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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. CONSUMPTION OF TIN, BY FINISHED PRODUCT1 | |||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of contained tin) | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Product | Primary | Secondary | Total | Primary | Secondary | Total | |||||||
| Alloys, miscellaneous2 | W | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||
| Babbitt | 554 | W | 554 | 637 | W | 637 | |||||||
| Bar tin | 709 | r | W | 709 | r | 936 | W | 936 | |||||
| Bronze and brass | 1,240 | 1,960 | 3,200 | 1,590 | 2,560 | 4,150 | |||||||
| Chemicals | 8,360 | W | 8,360 | 12,900 | W | 12,900 | |||||||
| Collapsible tubes and foil | W | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||
| Solder | 9,640 | r | 7,040 | 16,700 | 12,900 | 9,140 | 22,000 | ||||||
| Tinning | 790 | -- | 790 | 868 | -- | 868 | |||||||
| Tinplate3 | 7,250 | -- | 7,250 | 8,220 | -- | 8,220 | |||||||
| Tin powder | W | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||
| Type metal� | W | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||
| White metal4 | W | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||
| Other | 2,850 | r | 172 | 3,030 | r | 4,520 | 248 | 4,770 | |||||
| Total | 31,400 | r | 9,170 | 40,600 | r | 42,600 | 11,900 | 54,500 | |||||
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Other."� -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Includes terne metal. | |||||||||||||
| 3Includes secondary pig tin and tin acquired in chemicals. | |||||||||||||
| 4Includes pewter, britannia metal, and jewelers' metal. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program