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 October 2008 October 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 24,905,160 30,455,628 26,233,604 24,908,250 North America 8,549,755 9,109,865 7,462,382 6,308,815 Canada 5,882,660 6,199,044 5,030,288 4,314,863 Mexico 2,667,094 2,910,821 2,432,094 1,993,953 Europe 5,890,324 8,627,885 6,508,105 7,679,205 European Union 3,352,304 6,267,306 3,891,423 6,170,420 Austria 183,946 419,204 188,656 320,465 Belgium 103,157 201,891 125,744 363,022 Czech Republic 100,674 157,889 125,056 169,667 Finland 26,301 90,615 24,600 79,136 France 234,365 520,734 339,859 568,527 Germany 937,170 1,624,287 919,547 1,363,934 Hungary 3 7 929 584 Italy 317,349 768,434 501,821 790,559 Netherlands 362,968 295,310 431,922 282,619 Poland 67,640 52,106 13,325 20,307 Spain 162,248 341,604 133,916 216,927 Sweden 205,043 638,727 226,950 697,400 United Kingdom 294,507 613,329 377,725 724,327 Other EU 356,936 543,169 481,372 572,947 Moldova (-) (-) 1,147 906 Norway 26,109 39,502 28,482 22,825 Russia 800,340 711,659 1,020,322 589,689 Switzerland 13,834 43,835 22,174 50,169 Turkey 543,488 519,046 492,962 280,713 Ukraine 1,150,166 1,041,968 1,002,869 524,454 Other Europe 4,084 4,569 48,726 40,029 Euro Area 2,607,254 4,685,107 3,049,338 4,448,924 Pacific Rim Countries 7,755,239 9,526,883 8,776,992 8,019,762 Australia 593,824 468,805 693,449 355,885 China 3,388,658 4,431,964 3,721,702 3,452,022 Indonesia 4,807 10,424 22,442 24,915 Japan 1,362,762 1,709,576 1,358,944 1,487,347 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 2,305,733 2,802,783 2,629,596 2,494,540 Hong Kong 721 2,118 31,726 19,338 Korea 1,778,911 1,812,323 1,599,662 1,311,682 Singapore 1,045 4,012 68,035 45,279 Taiwan 525,056 984,330 930,174 1,118,241 Other Pacific Rim 99,456 103,329 350,859 205,054 South/Central America 1,357,522 1,412,004 2,409,430 1,687,202 Argentina 95,321 185,047 73,254 91,865 Brazil 1,062,569 959,768 1,959,020 1,318,776 Chile 1,160 1,621 1,712 1,545 Colombia 79,179 143,736 72,307 92,525 Venezuela 36,874 45,579 138,479 90,121 Other S/C A 82,419 76,252 164,659 92,369 Other Countries 1,352,320 1,778,992 1,076,695 1,213,266 Egypt (-) (-) 9,451 5,369 India 1,052,911 1,424,237 647,664 851,962 South Africa 66,551 85,401 113,447 145,249 Thailand 168,328 188,989 293,681 193,143 Other 64,530 80,365 12,452 17,543 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)