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TABLE 6
U.S. EXPORTS OF NICKEL PRODUCTS, BY CLASS1, 2
 
    2004   2005
Quantity Quantity
(metric tons, Value (metric tons, Value
Class   contained Ni)   (thousands)   contained Ni)   (thousands)
Primary:
Unwrought:
Cathodes, pellets, briquets, shot 972 $10,900 1,190 $17,600
Ferronickel 68 466 72 520
Powder and flakes 2,130 34,800 1,910 33,900
Metallurgical-grade oxide 201 2,140 233 2,120
Chemicals:
Catalysts 1,980 104,000 2,150 134,000
Salts3 2,650   34,500   2,070   30,200
Total 8,000   186,000   7,630   219,000
Secondary:
Stainless steel scrap 35,900 548,000 43,800 670,000
Waste and scrap 12,400   60,800   11,700   60,000
Total 48,300   609,000   55,600   731,000
Grand total 56,300   795,000   63,200   949,000
Wrought, not alloyed:
Bars, rods, profiles, wire 302 3,880 215 4,030
Sheets, strip, foil 579 10,900 786 19,700
Tubes and pipes 234   1,590   335   3,030
Total 1,120   16,400   1,340   26,700
Alloyed, gross weight:
Unwrought alloyed ingot 7,510 80,600 10,400 99,900
Bars, rods, profiles, wire 12,300 224,000 16,400 374,000
Sheets, strip, foil 4,720 92,900 4,320 118,000
Tubes and pipes 1,800 50,700 3,000 81,200
Other alloyed articles 3,440   118,000   3,580   147,000
Total   29,700   566,000   37,700   819,000
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2The nickel contents are as follows:metallurgical-grade oxide, 77%; waste and scrap, 50%; and stainless
steel scrap, 7.5%. The salts category contains the following:chemical-grade oxide, sesquioxide, and
hydroxide, 65%; chlorides, 25%; and sulfates, 22%. Other salts and various catalysts are assumed to be
22% nickel.
3Excludes nickel carbonate (more information can be found in the Harmonized Tariff System Schedule B,
export commodity code 2836.99.9050).
Source:U.S. Census Bureau.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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