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U.S. Imports of Steel Products
Detail by steel product group

G01- Carbon Flat: Slabs

Annual + Year-To-Date Data from January-September, 2009
Source 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 YTD 2008 YTD 2009 % Change YTD % change 2004-2008
In Short Tons
Mexico 2,256,439 2,139,431 1,814,178 1,447,273 1,248,810 1,016,158 136,710 -86.5% -44.7%
Ukraine 169,816 338,547 1,470,724 1,111,908 1,019,385 836,979 11,676 -98.6% 500.3%
Canada 60,514 325,218 170,056 650,787 990,496 879,170 140,158 -84.1% 1,536.8%
Brazil 2,253,345 1,427,386 1,204,489 874,571 797,707 657,435 125,189 -81.0% -64.6%
Russia 948,981 834,544 1,937,251 815,669 733,131 584,913 236,233 -59.6% -22.7%
India 0 0 4,720 51,327 268,230 234,658 0 -100.0% N/A
Japan 53,994 0 401,141 208,675 143,802 119,668 193,942 62.1% 166.3%
Australia 280,560 285,890 598,037 347,374 75,068 75,068 0 -100.0% -73.2%
Poland 13,388 0 4,960 0 61,460 61,460 68 -99.9% 359.1%
Italy 10,737 66,898 446,073 303,486 16,893 16,805 651 -96.1% 57.3%
Germany 26,206 14,614 3,969 1,417 9,886 8,971 161 -98.2% -62.3%
Belgium 33,635 55,211 39,881 11,992 6,231 0 0 N/A -81.5%
United Kingdom 52,806 208,020 98,245 348 17 17 181 952.4% -100.0%
Sweden 163 0 0 0 1 0 0 N/A -99.5%
Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Finland 38,160 22,351 23,434 2,784 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Slovak Republic 0 0 48,808 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Netherlands 3,076 4,650 0 46,318 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Korea 889 0 0 48 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Venezuela 59,492 207,723 0 98,982 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Turkey 19,825 43 856 5,580 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Taiwan 0 0 874 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
South Africa 71,980 10,910 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Hungary 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
France 883 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
China 27,376 72,994 30,740 12,308 0 0 14 N/A -100.0%
Austria 84 0 0 5,912 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Argentina 66,911 29,989 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Total: 6,449,262 6,044,420 8,298,442 5,996,760 5,371,116 4,491,302 844,984 -81.2% -16.7%
Source: Compiled by the U.S. International Trade Commission from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.