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 December 2009 December 2008 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,288,572 3,722,909 4,477,126 7,269,991 North America 918,695 1,148,824 1,601,396 2,201,317 Canada 823,610 979,307 1,319,117 1,794,346 Mexico 95,085 169,517 282,278 406,972 Europe 709,030 1,411,685 1,351,719 2,733,585 European Union 629,349 1,310,582 1,236,359 2,489,374 Austria 45,461 88,480 99,835 229,710 Belgium 5,428 25,976 12,617 54,001 Czech Republic 26,994 29,449 39,605 58,934 Finland 5,980 12,397 17,120 40,846 France 72,189 188,934 123,037 275,960 Germany 165,990 400,788 428,889 873,924 Italy 50,314 147,224 56,345 166,432 Netherlands 48,771 38,927 82,578 77,057 Poland 1,833 5,614 2,187 6,535 Spain 47,314 79,024 74,531 155,135 Sweden 99,586 174,629 173,911 325,841 United Kingdom 49,861 97,239 105,777 173,030 Other EU 9,628 21,903 19,927 51,969 Norway 10 23 2,852 11,667 Russia 27,375 51,110 49,681 111,980 Switzerland 1,034 3,705 1,524 5,505 Turkey 38,992 27,470 3,307 5,121 Ukraine 10,577 16,649 57,996 109,937 Other Europe 1,692 2,145 (-) (-) Euro Area 447,228 993,590 902,070 1,897,013 Pacific Rim Countries 601,203 1,044,769 1,325,880 1,917,094 Australia 2,645 7,903 256 1,468 China 211,630 364,584 700,130 992,670 Indonesia 878 3,235 (-) (-) Japan 319,445 567,332 512,325 728,687 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 66,502 101,529 113,016 193,935 Hong Kong 16 18 15 17 Korea 55,617 69,878 90,202 122,543 Singapore 405 1,869 61 221 Taiwan 10,463 29,764 22,737 71,154 Other Pacific Rim 103 186 152 333 South/Central America 48,884 92,435 144,792 330,044 Argentina 9,656 25,114 38,520 92,924 Brazil 31,744 54,457 60,164 134,805 Chile (-) (-) (-) (-) Colombia 6,330 11,652 45,499 101,394 Venezuela (-) (-) 98 216 Other S/C A 1,154 1,212 512 704 Other Countries 10,760 25,195 53,340 87,952 India 9,649 21,649 51,297 84,425 South Africa 873 1,609 1,684 2,483 Thailand 110 1,720 190 717 Other 128 217 169 326 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary January 2010 (CB-10-23)