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U.S. Metals Trade --  November 2005

      IMPORTS   EXPORTS  
    $1000  Metric $1000  Metric
    Cust Value Tons  f.a.s. Tons  







STEEL            
Semifinished   188,266 432,043 19,206 20,801  
Flat-rolled   611,668 783,837 431,725 463,937  
Long Products   466,704 586,637 191,571 187,479  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   557,583 420,509 264,278 118,704  
Scrap   107,756 472,295 299,124 1,110,510  
             
COPPER            
Unwrought   420,824 101,606 12,568 4,020  
Powder & Flakes   2,080 314 3,742 1,105  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   24,485 4,988 22,565 5,290  
Wire   157,771 35,793 73,451 15,849  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   35,079 7,411 24,901 3,409  
Foil   10,909 1,433 18,529 n.a.  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   76,643 12,438 33,842 4,801  
Scrap   29,051 10,453 97,014 56,986  
             
NICKEL            
Unwrought   131,181 10,244 7,242 698  
Powder & Flakes   10,266 714 2,457 116  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 19,786 898 36,593 1,544  
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   7,750 315 10,941 397  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   6,465 287 10,552 426  
Scrap   7,763 1,378 4,145 2,007  
             
ALUMINUM            
Unwrought   492,935 242,940 64,031 31,324  
Powder & Flakes   2,733 566 3,757 629  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   64,182 19,271 41,899 10,170  
Wire   34,383 15,214 9,932 3,307  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   193,110 65,651 218,697 67,781  
Foil   60,121 14,097 35,278 9,112  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   16,864 3,117 22,573 3,765  
Scrap   51,196 37,190 129,278 102,324  
             
LEAD            
Unwrought   30,567 28,381 6,534 6,484  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 341 255 2,330 1,235  
Plt, Sht, Strip, Foil, Pow, Flk 537 239 186 109  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   26 4 25 16  
Scrap   187 436 2,119 5,651  
Scrap Batteries   302 1,449 23,872 58,834  
             
ZINC            
Unwrought   79,722 59,390 2,116 1,084  
Dust, Powder & Flakes   3,963 1,865 1,538 793  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 594 275 1,297 755
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   1,851 609 654 282  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   4,288 1,012 247 35  
Scrap   1,140 1,150 4,531 3,750  
             
TIN            
Unwrought   21,986 3,469 2,182 342  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 673 102 1492 211  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   35 28 947 2632  
Foil, Powder, Flakes   1,109 67 804 67  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   3 0.001 8 0.707  
Scrap   54 212 1,167 1,090  
             
TITANIUM            
Unwrought   19,626 (4) 6,698 394  
Wrought   7,639 246 31,009 608  
Scrap   16,727 1,126 8,943 1,302  
             
TUNGSTEN   8,174 259 8,429 298  
MOLYBDENUM   4,924 73 12,036 163  
MAGNESIUM   19,108 6,799 4,521 876  
COBALT   31,976 1,118 12,402 318  
CADMIUM   97 1.016 158 90.790  
BERYLLIUM   5 0.023 819 3.857  
GOLD   420,700 33.8 422,044 27.9 (1)
SILVER   113,692 468.5 20,574 114.2  
PLATINUM GROUP   331,353 20.3 54,940 4.1  
             
RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES          
Lead-acid Automotive (2)   42,450 2,017 27,423 801  
Lead-acid industrial/EV (2) 34,167 2,425 20,967 476  
Nickel-Cadmium (2)   24,055 7,606 5,616 388  
Other (2)   98,704 22,216 8,069 399  
             
INSULATED WIRE & CABLE          
Winding   22,707 4,437 36,222 6,873  
Coaxial   44,251 5,930 40,130 4,801  
Sets for vehicles etc   510,884   90,431    
Telecom   53,278   (3)    
Other   303,087   195,985    
Optical fiber cables   29,320   31,606    
             

(1) Export quantity does not include Gold Leaf.
(2) Quantity in thousands of units.
(3) Included in "Other"
(4) Quantity imported from Kazakhstan no longer available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce.


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