Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 4. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Steel Products From Selected Countries and Areas: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars. (-) Represents zero or less than one half of measurement shown. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. August 1999 August 1998 Cumulative To Cumulative To Date- Final Date- Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 21,214,962 8,248,511 24,183,677 10,875,610 North America 5,244,394 2,255,647 5,134,269 2,534,913 Canada 3,082,167 1,552,555 3,071,092 1,714,461 Mexico 2,162,226 703,092 2,063,177 820,452 Western Europe 4,205,268 2,288,697 4,736,038 2,897,798 Euro Area 3,320,452 1,756,823 3,510,532 2,168,683 European Union 3,881,336 2,179,341 4,295,098 2,732,639 Austria 52,717 52,644 93,456 80,867 Belgium 220,429 134,093 230,979 148,631 Finland 176,898 54,667 101,137 40,816 France 718,781 406,510 684,321 454,236 Germany 994,261 535,337 1,015,246 670,177 Italy 164,424 127,201 357,266 245,252 Netherlands 498,015 168,654 442,429 176,049 Spain 371,269 213,980 377,635 245,874 Sweden 131,534 168,819 148,808 190,959 United Kingdom 398,734 238,999 597,648 349,426 Other EU 154,275 78,437 246,173 130,352 European Free Trade Association 33,901 31,189 51,872 33,045 Norway 25,989 16,627 15,166 9,368 Switzerland 7,912 14,561 36,706 23,677 Other EFTA (-) (-) (-) (-) Turkey 273,744 65,072 347,593 110,567 Other Western Europe 16,286 13,096 41,475 21,547 Eastern Europe/FSR 2,079,611 474,551 4,395,263 1,268,941 Poland 60,864 13,262 108,640 35,629 Former Soviet Republics 1,679,224 371,149 3,939,018 1,101,105 Moldova 238,845 49,605 183,078 52,751 Ukraine 397,772 69,876 584,218 167,973 Russia 733,612 190,085 2,916,237 805,865 Other FSR 308,995 61,584 255,484 74,516 Other EE 339,524 90,139 347,605 132,208 Pacific Rim Countries 5,795,390 2,265,310 6,966,139 3,172,422 Australia 529,126 103,316 588,558 165,262 China 368,106 120,340 315,482 150,035 Indonesia 314,201 76,976 238,758 73,175 Japan 2,056,433 1,040,102 3,506,646 1,803,967 Korea 1,865,101 629,033 1,948,632 751,000 Taiwan 525,318 249,919 285,257 191,560 Other Pacific Rim 137,106 45,625 82,807 37,423 South/Central America 3,149,369 721,831 2,198,771 687,900 Argentina 288,192 82,067 88,895 45,373 Brazil 2,352,854 498,103 1,613,541 492,480 Colombia 17,257 7,800 11,748 9,059 Venezuela 293,979 76,883 298,263 79,179 Other S/C A 197,088 56,978 186,324 61,809 Other Countries 740,931 242,475 753,197 313,637 India 225,331 62,323 230,616 84,816 South Africa 358,898 120,245 411,191 180,885 Other 156,702 59,908 111,390 47,937 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of Census. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."