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 September 2009 September 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 1,736,795 2,994,399 3,334,220 5,173,776 North America 643,931 852,560 1,309,444 1,736,272 Canada 579,494 720,387 1,079,705 1,429,349 Mexico 64,437 132,173 229,739 306,923 Europe 569,023 1,190,161 987,126 1,957,317 European Union 493,904 1,093,996 908,701 1,795,737 Austria 38,939 75,168 80,454 185,065 Belgium 4,875 23,535 11,685 50,203 Czech Republic 18,751 21,905 27,053 39,121 Finland 3,596 6,962 12,354 30,137 France 65,214 170,245 91,080 186,663 Germany 127,904 330,919 337,853 665,220 Hungary (-) (-) 1 4 Italy 45,235 136,135 37,202 108,375 Netherlands 17,370 14,280 38,150 31,926 Poland 1,614 4,758 1,405 4,020 Spain 44,332 74,408 53,571 100,172 Sweden 77,199 140,164 127,580 236,258 United Kingdom 41,606 77,334 77,081 124,763 Other EU 7,268 18,185 13,233 33,811 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Norway 10 23 2,852 11,667 Russia 23,923 48,271 28,338 65,642 Switzerland 569 2,348 1,264 4,563 Turkey 38,665 27,125 2,724 3,974 Ukraine 10,260 16,253 43,248 75,734 Other Europe 1,692 2,145 (-) (-) Euro Area 350,958 839,935 667,786 1,376,172 Pacific Rim Countries 483,033 859,320 906,083 1,231,334 Australia 902 3,546 244 1,425 China 198,441 341,717 425,951 557,701 Indonesia 878 3,235 (-) (-) Japan 232,062 433,603 387,372 518,672 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 50,648 77,042 92,506 153,455 Hong Kong 16 18 15 17 Korea 42,050 51,556 75,082 97,110 Singapore 390 1,709 61 221 Taiwan 8,191 23,758 17,347 56,107 Other Pacific Rim 103 178 10 81 South/Central America 32,984 71,698 91,987 190,122 Argentina 8,276 22,585 11,872 23,804 Brazil 19,599 40,232 47,492 101,138 Chile (-) (-) (-) (-) Colombia 4,101 7,817 32,035 64,298 Venezuela (-) (-) 98 216 Other S/C A 1,007 1,063 490 665 Other Countries 7,823 20,660 39,580 58,730 Egypt (-) (-) (-) (-) India 6,762 17,192 37,871 55,871 South Africa 824 1,537 1,422 2,041 Thailand 110 1,720 176 680 Other 127 211 111 138 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 October 2009 (CB-09-175)