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U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF ALUMINUM, BY CLASS1
    2005   2006
Quantity Value Quantity Value
Class   (metric tons)   (thousands)   (metric tons)   (thousands)
Crude and semicrude:
Metals and alloys, crude 3,660,000 $7,140,000 3,440,000 $9,040,000
Plates, sheets, strip, etc., n.e.c.2 927,000 2,710,000 914,000 3,230,000
Pipes, tubes, etc. 32,800 181,000 34,000 216,000
Rods and bars 232,000 774,000 269,000 1,050,000
Scrap 482,000 658,000 527,000 930,000
Total 5,330,000   11,500,000   5,180,000   14,500,000
Manufactures:              
Foil and leaf3 136,000 506,000 141,000 600,000
Powders and flakes 6,320 25,800 6,320 31,200
Wire 195,000   432,000   197,000   571,000
Total 337,000 964,000 344,000 1,200,000
Grand total   5,670,000   12,400,000   5,530,000   15,700,000
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Includes circles, disks, plates, and sheets.
3Excludes etched capacitor foil.
Source:U.S. Census Bureau.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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