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| TABLE 8 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF NICKEL PRODUCTS, BY CLASS1 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||
| (metric tons of | Value | (metric tons of | Value | |||||
| Class | contained nickel)2 | (thousands) | contained nickel)2 | (thousands) | ||||
| Primary: | ||||||||
| Unwrought: | ||||||||
| Cathodes, pellets, briquets, shot | 110,000 | $1,620,000 | 125,000 | $2,560,000 | ||||
| Ferronickel | 19,200 | 185,000 | 14,600 | 316,000 | ||||
| Powder and flakes | 8,120 | 128,000 | 8,780 | 162,000 | ||||
| Metallurgical-grade oxide | 1,540 | 24,500 | 1,210 | 25,500 | ||||
| Chemicals: | ||||||||
| Catalysts | 1,220 | 70,800 | 1,340 | 73,600 | ||||
| Salts3 | 2,410 | 39,100 | 2,340 | 46,700 | ||||
| Total | 143,000 | 2,060,000 | 153,000 | 3,190,000 | ||||
| Secondary: | ||||||||
| Stainless steel scrap | 8,340 | 124,000 | 13,500 | 209,000 | ||||
| Waste and scrap | 7,170 | 99,200 | 6,850 | 97,900 | ||||
| Total | 15,500 | 223,000 | 20,300 | 307,000 | ||||
| Grand total | 159,000 | 2,290,000 | 173,000 | 3,500,000 | ||||
| Wrought, not alloyed: | ||||||||
| Bars, rods, profiles, wire | 534 | 12,200 | 542 | 14,600 | ||||
| Sheets, strip, foil | 419 | 11,100 | 468 | 12,200 | ||||
| Tubes and pipes | 104 | 2,670 | 98 | 2,980 | ||||
| Total | 1,060 | 26,000 | 1,110 | 29,900 | ||||
| Alloyed, gross weight: | ||||||||
| Unwrought alloyed ingot | 4,840 | 74,700 | 6,180 | 106,000 | ||||
| Bars, rods, profiles, wire | 10,300 | 209,000 | 11,300 | 283,000 | ||||
| Sheets, strip, foil | 3,490 | 83,700 | 3,870 | 112,000 | ||||
| Tubes and pipes | 1,850 | 38,400 | 3,620 | 83,800 | ||||
| Other alloyed articles | 2,800 | 75,500 | 2,240 | 56,500 | ||||
| Total | 23,300 | 481,000 | 27,200 | 640,000 | ||||
| 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 from Australia, 90%; elsewhere, 77%. The salts | ||||||||
| category contains the following: chemical-grade oxide, sesquioxide, and hydroxide, 65%; chlorides, 25%; | ||||||||
| sulfates, 22%; and other salts which are assumed to be 22% nickel. The typical catalyst is assumed to have a | ||||||||
| nickel content of 22%. Waste and scrap is assumed to be 50% nickel; stainless steel scrap, 7.5% nickel. | ||||||||
| 3Excludes nickel carbonate (more information can be found at Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States | ||||||||
| subheading 2836.99.5000). | ||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program