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 July 2009 July 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 1,469,020 2,618,148 2,598,868 3,971,053 North America 490,257 684,036 1,115,843 1,443,173 Canada 435,693 566,843 918,564 1,193,502 Mexico 54,564 117,192 197,279 249,671 Europe 509,456 1,070,129 775,736 1,529,154 European Union 436,539 978,018 717,891 1,416,530 Austria 34,220 67,328 68,645 158,502 Belgium 3,864 18,023 10,318 44,794 Czech Republic 16,809 19,450 17,273 24,153 Finland 2,881 5,418 10,526 25,942 France 57,387 154,858 70,943 150,246 Germany 110,152 288,063 270,834 532,514 Hungary (-) (-) (-) (-) Italy 36,594 120,479 28,729 81,485 Netherlands 14,315 12,540 27,991 22,504 Poland 1,494 4,251 860 2,284 Spain 42,281 71,731 39,268 67,166 Sweden 72,625 131,134 100,795 186,931 United Kingdom 37,085 67,428 61,343 94,746 Other EU 6,831 17,316 10,366 25,263 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway (-) (-) 8 74 Russia 23,450 46,978 23,982 54,110 Switzerland 391 1,740 1,050 3,785 Turkey 38,488 26,933 2,486 3,507 Ukraine 8,895 14,315 30,319 51,148 Other Europe 1,692 2,145 (-) (-) Euro Area 304,753 745,868 531,877 1,098,807 Pacific Rim Countries 431,954 778,764 618,989 842,748 Australia 602 2,415 56 575 China 191,139 329,428 248,699 337,438 Indonesia 878 3,235 (-) (-) Japan 196,730 376,208 301,724 391,990 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 42,534 67,339 68,499 112,665 Hong Kong 16 18 15 17 Korea 35,242 44,851 54,580 68,105 Singapore 390 1,709 41 178 Taiwan 6,886 20,760 13,863 44,366 Other Pacific Rim 70 139 10 81 South/Central America 29,915 65,520 61,367 118,368 Argentina 7,583 21,256 5,241 10,103 Brazil 18,169 36,230 34,104 70,703 Chile (-) (-) (-) (-) Colombia 3,434 7,192 21,435 36,681 Venezuela (-) (-) 98 216 Other S/C A 728 843 490 665 Other Countries 7,439 19,699 26,933 37,609 Egypt (-) (-) (-) (-) India 6,501 16,405 25,847 35,899 South Africa 751 1,435 965 1,318 Thailand 110 1,720 16 262 Other 76 139 104 131 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 August 2009 (CB-09-146)