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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-June
Source 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 YTD 2000 YTD 2001 % Change YTD % change 1996-2000
In Short Tons
Brazil 1,878,767 1,886,663 1,648,880 2,815,247 2,645,051 1,505,335 726,396 -51.7% 40.8%
Mexico 1,258,424 1,429,150 1,560,334 1,747,137 1,635,969 914,199 685,239 -25.0% 30.0%
Russia 207,861 363,708 275,470 528,111 750,672 301,974 412,579 36.6% 261.1%
Ukraine 128,819 104,288 315,911 355,133 670,382 393,782 22,053 -94.4% 420.4%
Australia 267,618 151,101 592,412 563,305 444,026 283,126 154,505 -45.4% 65.9%
Japan 87,610 40,168 137,092 408,033 318,005 180,173 81,707 -54.7% 263.0%
Canada 184,676 228,347 153,175 217,142 221,355 173,201 22,699 -86.9% 19.9%
Venezuela 221,231 100,420 57,993 8,957 172,827 114,357 0 -100.0% -21.9%
China 0 2,934 2,295 32,835 169,728 69,818 5,726 -91.8% N/A
Germany 838,597 665,026 232,144 333,970 87,114 42,804 7,099 -83.4% -89.6%
Italy 50,905 9,637 531 57,181 49,989 46,368 4,776 -89.7% -1.8%
Finland 12,160 53,450 32,549 36,461 45,549 27,528 12,384 -55.0% 274.6%
South Africa 0 3,923 84,183 0 33,483 33,483 109,936 228.3% N/A
United Kingdom 268,427 107,233 58,335 35,193 8,511 4,295 1,632 -62.0% -96.8%
Portugal 0 0 0 0 5,484 5,484 0 -100.0% N/A
Norway 0 0 0 0 1,207 190 0 -100.0% N/A
Belarus 0 0 0 0 423 0 303 N/A N/A
Netherlands 192,046 2,573 5,379 38,964 17 10 0 -100.0% -100.0%
Taiwan 0 0 172 31 12 12 0 -100.0% N/A
France 241,436 26,757 0 579 9 9 0 -100.0% -100.0%
Argentina 0 3,452 1,158 103,571 0 0 45,003 N/A N/A
Ireland 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Latvia 0 0 24,096 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Slovenia 32,927 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Turkey 0 2,385 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Sweden 38,761 32,832 54,228 0 0 0 11,083 N/A -100.0%
Spain 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Poland 58 0 16,605 22,184 0 0 41,504 N/A -100.0%
Lithuania 1,917 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Korea 65,785 202,177 93,731 42,183 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Belgium 319,294 148 4,968 21,861 0 0 1,650 N/A -100.0%
Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 27,755 N/A N/A
Total: 6,297,405 5,416,372 5,351,647 7,368,076 7,259,814 4,096,148 2,374,030 -42.0% 15.3%
Source: Compiled by the U.S. International Trade Commission from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.