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| TABLE 4 | |||||
| U.S. INDUSTRY YEAREND TIN STOCKS1 | |||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||
| Plant raw materials: | |||||
| Pig tin: | |||||
| Virgin2 | 6,200 | r | 8,920 | ||
| Secondary | 660 | 688 | |||
| In process3 | 863 | 1,670 | |||
| Total | 7,730 | r | 11,300 | � | |
| Additional pig tin: | |||||
| Jobbers-importers | 278 | 316 | |||
| Afloat to United States | 80 | 230 | |||
| Total | 358 | 546 | |||
| Grand total | 8,080 | r | 11,800 | ||
| rRevised. | |||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; | |||||
| may not add to totals shown.� | |||||
| 2Includes tin in transit in the United States. | |||||
| 3Data represent scrap only, tin content. | |||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program