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 December 2009 December 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 28,963,724 36,584,943 30,158,061 28,968,200 North America 9,326,760 10,052,972 8,972,331 7,582,812 Canada 6,427,964 6,851,533 6,110,713 5,207,747 Mexico 2,898,796 3,201,439 2,861,618 2,375,065 Europe 7,034,310 10,561,803 7,500,141 8,968,894 European Union 3,955,765 7,561,314 4,661,987 7,316,517 Austria 216,008 505,878 218,547 380,866 Belgium 122,814 235,303 142,388 405,137 Czech Republic 133,157 214,939 138,721 185,781 Finland 30,500 102,240 27,635 88,234 France 273,999 629,041 394,796 676,824 Germany 1,079,303 1,936,583 1,096,183 1,624,766 Hungary 3 7 929 584 Italy 356,392 896,581 626,482 952,310 Netherlands 430,443 360,970 530,750 348,557 Poland 69,538 56,764 18,588 25,783 Spain 198,294 447,381 146,420 251,005 Sweden 255,896 768,628 275,824 816,687 United Kingdom 340,599 696,263 468,196 879,219 Other EU 448,817 710,736 576,526 680,764 Moldova (-) (-) 1,147 906 Norway 26,111 39,533 30,299 25,155 Russia 1,018,347 942,422 1,078,446 636,373 Switzerland 16,070 50,747 25,238 58,144 Turkey 750,573 773,059 520,776 299,480 Ukraine 1,262,486 1,188,885 1,132,388 591,169 Other Europe 4,959 5,842 49,859 41,150 Euro Area 3,050,454 5,652,925 3,639,881 5,274,997 Pacific Rim Countries 9,426,283 12,065,074 9,854,855 9,127,779 Australia 635,695 499,597 782,068 404,443 China 4,376,534 5,964,470 4,184,721 3,944,961 Indonesia 5,417 11,805 23,446 26,242 Japan 1,602,789 2,128,107 1,535,940 1,725,920 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 2,693,698 3,335,362 2,917,170 2,783,722 Hong Kong 791 2,226 31,786 19,604 Korea 2,091,277 2,206,453 1,817,952 1,496,653 Singapore 1,146 4,416 68,141 45,857 Taiwan 600,484 1,122,267 999,291 1,221,609 Other Pacific Rim 112,151 125,732 411,510 242,492 South/Central America 1,550,717 1,701,668 2,589,462 1,852,469 Argentina 128,529 269,991 91,574 127,827 Brazil 1,197,935 1,112,298 2,080,308 1,409,207 Chile 1,383 2,016 2,121 2,023 Colombia 97,328 188,461 86,324 111,005 Venezuela 38,023 47,212 148,791 99,210 Other S/C A 87,519 81,690 180,343 103,197 Other Countries 1,625,653 2,203,426 1,241,272 1,436,245 Egypt (-) (-) 9,451 5,369 India 1,248,220 1,735,143 759,344 1,026,786 South Africa 81,187 108,489 130,921 163,467 Thailand 209,160 247,619 325,553 219,763 Other 87,086 112,176 16,003 20,860 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)