Salient Aluminum Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT ALUMINUM STATISTICS¹

		2002	2003	2004	2005		2006
United States:
Primary production:
Quantity	thousand metric tons	2,707	2,703	2,516	2,481		2,284
Value	millions	$3,870	$4,060	$4,660	$4,980		$6,110
Price, average, U.S. market, spot	cents per pound	64.9	68.1	84.0	91.0		121.4
Inventories (December 31):
Aluminum industry²	thousand metric tons	1,320	1,400	1,470	1,430		1,410
LME stocks in U.S. warehouses³	do.	45	207	116	209		229
Secondary recovery:⁴
New scrap	do.	1,750	1,750	1,870	1,950	^r	2,310
Old scrap	do.	1,170	1,070	1,160	1,080	^r	1,200
Total	do.	2,930	2,820	3,030	3,030	^r	3,510
Exports, crude and semicrude	do.	1,590	1,540	1,820	2,370		2,820
Imports for consumption, crude and semicrude	do.	4,060	4,130	4,720	5,330		5,180
Supply, apparent⁵	do.	8,070	7,880	8,460	8,480	^r	8,160
Consumption, apparent⁶	do.	6,320	6,130	6,590	6,530	^r	5,840
World, production	do.	26,100	28,000	29,900	31,900		33,700
^rRevised.��
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits except "Primary production."
²Data from the Aluminum Association Inc.; includes ingot, semifabricated material, and scrap. Beginning in 2003, data series revised��
to include inventory levels for both United States and Canadian producers.
³Includes aluminum alloyed material.
⁴Metallic recovery from purchased, tolled, or imported new and old scrap expanded for full industry coverage.
⁵Defined as domestic primary metal production plus secondary recovery plus imports minus exports plus adjustments for Government
and industry stock changes.
⁶Apparent supply less recovery from purchased new scrap.