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 December 2009 December 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 4,477,126 7,269,991 4,350,176 5,682,091 North America 1,601,396 2,201,317 1,856,809 1,972,432 Canada 1,319,117 1,794,346 1,261,117 1,505,168 Mexico 282,278 406,972 595,692 467,264 Europe 1,351,719 2,733,585 1,377,114 2,193,042 European Union 1,236,359 2,489,374 1,275,682 2,028,629 Austria 99,835 229,710 104,433 176,169 Belgium 12,617 54,001 18,353 62,747 Czech Republic 39,605 58,934 41,215 55,422 Finland 17,120 40,846 10,421 20,746 France 123,037 275,960 160,289 268,352 Germany 428,889 873,924 389,673 652,966 Hungary 1 4 1 3 Italy 56,345 166,432 44,900 120,715 Netherlands 82,578 77,057 104,026 76,545 Poland 2,187 6,535 1,328 3,301 Spain 74,531 155,135 70,821 87,637 Sweden 173,911 325,841 191,109 293,335 United Kingdom 105,777 173,030 108,631 159,610 Other EU 19,926 51,965 30,480 51,082 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 2,852 11,667 2,705 1,868 Russia 49,681 111,980 51,605 101,629 Switzerland 1,524 5,505 2,510 8,479 Turkey 3,307 5,121 18,561 15,716 Ukraine 57,996 109,937 26,038 36,705 Other Europe (-) (-) 13 15 Euro Area 902,064 1,896,992 916,518 1,495,599 Pacific Rim Countries 1,325,880 1,917,094 915,891 1,256,099 Australia 256 1,468 1,313 1,806 China 700,130 992,670 354,290 479,484 Indonesia (-) (-) 373 693 Japan 512,325 728,687 437,325 601,420 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 113,016 193,935 122,244 172,235 Hong Kong 15 17 202 111 Korea 90,202 122,543 104,915 113,356 Singapore 61 221 821 3,465 Taiwan 22,737 71,154 16,306 55,303 Other Pacific Rim 152 333 347 461 South/Central America 144,792 330,044 159,648 203,464 Argentina 38,520 92,924 7,252 20,500 Brazil 60,164 134,805 110,724 130,504 Chile (-) (-) 10 75 Colombia 45,499 101,394 31,602 44,951 Venezuela 98 216 7,342 5,917 Other S/C A 512 704 2,718 1,517 Other Countries 53,340 87,952 40,714 57,054 Egypt (-) (-) 1,190 603 India 51,297 84,425 25,581 33,215 South Africa 1,684 2,483 2,678 9,601 Thailand 190 717 10,942 13,012 Other 169 326 323 623 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 January 2009 (CB-09-26)