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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF NICKEL PRODUCTS, BY CLASS1, 2 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||
| (metric tons of | Value | (metric tons of | Value | |||||
| Class | contained nickel) | (thousands) | contained nickel) | (thousands) | ||||
| Primary: | ||||||||
| Unwrought: | ||||||||
| Cathodes, pellets, briquets, shot | 1,190 | $17,600 | 882 | $17,000 | ||||
| Ferronickel | 72 | 520 | 67 | 986 | ||||
| Powder and flakes | 1,910 | 33,900 | 1,030 | 30,900 | ||||
| Metallurgical-grade oxide | 233 | 2,120 | 150 | 2,670 | ||||
| Chemicals: | ||||||||
| Catalysts | 2,150 | 134,000 | 2,570 | 184,000 | ||||
| Salts3 | 2,070 | 30,200 | 3,350 | 49,700 | ||||
| Total | 7,630 | 219,000 | 8,050 | 286,000 | ||||
| Secondary: | ||||||||
| Stainless steel scrap | 43,800 | 670,000 | 38,000 | 716,000 | ||||
| Waste and scrap | 11,700 | 60,000 | 21,300 | 149,000 | ||||
| Total | 55,600 | 731,000 | 59,300 | 866,000 | ||||
| Grand total | 63,200 | 949,000 | 67,300 | 1,150,000 | ||||
| Wrought, not alloyed: | ||||||||
| Bars, rods, profiles, wire | 215 | 4,030 | 293 | 7,090 | ||||
| Sheets, strip, foil | 786 | 19,700 | 556 | 18,200 | ||||
| Tubes and pipes | 335 | 3,030 | 381 | 3,000 | ||||
| Total | 1,340 | 26,700 | 1,230 | 28,300 | ||||
| Alloyed, gross weight: | ||||||||
| Unwrought alloyed ingot | 10,400 | 99,900 | 7,550 | 122,000 | ||||
| Bars, rods, profiles, wire | 16,400 | 374,000 | 18,800 | 569,000 | ||||
| Sheets, strip, foil | 4,320 | 118,000 | 5,140 | 177,000 | ||||
| Tubes and pipes | 3,000 | 81,200 | 4,410 | 94,700 | ||||
| Other alloyed articles | 3,580 | 147,000 | 3,240 | 163,000 | ||||
| Total | 37,700 | 819,000 | 39,200 | 1,120,000 | ||||
| 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