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 August 2009 August 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 1,591,112 2,793,054 2,968,292 4,564,298 North America 557,116 759,260 1,208,556 1,585,837 Canada 497,925 637,337 994,813 1,305,969 Mexico 59,191 121,923 213,743 279,868 Europe 539,766 1,127,847 881,017 1,748,093 European Union 465,152 1,033,094 807,332 1,597,348 Austria 36,780 71,610 72,855 169,861 Belgium 4,578 22,614 10,880 48,168 Czech Republic 18,116 20,954 21,506 30,742 Finland 3,181 6,252 11,091 27,261 France 58,824 158,840 80,483 168,828 Germany 117,314 305,023 296,658 586,406 Hungary (-) (-) 1 4 Italy 43,687 130,439 32,670 94,387 Netherlands 16,401 13,623 34,446 28,118 Poland 1,554 4,503 1,025 3,020 Spain 43,041 72,877 46,965 85,313 Sweden 74,902 135,718 117,515 215,100 United Kingdom 39,801 73,024 70,080 110,625 Other EU 6,971 17,615 11,156 29,517 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway (-) (-) 2,852 11,667 Russia 23,805 47,823 25,745 58,345 Switzerland 409 1,814 1,182 4,277 Turkey 38,561 27,006 2,669 3,882 Ukraine 10,146 15,965 41,237 72,574 Other Europe 1,692 2,145 (-) (-) Euro Area 327,003 788,995 591,135 1,225,872 Pacific Rim Countries 455,047 816,662 777,609 1,047,561 Australia 883 3,474 225 1,282 China 194,633 335,327 355,710 461,637 Indonesia 878 3,235 (-) (-) Japan 211,749 402,475 346,222 456,647 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 46,800 71,972 75,442 127,915 Hong Kong 16 18 15 17 Korea 38,693 47,979 59,645 77,319 Singapore 390 1,709 61 221 Taiwan 7,701 22,267 15,720 50,358 Other Pacific Rim 103 178 10 81 South/Central America 31,637 69,381 71,904 141,614 Argentina 8,217 22,405 5,882 11,482 Brazil 19,216 38,912 40,402 84,134 Chile (-) (-) (-) (-) Colombia 3,434 7,192 25,033 45,116 Venezuela (-) (-) 98 216 Other S/C A 770 871 490 665 Other Countries 7,546 19,905 29,207 41,193 Egypt (-) (-) (-) (-) India 6,540 16,515 27,900 39,145 South Africa 774 1,468 1,183 1,651 Thailand 110 1,720 16 262 Other 122 201 108 136 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 September 2009 (CB-09-160)