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| TABLE 14 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, BY CLASS1, 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. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program