And you combine that again with what we feel is complete bypassing and going around the presidential sanctions that have been put in place. And so nothing’s really changed other than the fact that again, we got to go do that Sunset Review this week, and we feel that it’s even more the case that they’re operating unfairly with bypassing the presidential sanctions. And we do have the support, as you saw in the letter from the USW, I think that’s the most important thing, Larry, that I want to hit on is that the folks that build our tires at Titan are represented by the USW, and then it’s an exceptional group of people. They’re highly trained. They work their tail off and they’re good at what they do. And so from our perspective, and the USWs, when you are bypassing the presidential sanctions, you’re hurting American jobs.
And if you go back two years ago, I mean, one of the big mantras of the current administration was that they were going to product industrial jobs in the unions. And so again, we have worked with the union and the head of the union, and we feel that our message there is pretty clear. It’s completely bypassing the presidential sanctions. So with that, our Russian operations, we do operate within all the sanctions that are put in place. We have been from the onset, we continue to do that. The plant is operational. We do not export from that plant. We do not into markets that are bypassing sanctions like I mentioned with India, we do not supply the military. There is no cash going in, no cash going out. And at the same time that business serves a critical need of the global supply chain of food and agriculture.
So really nothing has changed with that business, but we do continue to operate and follow all sanctions that are in place.
Larry DeMaria: Okay. Very clear. Thank you, Paul, and good luck this year.
Paul Reitz: Thanks, Larry.
David Martin: Thanks, Larry.
Operator: Our next question comes from the line of Kirk Ludtke with Imperial Capital. Kirk, your line is now open.
Kirk Ludtke: Hello, Paul. Hello, David.
Paul Reitz: Hey, good morning.
Kirk Ludtke: Thank you. Thank you for the call. Just to follow-up on the Indian tire imports, do you know offhand how €“ what percentage of the U.S. market these Indian tire imports have?
Paul Reitz: Not off the top of my head, no. It’s really hard to get that clear data. I know there’s a publication €“ a industrial publication that puts out tire data. We have not participated in that since I think 2014. We found some inaccuracies in the data that was being compiled there. So no, I €“ we don’t have accurate information on that. Other countries, I know in Europe and Brazil, you’re able to kind of use some government statistics to pull that together, but in the U.S. not specifically able to give you an answer on that. If we come across it, maybe this week we might come across it with our ITC review. But I don’t have it off the top of my head right now.
Kirk Ludtke: Okay. That’s fine. Yes. I can imagine it can €“ tires can originate in India and go through any number of countries before they get here, so it’s probably pretty tough to pin down. With respect to input costs, I noticed a pretty big spike in hot-rolled coil in the last week. And I know that over time, you’ve talked about your ability to pass through input cost increases onto customers, and that, that seems like you were making some progress there. Can you maybe talk a little bit about how your contract protection has changed if it has with respect to passing steel on €“ steel price increases on?
