This information from the State Departments totally shows why there has been such a slow down since we started our journey in January of 2006....below is from the Chinaadopttalk blog posting.
State Department 2008 FY stats
November 18th, 2008
The State Department has released a pdf file showing worldwide stats for the 2008 fiscal year (October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2008).
According to the pdf, total adoptions from China on IR3 and IR4 visas were 3,902. There were 7 adoptions on an IH3 visa, which I believe means there were 7 adoptions that came under the Hague. At any rate, the pdf puts the total at 3,909, while their official stats page puts it at 3,254.
State Department numbers:1998 4,243 (per month, 354)1999 4,108 (per month, 342)2000 5,058 (per month, 422)2001 4,705 (per month, 392)2002 4,677 (per month, 389)2003 6,857 (per month, 571)2004 7,038 (per month, 587)2005 7,903 (per month, 659)2006 6,492 (per month, 541)2007 5,453 (per month, 454)2008 3,909 (per month, 326) or 3,254 (271 per month)
And, as has been pointed out before, back in 2005 special needs adoptions were less than 10% of the total, and they are currently over 30% of the total. So, NSN adoptions have dropped much more drastically than those numbers show.
I just hope and pray it does not slow down much more as there is optimism in the air that the website for Dec could potentially move 10 days as that will be a welcome site after only moving 2 this month!
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