Salient U.S. Iron And Steel Scrap, Pig Iron, And Direct-Reduced Iron Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT U.S. IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, PIG IRON, AND DIRECT-REDUCED IRON STATISTICS¹

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)
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		2010	2011	2012	2013		2014
Manufacturers of pig iron and raw steel and castings:²
Ferrous scrap consumption		53,500	56,400	55,800	52,100		51,900
Pig iron consumption		34,100	34,900	35,400	31,800		25,900
Direct-reduced iron consumption		1,550	1,620	3,580	4,490		4,790
Net receipts of ferrous scrap³		46,100	48,400	48,200	45,200		46,700
Home scrap production⁴		7,710	8,010	7,790	6,780		5,420
Ending stocks of ferrous scrap, December 31		3,030	3,650	3,770	3,620		3,800
Manufacturers of steel castings:⁵
Ferrous scrap consumption		536	613	639	1,180		1,190
Pig iron consumption		10	10	9	63		80
Direct-reduced iron consumption		--	--	--	1		--
Net receipts of ferrous scrap³		413	464	472	1,100		1,020
Home scrap production⁴		148	168	189	142		215
Ending stocks of ferrous scrap, December 31		83	87	89	277		321
Iron foundries and miscellaneous users:⁵
Ferrous scrap consumption		5,670	5,760	6,710	5,660		5,560
Pig iron consumption	-	1,940	1,980	1,980	2,260		2,100
Direct-reduced iron consumption		3	3	3	3		3
Net receipts of ferrous scrap³		3,890	3,980	4,580	4,100		3,960
Home scrap production⁴		1,820	1,830	2,180	1,540		1,620
Ending stocks of ferrous scrap, December 31		213	245	302	282	^r	256
Total, all manufacturing types:
Ferrous scrap consumption		59,700	62,800	63,100	59,000		58,600
Pig iron consumption		36,100	36,900	37,400	34,100		28,100
Direct-reduced iron consumption		1,550	1,620	3,580	4,490		4,800
Net receipts of ferrous scrap³		50,400	52,900	53,300	50,400		51,700
Home scrap production⁴		9,680	10,000	10,100	8,460		7,260
Ending stocks, December 31:
Ferrous scrap at consumer plants		3,330	3,980	4,170	4,180	^r	4,370
Pig iron at consumer and supplier plants		418	423	405	444	^r	469
Direct-reduced iron at consumer plants		161	126	147	107		217
Exports:⁶
Ferrous scrap (includes tinplate and terneplate):⁷
Quantity		20,500	24,300	21,400	18,500		15,300
Value		8,380,000	11,400,000	9,430,000	7,570,000		6,160,000
Pig iron, all grades:
Quantity		68	51	21	18		7	⁸
Value		26,500	27,000	8,110	4,440		2,290
Direct-reduced iron, steelmaking grade:
Quantity		1	4	(9)	(9)		1
Value		115	448	56	29		132
Imports for consumption:⁶
Ferrous scrap (includes tinplate and terneplate):⁷
Quantity		3,780	4,010	3,720	3,930		4,260
Value		1,420,000	1,650,000	1,590,000	1,470,000		1,720,000
Pig iron, all grades:	-
Quantity		3,780	4,190	4,270	4,120		4,600
Value	-	1,540,000	2,120,000	1,900,000	1,640,000		1,850,000
Direct-reduced iron, steelmaking grade:
Quantity		1,640	1,800	2,470	2,240		2,390
Value		607,000	775,000	921,000	775,000		854,000
^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Includes manufacturers of raw steel that also produce steel castings.
³Net receipts of scrap is defined as receipts from brokers, dealers, and other outside sources plus receipts from other company-owned
plants minus shipments.
⁴Includes recirculating scrap that results from current operations and obsolete home scrap.
⁵Some consumers in the -Manufacturers of steel castings- category also produce iron castings; some consumers in the -Iron foundries-
and miscellaneous users- category also produce steel castings.
TABLE 1-Continued
SALIENT U.S. IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, PIG IRON, AND DIRECT-REDUCED IRON STATISTICS¹

⁶Data from U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. International Trade Commission. Export valuation is free alongside ship, and import
valuation is customs value.
⁷Excludes used rails for rerolling and other uses and ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping.
⁸Dataadjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey.
⁹Less than - unit.