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 October 2008 October 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 3,793,311 5,971,974 3,609,426 4,682,419 North America 1,449,806 1,956,582 1,520,442 1,609,021 Canada 1,186,859 1,593,442 1,056,951 1,248,791 Mexico 262,947 363,140 463,492 360,230 Europe 1,128,983 2,245,340 1,136,366 1,786,762 European Union 1,036,269 2,053,607 1,047,234 1,650,926 Austria 87,374 201,453 91,904 146,895 Belgium 12,190 52,638 15,723 53,433 Czech Republic 31,884 47,582 37,081 49,690 Finland 13,962 34,198 8,268 15,998 France 103,351 217,891 141,630 231,485 Germany 376,258 748,463 316,026 523,987 Hungary 1 4 1 3 Italy 43,888 128,858 33,618 95,381 Netherlands 65,709 58,821 81,991 61,669 Poland 1,711 4,770 858 2,294 Spain 60,566 119,811 64,456 78,829 Sweden 135,822 255,159 152,198 235,236 United Kingdom 87,636 143,242 77,849 114,326 Other EU 15,917 40,717 25,631 41,702 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 2,852 11,667 2,705 1,868 Russia 34,238 78,164 44,141 82,841 Switzerland 1,414 5,126 2,191 7,328 Turkey 2,848 4,238 17,157 13,830 Ukraine 51,362 92,537 22,925 29,954 Other Europe (-) (-) 13 15 Euro Area 769,300 1,582,460 764,347 1,231,156 Pacific Rim Countries 1,060,673 1,462,464 770,314 1,059,937 Australia 255 1,465 76 760 China 536,255 716,064 291,514 392,852 Indonesia (-) (-) 373 693 Japan 422,836 573,607 373,594 516,011 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 101,245 171,120 104,421 149,240 Hong Kong 15 17 202 111 Korea 82,067 108,756 89,795 98,108 Singapore 61 221 821 3,463 Taiwan 19,101 62,126 13,603 47,558 Other Pacific Rim 82 207 337 380 South/Central America 112,223 244,929 146,679 176,993 Argentina 26,964 62,782 4,597 13,130 Brazil 50,447 110,675 105,672 118,707 Chile (-) (-) 10 75 Colombia 34,213 70,568 26,650 38,039 Venezuela 98 216 7,096 5,614 Other S/C A 502 687 2,653 1,429 Other Countries 41,626 62,658 35,624 49,707 Egypt (-) (-) 1,190 603 India 39,796 59,598 20,772 26,786 South Africa 1,543 2,238 2,421 8,775 Thailand 176 680 10,942 13,012 Other 111 142 300 531 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 November 2008 (CB-08-186)