U.S. Imports For Consumption Of Iron And Steel Scrap, By Class

TABLE 14
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, BY CLASS^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)

	2005		2006
Class	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
No. 1 heavy-melting scrap	55	7,010	105	19,400
No. 2 heavy-melting scrap	46	7,160	93	15,500
No. 1 bundles	879	228,000	1,280	333,000
No. 2 bundles	10	3,340	7	1,090
Shredded steel scrap	841	187,000	1,180	264,000
Borings, shovelings, and turnings	95	8,340	78	8,590
Cut plate and structural	193	35,300	173	31,900
Tinned iron or steel	17	3,160	10	2,530
Remelting scrap ingots	2	1,080	1	413
Stainless steel scrap	111	124,000	179	209,000
Other alloy steel scrap	425	81,200	524	109,000
Other steel scrap³	780	161,000	785	179,000
Iron scrap	385	62,700	411	73,000
Total	3,840	909,000	4,820	1,250,000
Ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping	(4)	208	(4)	49
Used rails for rerolling and other uses⁵	164	62,800	185	65,600
Grand total�	4,000	972,000	5,000	1,310,000
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.�
²Import valuation is customs value.
³Includes tinplate and terneplate.
⁴Less than � unit.
⁵Includes mixed (used plus new) rails. More information can be found in table 16.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.