Full year shipments were 70.1Mt, down slightly from those of 2009. The leading producing States (Texas, California, Missouri, Florida, and Alabama, in descending order) shipped 48% of the December total. The leading consuming States (Texas, California, Florida, Louisiana, and Ohio, in descending order) received about 44% of the December total shipments.
Clinker production totaled 3.4Mt in December, about 27% higher than production in December 2009 (table 4). Production for the full year totaled 60.4 Mt, up by nearly 6% from that of 2009. The leading clinker-producing States (Texas, California, Florida, Kansas, and Indiana, in descending order) produced about 49% of the December total.
December 2010 imports of cement and clinker of about 482,000t were about 58% higher than imports in December 2009. Imports for 2010 overall totaled 6.8 Mt, down by about 2% from those in 2009.
