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 July 2009 July 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 8,722,870 11,132,660 17,090,906 19,486,194 North America 2,813,419 2,623,852 6,368,919 6,361,102 Canada 1,853,422 1,798,465 4,477,356 4,441,149 Mexico 959,997 825,387 1,891,563 1,919,953 Europe 2,030,428 3,365,149 4,113,288 5,716,520 European Union 1,349,587 2,753,284 2,428,149 4,366,110 Austria 87,282 205,662 140,579 312,089 Belgium 53,565 81,700 82,918 158,251 Czech Republic 60,830 101,247 60,919 81,568 Finland 36,144 44,232 20,553 70,332 France 139,075 316,053 171,185 377,468 Germany 291,755 697,652 691,090 1,126,800 Hungary 3 5 (-) (-) Italy 124,353 332,136 263,824 580,555 Netherlands 123,549 96,683 191,399 139,015 Poland 9,932 9,811 62,033 40,032 Spain 82,011 189,783 121,211 223,606 Sweden 103,323 250,321 151,117 460,040 United Kingdom 107,127 201,855 210,856 432,726 Other EU 130,637 226,145 260,463 363,630 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 4,900 7,838 14,141 16,813 Russia 312,532 270,952 518,358 405,298 Switzerland 4,207 13,132 9,598 28,354 Turkey 322,777 263,075 369,561 284,944 Ukraine 31,801 50,828 770,984 612,221 Other Europe 4,624 6,040 2,497 2,780 Euro Area 1,039,405 2,124,790 1,889,657 3,281,416 Pacific Rim Countries 3,021,951 4,032,603 4,801,258 5,497,003 Australia 118,850 69,765 403,782 279,482 China 1,114,402 1,703,407 1,765,573 2,224,675 Indonesia 7,224 16,457 1,352 3,973 Japan 692,395 1,079,789 945,616 1,102,542 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 1,002,836 1,086,745 1,610,038 1,819,628 Hong Kong 401 1,268 586 1,721 Korea 771,098 762,413 1,250,529 1,149,933 Singapore 966 3,052 781 2,920 Taiwan 230,370 320,012 358,142 665,054 Other Pacific Rim 86,244 76,440 74,898 66,702 South/Central America 364,594 387,284 967,979 837,558 Argentina 51,527 105,807 38,352 59,014 Brazil 236,693 226,005 779,218 608,180 Chile 149 157 524 644 Colombia 13,047 19,256 52,637 81,548 Venezuela 36,352 17,689 26,225 27,605 Other S/C A 26,826 18,371 71,023 60,567 Other Countries 492,477 723,771 839,462 1,074,011 Egypt (-) (-) (-) (-) India 382,958 601,706 680,859 898,877 South Africa 20,520 21,530 46,670 55,386 Thailand 49,185 55,321 79,033 82,643 Other 39,814 45,214 32,900 37,105 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)