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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||
| SALIENT U.S. RECYCLING TRADE STATISTICS FOR SELECTED METALS1 | ||||||||||||
| Exports | Imports for consumption | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | Contained weight | Value | Gross weight | Contained weight | Value | |||||||
| Year | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Aluminum: | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 580,000 | NA | 588,000 | 497,000 | NA | 552,000 | ||||||
| 2002 | 613,000 | NA | 603,000 | 466,000 | NA | 502,000 | ||||||
| 2003 | 577,000 | NA | 633,000 | 440,000 | NA | 496,000 | ||||||
| 2004 | 660,000 | NA | 773,000 | 535,000 | NA | 655,000 | ||||||
| 2005 | 1,090,000 | NA | ####### | 482,000 | NA | 658,000 | ||||||
| Chromium:2 | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 439,000 | 75,600 | 281,000 | 50,500 | 15,400 | 74,100 | ||||||
| 2002 | 343,000 | 59,000 | 259,000 | 88,500 | 21,200 | 92,200 | ||||||
| 2003 | 505,000 | 86,700 | 394,000 | 97,700 | 23,700 | 115,000 | ||||||
| 2004 | 479,000 | 82,200 | 565,000 | 156,000 | 34,500 | 216,000 | ||||||
| 2005 | 586,000 | 100,000 | 687,000 | 122,000 | 29,900 | 211,000 | ||||||
| Copper:3 | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 534,000 | 439,000 | 538,000 | 115,000 | 91,100 | 140,000 | ||||||
| 2002 | 511,000 | 407,000 | 509,000 | 100,000 | 80,300 | 124,000 | ||||||
| 2003 | 689,000 | 558,000 | 664,000 | 90,600 | 70,700 | 121,000 | ||||||
| 2004 | 714,000 | 578,000 | 882,000 | 102,000 | 79,800 | 183,000 | ||||||
| 2005 | 658,000 | 556,000 | ####### | 114,000 | 90,300 | 270,000 | ||||||
| Iron and stee | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 7,530,000 | 7,530,000 | ####### | 2,810,000 | 2,810,000 | 298,000 | ||||||
| 2002 | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | ####### | 3,320,000 | 3,320,000 | 403,000 | ||||||
| 2003 | ######## | 10,900,000 | ####### | 3,690,000 | 3,690,000 | 556,000 | ||||||
| 2004 | ######## | 11,800,000 | ####### | 4,790,000 | 4,790,000 | ####### | ||||||
| 2005 | ######## | 13,000,000 | ####### | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 972,000 | ||||||
| Lead: | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 108,000 | 108,000 | 24,900 | 10,700 | 10,000 | 4,260 | ||||||
| 2002 | 106,000 | 106,000 | 23,300 | 2,880 | 2,570 | 1,740 | ||||||
| 2003 | 92,800 | 92,800 | 23,300 | 4,970 | 4,600 | 2,460 | ||||||
| 2004 | 56,300 | 56,300 | 14,800 | 5,320 | 4,770 | 3,510 | ||||||
| 2005 | 67,300 | 67,300 | 21,600 | 3,840 | 3,340 | 2,880 | ||||||
| Magnesium: | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 6,950 | 6,950 | 18,600 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 19,200 | ||||||
| 2002 | 5,850 | 5,850 | 14,700 | 14,100 | 14,100 | 20,900 | ||||||
| 2003 | 5,040 | 5,040 | 11,800 | 16,200 | 16,200 | 22,000 | ||||||
| 2004 | 4,790 | 4,790 | 11,300 | 11,700 | 11,700 | 17,600 | ||||||
| 2005 | 5,630 | 5,630 | 13,100 | 14,700 | 14,700 | 22,700 | ||||||
| Nickel:4 | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 1,070,000 | 51,000 | 533,000 | 252,000 | 9,550 | 95,000 | ||||||
| 2002 | 1,070,000 | 42,200 | 506,000 | 358,000 | 10,200 | 107,000 | ||||||
| 2003 | 1,410,000 | 50,900 | 704,000 | 230,000 | 12,000 | 138,000 | ||||||
| 2004 | 2,240,000 | 55,200 | 995,000 | 453,000 | 20,000 | 328,000 | ||||||
| 2005 | 2,170,000 | 61,900 | ####### | 550,000 | 17,200 | 304,000 | ||||||
| Tin: | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 3,230 | 3,230 | 4,640 | 3,700 | 3,700 | 1,860 | ||||||
| 2002 | 5,940 | 5,940 | 9,740 | 561 | 561 | 736 | ||||||
| 2003 | 5,040 | 5,040 | 8,630 | 921 | 921 | 686 | ||||||
| 2004 | 9,310 | 9,310 | 13,200 | 1,950 | 1,950 | 1,700 | ||||||
| 2005 | 10,600 | 10,600 | 12,100 | 3,530 | 3,530 | 2,010 | ||||||
| Titanium: | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 18,300 | 11,600 | 11,600 | 41,200 | ||||||
| 2002 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 14,200 | 6,270 | 6,270 | 17,800 | ||||||
| 2003 | 5,320 | 5,320 | 29,200 | 5,550 | 5,550 | 19,700 | ||||||
| 2004 | 9,760 | 9,760 | 56,000 | 8,830 | 8,830 | 53,600 | ||||||
| 2005 | 20,600 | 20,600 | 91,400 | 12,400 | 12,400 | 162,000 | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||
| TABLE 2�Continued | ||||||||||||
| SALIENT U.S. RECYCLING TRADE STATISTICS FOR SELECTED METALS1 | ||||||||||||
| Exports | Imports for consumption | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | Contained weight | Value | Gross weight | Contained weight | Value | |||||||
| Year | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Zinc: | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 26,800 | NA | 14,200 | 39,300 | NA | 11,600 | ||||||
| 2002 | 19,800 | NA | 11,200 | 31,200 | NA | 9,530 | ||||||
| 2003 | 32,300 | NA | 23,300 | 10,300 | NA | 5,740 | ||||||
| 2004 | 40,300 | NA | 39,400 | 10,800 | NA | 7,740 | ||||||
| 2005 | 46,800 | NA | 55,000 | 9,580 | NA | 8,820 | ||||||
| rRevised.� NA Not available. | ||||||||||||
| 1Contained weight based upon 100% of gross, unless otherwise specified. | ||||||||||||
| 2Contained weight for import and export quantities of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) code | ||||||||||||
| 7204.21.000 is 17% of gross weight. | ||||||||||||
| 3For HTS codes 7404.00.0045, 7404.00.0062, 7404.00.0080 contained weight for import quantity is 65% of gross weight. | ||||||||||||
| For HTS codes 7404.00.3045, 7404.00.3055, 7404.00.3065, 7404.00.3090, 7404.00.6045, 7404.00.6055, 7404.00.65, | ||||||||||||
| and 7404.00.6090 contained weight for import quantity is 72%. | ||||||||||||
| 4Contained weight for import and export quantities is 0.4% of gross weight for HTS code 7204.29.000, 50% for HTS code | ||||||||||||
| 7503.00.00, and 7.5% for HTS code 7204.21.0000. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program