Salient U.S. Zirconium Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT U.S. ZIRCONIUM STATISTICS¹

(Metric tons)

	2003		2004		2005	2006		2007
Zircon:
Production:
Concentrates	W		W		W	W		W
Milled zircon	35,200		31,400		31,400	33,500		37,000
Exports	70,600	^r	68,800	^r	101,000	76,300		66,200
Imports for consumption²	37,400	^r	35,200	^r	38,200	36,200		20,000
Consumption, apparent³	W		W		W	W		W
Stocks, December 31, dealers and consumers⁴	27,900		16,700		16,100	17,600		18,000
Zirconium oxide:
Production⁵	20,400		21,300		19,900	21,700		25,600
Exports⁶	1,520		1,600		2,260	3,340		2,400
Imports for consumption⁶	2,350		3,960		3,160	2,820		3,740
Consumption, apparent³	20,700	^�	23,700		21,000	24,200		26,900
Stocks, December 31, producers⁵	2,030		2,070		2,210	1,560		1,880
Zirconium; unwrought powder, waste and scrap, other:
Exports	1,700		1,700		1,970	1,880		2,160
Imports	542		796		1,020	748	^r	784
Ferrozirconium:
Exports	1,930		913		65	491		259
Imports	154		165		306	196	^r	400
Hafnium, unwrought powder, waste and scrap, other, imports	5		4		4	4		4
^rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²Includes insignificant amounts of baddeleyite.
³Defined as production plus imports for consumption minus exports plus or minus government shipments.��
⁴Excludes foundries.
⁵Excludes intermediate oxides associated with metal production.
⁶Includes germanium oxides and zirconium dioxides.