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U.S. Metals Trade --  Year 2001

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







STEEL            
Semifinished   1,357,738 5,843,524 126,529 127,365  
Flat-rolled   3,961,718 9,156,863 2,357,012 3,207,467  
Long Products   3,547,660 8,418,606 1,155,367 1,425,447  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   3,322,542 4,444,453 1,668,315 965,733  
Scrap   273,942 2,630,376 1,127,944 7,443,562  
             
COPPER            
Unwrought    1,606,949 997,114 110,791 52,472  
Powder & Flakes   12,740 1,923 23,224 5,739  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   170,638 65,375 143,028 45,184  
Wire   511,863 250,976 223,157 84,650  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   303,093 102,600 208,084 38,703  
Foil   186,353 33,911 108,836 n.a.  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   447,107 116,021 222,514 42,800  
Scrap   140,086 114,712 537,803 533,842  
             
NICKEL            
Unwrought   778,428 115,319 158,021 14,768  
Powder & Flakes   81,245 8,304 25,119 1,378  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 113,348 9,345 168,392 9,994  
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   59,119 3,439 124,819 8,331  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   44,731 2,919 35,639 2,700  
Scrap   45,874 11,219 55,385 31,426  
             
ALUMINUM            
Unwrought   4,085,254 2,677,418 466,355 333,045  
Powder & Flakes   16,278 5,358 40,134 8,662  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   352,418 113,621 244,727 60,390  
Wire   163,379 91,685 84,077 28,313  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   1,242,282 540,185 1,871,762 690,973  
Foil   441,203 112,054 328,232 88,782  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   90,432 16,425 215,396 44,493  
Scrap   446,073 416,218 441,527 438,864  
             
LEAD            
Unwrought   143,384 271,138 22,202 20,476  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 924 609 7,542 7,208  
Plt, Sht, Strip, Foil, Pow, Flk 4,969 2,553 4,638 4,194  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   146 77 2,753 691  
Scrap   4,359 11,241 24,856 107,884  
Scrap Batteries   2,750 16,492 9,260 17,823  
             
ZINC            
Unwrought   796,774 837,674 11,351 7,782  
Dust, Powder & Flakes   44,996 26,749 7,230 4,690  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 4,117 2,049 13,563 9,506
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   10,384 7,241 6,206 5,704  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   29,896 6,120 6,805 1,761  
Scrap   11,626 39,324 14,162 26,763  
             
TIN            
Unwrought   188,134 41,298 21,203 4,354  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 2,424 539 7,757 1,690  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   463 529 9,813 22,525  
Foil, Powder, Flakes   1,533 99 6,170 443  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   49 1.1 351 53.2  
Scrap   1,863 3,698 4,639 3,229  
             
TITANIUM            
Unwrought   127,138 16,302 105,451 6,007  
Wrought   72,839 3,165 263,416 6,701  
Scrap   41,225 11,586 18,289 7,502  
             
TUNGSTEN   45,613 2,314 100,831 2,664  
MOLYBDENUM   22,579 1,097 36,005 1,061  
MAGNESIUM   176,730 69,054 72,661 19,564  
COBALT   206,989 8,753 82,751 2,975  
CADMIUM   1,834 107 2,496 216  
BERYLLIUM   4481 210.225 8681 149.847  
GOLD    2,022,129 242.7 4,393,449 518.8 (1)
SILVER   530,922 3,571 191,944 1164.0  
PLATINUM GROUP   5,225,680 288.5 956,826 68.7  
             
RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES          
Lead-acid Automotive (2)   292,593 14,850 274,243 8,054  
Lead-acid industrial/EV (2) 210,878 22,349 174,902 4,425  
Nickel-Cadmium (2)   365,330 100,868 64,029 7,420  
Other (2)   859,043 159,539 147,297 12,429  
             
INSULATED WIRE & CABLE          
Winding   135,994 34,755 532,305 107,486  
Coaxial   238,817 31,210 463,213 57,555  
Sets for vehicles etc   4,684,352   866,486    
Telecom   443,802   (3)    
Other   2,286,756   1,992,779    
Optical fiber cables   662,972   531,292    
             

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

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce.
U.S. trade data in full 10-digit Harmonized System and country detail are available from STAT-USA.
 


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