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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: | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1,370,000 | 482,000 | NA | 658,000 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 1,480,000 | NA | 2,550,000 | 527,000 | NA | 930,000 | |||||||||
| Chromium:2 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002� | 343,000 | 58,300 | r | 252,000 | r | 81,100 | r | 13,800 | r | 50,600 | r | ||||
| 2003� | 505,000 | � | 85,900 | r | 386,000 | r | 89,400 | r | 15,400 | r | 71,700 | r | |||
| 2004r | 478,000 | � | 81,400 | � | 551,000 | � | 146,000 | � | 25,000 | � | 161,000 | � | |||
| 2005r | 585,000 | � | 99,600 | � | 675,000 | � | 111,000 | � | 19,000 | � | 124,000 | � | |||
| 2006 | 506,000 | 86,300 | 720,000 | 180,000 | 30,600 | 210,000 | |||||||||
| Copper:3 | � | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1,060,000 | 114,000 | 90,300 | 270,000 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 803,000 | 662,000 | 1,190,000 | 118,000 | 91,600 | 481,000 | |||||||||
| Iron and steel: | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | 1,300,000 | 3,320,000 | 3,320,000 | 403,000 | |||||||||
| 2003 | 10,900,000 | 10,900,000 | 1,960,000 | 3,690,000 | 3,690,000 | 556,000 | |||||||||
| 2004 | 11,800,000 | 11,800,000 | 2,930,000 | 4,790,000 | 4,790,000 | 1,280,000 | |||||||||
| 2005 | 13,000,000 | 13,000,000 | 3,460,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 972,000 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 14,100,000 | 14,100,000 | 4,270,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 1,310,000 | |||||||||
| Lead: | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 121,000 | 121,000 | 37,200 | 1,800 | 1,560 | 1,650 | |||||||||
| Magnesium: | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 3,680 | 3,680 | 8,410 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 23,700 | |||||||||
| Nickel:4 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1,190,000 | 550,000 | 17,200 | 304,000 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 2,890,000 | 68,600 | 1,730,000 | 717,000 | 22,400 | 416,000 | |||||||||
| Tin: | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 14,100 | 2,490 | 2,490 | 4,470 | |||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||
| Titanium: | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 6,000 | NA | $14,200 | 6,270 | NA | $17,800 | |||||||||
| 2003 | 5,320 | NA | 29,200 | 5,550 | NA | 19,700 | |||||||||
| 2004 | 9,760 | NA | 56,000 | 8,830 | NA | 53,600 | |||||||||
| 2005 | 20,600 | NA | 91,400 | 12,400 | NA | 162,000 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 10,800 | NA | 110,000 | 12,800 | NA | 200,000 | |||||||||
| Zinc: | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 83,800 | NA | 95,800 | 14,200 | NA | 18,700 | |||||||||
| rRevised. NA Not available.� | |||||||||||||||
| 1Contained weight based upon 100% of gross, unless otherwise specified. | |||||||||||||||
| 2Includes stainless steel scrap and� chromium metal� waste and scrap.� Contained 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, and 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