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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