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 2012 August 2011 Cumulative to Cumulative to Date - Final Date - Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 3,385,498 5,430,341 2,730,673 4,211,530 North America 1,119,086 1,535,702 950,537 1,180,718 Canada 971,721 1,257,177 811,742 971,876 Mexico 147,365 278,525 138,795 208,842 Europe 1,112,222 1,928,868 869,943 1,549,061 European Union 989,403 1,746,303 800,989 1,435,619 Austria 81,892 151,169 71,048 148,348 Belgium 16,059 20,505 6,151 9,185 Czech Republic 49,857 77,966 45,734 65,954 Finland 14,367 27,868 9,842 20,421 France 86,136 199,018 113,526 237,781 Germany 326,901 551,885 218,994 399,553 Italy 71,948 179,070 36,749 69,830 Netherlands 62,835 57,663 60,956 61,030 Poland 9,718 17,128 5,691 9,299 Spain 49,860 84,408 38,824 65,177 Sweden 113,008 184,623 98,457 186,731 United Kingdom 78,162 132,680 72,213 117,059 Other EU 28,660 62,321 22,804 45,251 Norway 4 28 (-) (-) Russia 47,989 64,408 16,599 25,167 Switzerland 2,677 9,856 2,461 8,543 Turkey 40,075 54,995 27,816 40,755 Ukraine 25,064 43,845 16,403 31,695 Other Europe 7,010 9,434 5,674 7,281 Euro Area 718,971 1,291,851 567,616 1,032,415 Pacific Rim Countries 831,835 1,362,058 626,745 1,020,299 Australia 263 825 295 1,168 China 253,653 374,609 150,811 258,514 Indonesia 12,380 24,746 7,475 14,382 Japan 417,575 736,388 372,090 602,104 Newly Industrialized Countries(NICS) 142,248 219,598 95,427 143,526 Hong Kong 19 23 (-) (-) Korea 110,472 148,290 82,926 108,623 Singapore 8 33 (-) (-) Taiwan 31,749 71,253 12,501 34,903 Other Pacific Rim 5,716 5,891 647 605 South/Central America 145,903 309,527 102,888 199,634 Argentina 66,889 157,230 47,340 94,859 Brazil 53,329 105,092 32,537 64,624 Chile (-) (-) (-) (-) Colombia 25,367 45,919 22,864 39,954 Venezuela (-) (-) (-) (-) Other S/C A 318 1,286 147 197 Other Countries 176,451 294,186 180,561 261,819 India 115,152 191,636 137,782 194,402 South Africa 5 25 362 733 Thailand 4,009 5,610 553 1,108 Other 57,286 96,916 41,864 65,577 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 Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary September 2012 (CB-12-202)