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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||
| DISTRIBUTION OF END-USE SHIPMENTS OF ALUMINUM PRODUCTS | |||||||||
| IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, BY INDUSTRY1 | |||||||||
| 2005 | 2006p | ||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | ||||||||
| (thousand | Percentage | (thousand | Percentage | ||||||
| Industry | metric tons) | of grand total | metric tons) | of grand total | |||||
| Containers and packaging | 2,320 | 20.0 | r | 2,319 | 19.8 | ||||
| Building and construction | 1,671 | r | 14.5 | r | 1,644 | 13.9 | |||
| Transportation | 3,939 | 34.0 | r | 3,931 | 33.4 | ||||
| Electrical | 746 | r | 6.4 | r | 772 | 6.5 | |||
| Consumer durables | 708 | 6.1 | r | 746 | 6.3 | ||||
| Machinery and equipment | 741 | r | 6.4 | r | 760 | 6.4 | |||
| Other markets | 336 | r | 2.9 | r | 330 | 2.8 | |||
| Total | 10,461 | 90.3 | 10,502 | 89.1 | |||||
| Exportse | 1,125 | r | 9.7 | r | 1,285 | 10.9 | |||
| Grand total | 11,586 | r | 100.0 | 11,787 | 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