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)

	2004		2005
Class	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
No. 1 heavy-melting scrap	118	20,300	55	7,010
No. 2 heavy-melting scrap	27	3,880	46	7,160
No. 1 bundles	910	251,000	879	228,000
No. 2 bundles	1	105	10	3,340
Shredded steel scrap	1,340	299,000	841	187,000
Borings, shovelings, and turnings	58	5,680	95	8,340
Cut plate and structural	125	19,600	193	35,300
Tinned iron or steel	10	2,020	17	3,160
Remelting scrap ingots	31	1,230	2	1,080
Stainless steel scrap	146	160,000	111	124,000
Other alloy steel scrap	291	77,500	425	81,200
Other steel scrap³	1,270	327,000	780	161,000
Iron scrap	338	63,300	385	62,700
Total	4,660	1,230,000	3,840	909,000
Ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping	(4)	128	(4)	208
Used rails for rerolling and other uses⁵	131	44,100	164	62,800
Grand total�	4,790	1,280,000	4,000	972,000
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.