,385 6,612 21,226 22,665 Japan 1,218,502 1,492,702 1,259,326 1,350,084 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 2,101,122 2,488,274 2,429,069 2,298,387 Hong Kong 682 2,054 31,390 18,372 Korea 1,626,108 1,608,444 1,453,594 1,190,854 Singapore 1,006 3,817 68,035 45,279 Taiwan 473,326 873,958 876,050 1,043,882 Other Pacific Rim 85,902 85,529 337,882 195,053 South/Central America 1,205,670 1,175,175 2,084,600 1,483,939 Argentina 59,178 99,201 62,726 74,321 Brazil 956,962 828,054 1,663,753 1,153,301 Chile 1,070 1,482 1,712 1,545 Colombia 75,176 134,124 64,110 81,388 Venezuela 33,293 39,311 133,593 85,420 Other S/C A 79,991 73,003 158,706 87,963 Other Countries 1,262,554 1,637,815 992,242 1,095,911 Egypt (-) (-) 9,409 5,333 India 983,547 1,313,165 575,400 748,403 South Africa 63,421 78,973 109,856 139,557 Thailand 160,599 177,466 287,249 188,100 Other 54,987 68,212 10,328 14,520 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)