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| TABLE 11 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF ALUMINUM, BY CLASS1 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | |||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||
| Class | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| Crude and semicrude: | ||||||||
| Metals and alloys, crude | 3,300,000 | $7,610,000 | 3,380,000 | $7,310,000 | ||||
| Plates, sheets, strip, etc., n.e.c.2 | 786,000 | 2,590,000 | 956,000 | 3,070,000 | ||||
| Pipes, tubes, etc. | 30,500 | 247,000 | 32,400 | 242,000 | ||||
| Rods and bars | 174,000 | 730,000 | 191,000 | 804,000 | ||||
| Scrap | 559,000 | 931,000 | 521,000 | 795,000 | ||||
| Total | 4,850,000 | 12,100,000 | 5,080,000 | 12,200,000 | ||||
| Manufactures: | ||||||||
| Foil and leaf 3 | 169,000 | 685,000 | 179,000 | 626,000 | ||||
| Powders and flakes | 16,100 | 61,900 | 19,500 | 71,300 | ||||
| Wire | 223,000 | 595,000 | 202,000 | 507,000 | ||||
| Total | 409,000 | 1,340,000 | 400,000 | 1,200,000 | ||||
| Grand total | 5,260,000 | 13,500,000 | 5,480,000 | 13,400,000 | ||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Includes circles, disks, plates, and sheets; not elsewhere classified. | ||||||||
| 3Does not include etched capacitor foil. | ||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
