Salient U.S. Zirconium Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT U.S. ZIRCONIUM STATISTICS¹

(Metric tons)

	2002		2003		2004		2005	2006
Zircon:
Production:
Concentrates	W		W		W		W	W
Milled zircon	37,000		35,200		31,400		31,400	33,500
Exports	47,100		74,300	^r	71,400	^r	101,000	76,300
Imports for consumption²	36,000	^r	38,100	^r	36,200	^r	38,200	36,200
Consumption, apparent^{2, 3}	W		W		W		W	W
Stocks, December 31, dealers and consumers⁴	21,600		27,900		16,700		16,100	17,600
Zirconium oxide:
Production⁵	17,600		20,400		21,300		19,900	21,700
Exports⁶	1,950		1,520		1,600		2,260	3,340
Imports for consumption⁶	2,900		2,350		3,960		3,160	2,820
Consumption, apparent³	21,100	^r	20,700		23,700		21,000	24,200
Stocks, December 31, producers⁵	2,490		2,030		2,070		2,210	1,560
Zirconium; unwrought powder, waste and scrap, other:
Exports	1,640		1,700		1,700		1,970	1,880
Imports	556		542		796		1,020	728
Ferrozirconium:
Exports	868		1,930		913		65	491
Imports	167		154		165		306	197
Hafnium, unwrought powder, waste and scrap, other, imports	5		5		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.