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 2010 August 2009 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,188,904 3,022,427 1,591,112 2,793,054 North America 951,492 1,097,016 557,116 759,260 Canada 812,363 908,244 497,925 637,337 Mexico 139,129 188,772 59,191 121,923 Europe 644,791 1,019,421 539,766 1,127,847 European Union 569,716 938,523 465,152 1,033,094 Austria 40,223 70,560 36,780 71,610 Belgium 894 1,303 4,578 22,614 Czech Republic 31,484 39,297 18,116 20,954 Finland 9,385 20,599 3,181 6,252 France 50,507 111,730 58,824 158,840 Germany 145,300 266,749 117,314 305,023 Italy 16,232 38,160 43,687 130,439 Netherlands 46,590 38,651 16,401 13,623 Poland 803 2,413 1,554 4,503 Spain 42,543 60,002 43,041 72,877 Sweden 98,344 153,802 74,902 135,718 United Kingdom 63,524 95,755 39,801 73,024 Other EU 23,886 39,502 6,971 17,615 Norway 3 11 (-) (-) Russia 45,673 42,991 23,805 47,823 Switzerland 1,113 3,648 409 1,814 Turkey 6,837 7,234 38,561 27,006 Ukraine 15,244 19,370 10,146 15,965 Other Europe 6,205 7,643 1,692 2,145 Euro Area 364,263 629,061 327,003 788,995 Pacific Rim Countries 470,784 701,053 455,047 816,662 Australia 613 2,045 883 3,474 China 61,051 93,679 194,633 335,327 Indonesia 560 1,765 878 3,235 Japan 355,634 523,936 211,749 402,475 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 52,848 79,469 46,800 71,972 Hong Kong (-) 2 16 18 Korea 43,009 55,932 38,693 47,979 Singapore 11 116 390 1,709 Taiwan 9,827 23,419 7,701 22,267 Other Pacific Rim 78 159 103 178 South/Central America 62,264 121,246 31,637 69,381 Argentina 23,341 47,496 8,217 22,405 Brazil 19,494 40,998 19,216 38,912 Chile (-) (-) (-) (-) Colombia 19,304 32,636 3,434 7,192 Venezuela (-) (-) (-) (-) Other S/C A 125 117 770 871 Other Countries 59,572 83,691 7,546 19,905 India 58,439 81,735 6,540 16,515 South Africa 740 1,162 774 1,468 Thailand 319 671 110 1,720 Other 74 122 122 201 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.ht ml. 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 September 2010 (CB-10-160)