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 November 2008 November 2007 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 4,172,982 6,665,819 4,001,466 5,209,629 North America 1,535,459 2,092,299 1,676,514 1,784,240 Canada 1,265,917 1,716,702 1,165,349 1,384,084 Mexico 269,542 375,598 511,165 400,156 Europe 1,245,129 2,496,597 1,278,441 2,015,695 European Union 1,140,151 2,272,526 1,179,527 1,859,291 Austria 94,050 216,883 101,139 166,321 Belgium 12,321 53,084 16,967 57,489 Czech Republic 32,981 48,956 39,060 52,558 Finland 14,270 35,236 9,284 18,082 France 115,527 250,818 151,539 252,248 Germany 398,862 804,940 353,901 589,634 Hungary 1 4 1 3 Italy 47,874 141,152 39,409 106,127 Netherlands 78,981 73,170 98,226 72,647 Poland 1,834 5,334 878 2,371 Spain 69,107 141,281 68,932 85,516 Sweden 157,903 294,716 172,885 266,065 United Kingdom 98,194 160,239 99,175 144,378 Other EU 18,245 46,713 28,131 45,854 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 2,852 11,667 2,705 1,868 Russia 40,259 94,822 49,823 95,852 Switzerland 1,495 5,366 2,371 7,931 Turkey 3,257 5,044 18,485 15,617 Ukraine 57,116 107,171 25,516 35,121 Other Europe (-) (-) 13 15 Euro Area 837,492 1,738,491 852,055 1,374,678 Pacific Rim Countries 1,217,456 1,716,190 855,938 1,166,106 Australia 255 1,465 1,283 1,711 China 636,590 876,088 331,697 444,071 Indonesia (-) (-) 373 693 Japan 470,110 650,391 404,903 555,570 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 110,349 187,913 117,336 163,601 Hong Kong 15 17 202 111 Korea 88,851 119,690 101,324 108,359 Singapore 61 221 821 3,465 Taiwan 21,421 67,985 14,988 51,666 Other Pacific Rim 152 333 347 461 South/Central America 130,767 292,661 154,414 192,448 Argentina 33,025 79,002 6,281 17,525 Brazil 59,044 131,176 108,269 124,962 Chile (-) (-) 10 75 Colombia 38,090 81,563 29,851 42,528 Venezuela 98 216 7,342 5,917 Other S/C A 512 704 2,662 1,440 Other Countries 44,171 68,072 36,159 51,140 Egypt (-) (-) 1,190 603 India 42,212 64,719 21,108 27,419 South Africa 1,619 2,361 2,617 9,527 Thailand 176 680 10,942 13,012 Other 164 312 303 578 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 December 2008 (CB-09-14)