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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


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