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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. GOVERNMENT NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TUNGSTEN STATISTICS IN 20061, 2 | ||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of tungsten content) | ||||||||||||||
| Inventory, yearend3 | Annual | Sales | Inventory decrease4 | |||||||||||
| Fiscal | Calendar | Materials | Fiscal | Calendar | Fiscal | Calendar | ||||||||
| Material | year5 | year | Plan5 | year5 | year | year5 | year | |||||||
| Ores and concentrates | 23,300 | 22,900 | 3,630 | 3,630 | 3,710 | 3,400 | 3,120 | |||||||
| Ferrotungsten | �-- | �-- | 136 | 133 | �-- | 105 | �-- | |||||||
| Tungsten metal powder | 266 | 266 | 136 | �-- | �-- | 147 | 16 | |||||||
| Total | 23,500 | 23,200 | 3,900 | 3,760 | 3,710 | 3,650 | 3,130 | |||||||
| -- Zero.� | ||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||
| 2Includes stockpile- and nonstockpile-grade materials. | ||||||||||||||
| 3Includes material committed for sale pending shipment. | ||||||||||||||
| 4From previous year. | ||||||||||||||
| 5Twelve-month period ending September 30, 2006. | ||||||||||||||
| Source:� Defense National Stockpile Center. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program