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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) | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program