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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. GOVERNMENT NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TUNGSTEN STATISTICS IN 20071, 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 | 21,300 | 21,200 | 3,630 | 1,280 | 1,100 | 1,980 | 1,740 | |||||||
| Ferrotungsten | �-- | �-- | 136 | �-- | �-- | �-- | �-- | |||||||
| Tungsten metal powder | 268 | 235 | 136 | 34 | 34 | -3 | 31 | |||||||
| Total | 21,600 | 21,400 | 3,900 | 1,310 | 1,140 | 1,980 | 1,780 | |||||||
| -- Zero.� | ||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||
| 2Includes stockpile- and nonstockpile-grade materials. | ||||||||||||||
| 3Uncommitted inventory only. Does not include material committed for sale pending shipment. | ||||||||||||||
| 4From previous year. Yearend inventories for 2006 included committed material; yearend inventories for 2007� | ||||||||||||||
| did not. Negative number represents inventory increase. | ||||||||||||||
| 5Twelve-month period ending September 30, 2007. | ||||||||||||||
| Source: Defense National Stockpile Center. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program