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U.S. Metals Trade --  Year 2002

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







STEEL            
Semifinished   1,909,026 8,023,932 124,747 102,276  
Flat-rolled   4,448,633 10,065,988 2,242,728 3,148,323  
Long Products   3,441,030 8,369,804 1,079,055 1,369,875  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   2,899,098 3,689,316 1,606,520 967,749  
Scrap   376,312 3,125,924 1,290,112 8,950,046  
             
COPPER            
Unwrought    1,465,142 931,838 106,035 52,058  
Powder & Flakes   14,800 2,618 25,450 6,288  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   144,934 62,264 145,453 60,106  
Wire   516,426 267,940 236,373 99,370  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   217,657 85,816 159,278 30,198  
Foil   140,342 27,599 88,469 n.a.  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   447,784 123,624 206,928 42,246  
Scrap   123,942 100,110 508,788 510,966  
             
NICKEL            
Unwrought   673,538 99,786 106,603 10,456  
Powder & Flakes   67,944 6,971 20,630 1,475  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 94,862 8,334 136,210 8,021  
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   52,128 4,008 124,394 8,599  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   43,939 2,967 32,858 2,016  
Scrap   18,040 6,059 51,727 27,372  
             
ALUMINUM            
Unwrought   4,188,300 2,900,925 430,844 297,375  
Powder & Flakes   14,156 3,572 40,132 8,847  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   417,057 149,391 226,054 68,103  
Wire   190,376 118,265 76,650 30,836  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   1,330,785 618,510 1,651,864 637,554  
Foil   468,479 128,181 318,892 92,440  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   94,863 16,972 205,390 41,497  
Scrap   401,583 393,481 509,363 521,618  
             
LEAD            
Unwrought   106,718 210,197 20,054 31,669  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 751 517 8,327 5,369  
Plt, Sht, Strip, Foil, Pow, Flk 5,274 2,984 4,702 3,093  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   307 153.031 2,841 395  
Scrap   1,801 3,245 23,323 105,978  
Scrap Batteries   2,149 14,155 6,397 10,117  
             
ZINC            
Unwrought   741,434 903,971 12,069 7,539  
Dust, Powder & Flakes   47,805 30,888 8,121 5,663  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 4,773 2,826 14,816 9,952
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   4,809 1,641 8,977 7,201  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   28,219 6,677 5,181 2,039  
Scrap   9,530 31,185 11,211 19,831  
             
TIN            
Unwrought   178,721 45,739 14,809 2,943  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 1,201 224 7439 1621  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   288 128 6977 16868  
Foil, Powder, Flakes   1,815 125 5892 792  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   17 0.563 238 57  
Scrap   736 561 9,743 5,941  
             
TITANIUM            
Unwrought   92,746 12,420 79,888 5,456  
Wrought   62,529 2,686 243,545 6,135  
Scrap   17,788 6,265 14,243 6,000  
             
TUNGSTEN   35,973 1,946 47,396 2,160  
MOLYBDENUM   16,036 790 24,415 854  
MAGNESIUM   206,208 87,890 77,929 25,412  
COBALT   128,448 7,330 61,352 2,523  
CADMIUM   978 24.688 1,274 168.3  
BERYLLIUM   763 3.7 7,578 136.6  
GOLD    2,351,942 249.9 2,817,885 286.1 (1)
SILVER   686,700 4674.1 225,100 1329.5  
PLATINUM GROUP   2,823,775 220.8 719,420 72.9  
             
RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES          
Lead-acid Automotive (2)   326,418 16,809 245,603 8,446  
Lead-acid industrial/EV (2) 219,038 24,378 159,409 4,368  
Nickel-Cadmium (2)   328,470 90,751 55,154 7,155  
Other (2)   708,471 144,348 106,801 8,121  
             
INSULATED WIRE & CABLE          
Winding   131,883 35,069 415,243 90,368  
Coaxial   244,541 31,166 358,839 46,568  
Sets for vehicles etc   5,301,661   960,655    
Telecom   352,539   (3)    
Other   2,252,045   1,773,841    
Optical fiber cables   152,884   186,874    
             

(1) Export quantity does not include Gold Leaf.
(2) Quantity in thousands of units.
(3) Included in "Other"

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce.


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