U.S. Imports For Consumption And Exports Of Ferroalloys And Ferroalloy Metals In 2005

TABLE 5
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION AND EXPORTS OF FERROALLOYS AND FERROALLOY METALS IN 2005¹

	Imports			Exports
	Gross weight	Contained weight	Value	Gross weight	Contained weight	Value
Alloy	(metric tons)	(metric tons)	(thousands)	(metric tons)	(metric tons)	(thousands)
Ferroalloys:
Chromium ferroalloys:
Ferrochromium containing:
More than 4% carbon	398,000	232,000	$303,000	30,700	20,100	$31,100
Not more than 4% carbon	XX	XX	XX	5,460	3,540	7,560
More than 0.5% but not more than 3% carbon	3,530	2,300	4,330	XX	XX	XX
Not more than 0.5% carbon	43,000	29,300	68,500	XX	XX	XX
Ferrochromium-silicon	33,700	14,100	31,600	147	51	186
Total	478,000	278,000	408,000	36,300	23,700	38,900
Manganese ferroalloys:
Ferromanganese containing:
More than 4% carbon	162,000	126,000	90,900	XX	XX	XX
More than 2% but not more than 4% carbon	61	48	31	XX	XX	XX
More than 1% but not more than 2% carbon	60,300	48,500	63,400	XX	XX	XX
Not more than 1% carbon	32,200	26,600	45,300	XX	XX	XX
Ferromanganese, all grades	XX	XX	XX	14,400	XX	14,900
Silicomanganese	327,000	218,000	231,000	899	XX	1,220
Total	582,000	419,000	431,000	15,300	XX	16,100
Silicon ferroalloys:
Ferrosilicon containing:
More than 55% silicon	XX	XX	XX	9,830	5,940	9,590
More than 55% but not more than 80% silicon
and more than 3% calcium	606	373	985	XX	XX	XX
Magnesium ferrosilicon	30,000	13,900	26,900	XX	XX	XX
Ferrosilicon, other²	259,000	183,000	187,000	3,610	1,800	3,780
Total	290,000	197,000	215,000	13,400	7,740	13,400
Other ferroalloys:
Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys and other	147	XX	2,050	XX	XX	XX
Ferrocolumbium	7,400	XX	60,000	410	XX	4,210
Ferromolybdenum	6,340	4,050	278,000	3,480	2,090	43,400
Ferronickel	48,800	19,300	185,000	143	72	520
Ferrophosphorus	12,100	XX	3,940	1,780	XX	1,150
Ferrotitanium and ferrosilicon-titanium	16,900	XX	76,700	3,630	XX	21,300
Ferrotungsten and ferrosilicon-tungsten	493	385	5,390	57	29	196
Ferrovanadium	NA	11,900	131,000	NA	504	19,300
Ferrozirconium	306	XX	675	65	XX	100
Ferroalloys, other	7,500	XX	15,000	2,200	XX	3,190
Total	99,900	XX	758,000	11,800	XX	93,400
Total ferroalloys	1,450,000	XX	1,810,000	76,800	XX	162,000
Metals:
Chromium (total, all grades)	11,000	XX	87,700	1,020	XX	16,900
Manganese, other:
Unwrought	31,300	XX	54,500	XX	XX	XX
Other	451	XX	1,180	XX	XX	XX
Silicon:
Less than 99% silicon	32,800	30,300	48,500	6,760	6,560	12,700
Less than 99.99% but not less 99% silicon	122,000	120,000	187,000	1,780	1,770	4,210
Not less than 99.99% silicon	2,070	XX	131,000	14,800	XX	830,000
Total metals	200,000	XX	510,000	24,400	XX	864,000
Grand total	1,650,000	XX	2,320,000	101,000	XX	1,030,000
NA Not available.� XX Not applicable.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Includes less than 55% silicon and greater than 80% silicon.

Source:� U.S. Census Bureau.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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