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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTION OF END-USE SHIPMENTS OF ALUMINUM PRODUCTS | ||||||||||||||
| IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, BY INDUSTRY1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007p | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||||
| (thousand | Percentage | (thousand | Percentage | |||||||||||
| Industry | metric tons) | of grand total | metric tons) | of grand total | ||||||||||
| Containers and packaging | 2,320 | r | 19.7 | r | 2,220 | 19.9 | ||||||||
| Building and construction | 1,650 | r | 14.0 | r | 1,410 | 12.6 | ||||||||
| Transportation | 3,930 | r | 33.4 | 3,580 | 32.0 | |||||||||
| Electrical | 774 | r | 6.6 | r | 745 | 6.7 | ||||||||
| Consumer durables | 746 | 6.3 | 669 | 6.0 | ||||||||||
| Machinery and equipment | 762 | r | 6.5 | r | 736 | 6.6 | ||||||||
| Other markets | 330 | 2.8 | 359 | 3.2 | ||||||||||
| Total | 10,500 | r | 89.3 | r | 9,710 | 87.0 | ||||||||
| Exportse | 1,270 | r | 10.8 | r | 1,450 | 13.0 | ||||||||
| Grand total | 11,800 | r | 100.0 | 11,200 | 100.0 | |||||||||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised.�� | ||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||
| Source: The Aluminum Association Inc. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program