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U.S. Metals Trade --  March 2006

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







STEEL            
Semifinished   395,446 918,918 22,912 18,514  
Flat-rolled   956,747 1,401,221 438,995 440,614  
Long Products   589,658 843,212 210,632 194,850  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   685,728 560,121 347,389 143,840  
Scrap   116,646 482,545 332,743 956,070  
             
COPPER            
Unwrought   375,774 81,274 25,906 8,904  
Powder & Flakes   2,752 391 4,970 976  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   26,194 4,755 30,541 5,903  
Wire   185,984 35,732 81,523 15,856  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   40,511 6,936 31,285 4,153  
Foil   14,365 1,557 17,644 n.a.  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   108,039 15,851 34,996 4,835  
Scrap   27,285 9,004 147,428 60,027  
             
NICKEL            
Unwrought   197,569 13,363 12,794 1,123  
Powder & Flakes   11,181 695 2,085 92  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 21,048 946 46,969 1,876  
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   12,744 431 17,891 564  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   9,306 339 8,590 322  
Scrap   7,690 1,135 4,956 1,885  
             
ALUMINUM            
Unwrought   743,712 293,688 91,367 35,113  
Powder & Flakes   3,888 832 2,857 505  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   80,624 21,261 54,952 12,965  
Wire   44,326 15,697 15,362 4,561  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   259,990 77,767 266,421 72,963  
Foil   67,039 14,549 49,305 11,296  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   15,891 2,531 22,137 3,644  
Scrap   71,739 43,350 193,366 119,930  
             
LEAD            
Unwrought   31,707 24,847 8,049 6,866  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 614 343 2,121 1,145  
Plt, Sht, Strip, Foil, Pow, Flk 721 262 561 407  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   10 24 18 8  
Scrap   429 520 2,020 6,067  
Scrap Batteries   274 1,348 47,188 86,256  
             
ZINC            
Unwrought   125,299 68,118 4,823 2,108  
Dust, Powder & Flakes   8,388 2,922 2,028 901  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 789 329 1,560 901
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   1,359 400 1,254 303  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   4,895 1,043 290 55  
Scrap   1,340 1,121 7,868 5,221  
             
TIN            
Unwrought   28,260 3,899 2,687 375  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 1,371 171 1201 150  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   47 32 434 622  
Foil, Powder, Flakes   767 35 267 19  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   2 0.012 82 14  
Scrap   818 136 495 447  
             
TITANIUM            
Unwrought   29,055 (4) 6,531 363  
Wrought   16,052 493 40,108 671  
Scrap   16,874 1,113 5,817 749  
             
TUNGSTEN   10,366 327 9,423 311  
MOLYBDENUM   7,022 96 9,969 150  
MAGNESIUM   17,540 6,428 4,698 1,082  
COBALT   33,043 1,246 17,862 451  
CADMIUM   0 0 170 121  
BERYLLIUM   5 0.151 804 3.733  
GOLD   450,664 29 593,616 34 (1)
SILVER   149,359 488 102,896 316  
PLATINUM GROUP   435,238 19 101,772 6.659  
             
RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES          
Lead-acid Automotive (2)   40,849 1,937 23,125 633  
Lead-acid industrial/EV (2) 32,599 2,301 24,662 669  
Nickel-Cadmium (2)   23,372 5,171 6,708 315  
Other (2)   88,915 22,346 10,758 420  
             
INSULATED WIRE & CABLE          
Winding   27,586 4,092 47,892 8,037  
Coaxial   43,915 5,463 40,261 4,256  
Sets for vehicles etc   563,951   75,950    
Telecom   59,114   (3)    
Other   315,348   253,281    
Optical fiber cables   39,219   39,767    
             

(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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