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 2011 December 2010 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 4,134,021 6,484,940 3,306,346 4,660,331 North America 1,433,847 1,802,629 1,338,987 1,525,291 Canada 1,244,913 1,499,020 1,152,830 1,275,155 Mexico 188,934 303,609 186,157 250,136 Europe 1,326,970 2,370,009 1,029,386 1,674,676 European Union 1,208,402 2,175,655 908,585 1,530,196 Austria 107,156 223,228 72,787 131,416 Belgium 13,537 23,736 2,717 3,200 Czech Republic 65,396 96,537 47,578 63,875 Finland 15,053 30,060 13,401 29,591 France 156,368 333,079 81,139 178,019 Germany 336,390 628,555 235,270 447,453 Italy 56,892 110,815 27,771 68,452 Netherlands 105,297 99,871 87,872 70,476 Poland 8,219 14,324 1,695 4,794 Spain 54,401 91,638 54,064 76,967 Sweden 139,560 266,268 154,136 250,228 United Kingdom 113,185 184,023 95,007 147,604 Other EU 36,949 73,522 35,149 58,122 Norway 3 27 451 570 Russia 26,580 39,375 62,108 65,730 Switzerland 3,932 14,288 2,145 6,880 Turkey 46,116 67,631 17,996 21,130 Ukraine 33,707 62,427 25,827 34,771 Other Europe 8,231 10,606 12,275 15,399 Euro Area 862,354 1,572,215 595,301 1,038,431 Pacific Rim Countries 946,659 1,589,144 742,572 1,126,842 Australia 943 2,510 830 2,736 China 254,141 447,725 100,746 168,722 Indonesia 8,285 16,100 871 3,008 Japan 530,570 893,690 532,020 804,828 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 148,702 225,280 107,331 146,659 Hong Kong (-) (-) (-) 2 Korea 127,719 167,515 90,715 106,954 Singapore (-) 2 11 116 Taiwan 20,983 57,763 16,605 39,587 Other Pacific Rim 4,017 3,840 774 889 South/Central America 173,122 340,950 101,255 195,199 Argentina 87,473 180,143 46,784 89,501 Brazil 50,673 100,605 30,923 66,419 Chile (-) (-) (-) (-) Colombia 34,826 59,999 23,353 39,073 Venezuela (-) (-) (-) (-) Other S/C A 149 202 195 206 Other Countries 253,423 382,209 94,146 138,324 India 187,698 278,653 85,336 123,849 South Africa 435 828 1,189 1,957 Thailand 1,624 2,509 388 796 Other 63,665 100,218 7,233 11,722 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 Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148) or Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary January 2012 (CB-12-32)