Distribution Of End-Use Shipments Of Aluminum Products In The United States And Canada, By Industry

TABLE 6
DISTRIBUTION OF END-USE SHIPMENTS OF ALUMINUM PRODUCTS
IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, BY INDUSTRY¹

	2014				2015^p
	Quantity				Quantity
	(thousand		Percent		(thousand	Percent
Industry	metric tons)		of grand total		metric tons)	of grand total
Containers and packaging	2,090		18.1		2,130	18.3
Building and construction	1,390		12.0		1,420	12.1
Transportation	3,810		32.9		4,180	35.8
Electrical	807	^r	6.9		798	6.8
Consumer durables	748		6.5		741	6.3
Machinery and equipment	768	^r	6.6	^r	767	6.6
Other markets	343	^r	3.0	^r	327	2.8
Total	9,960		86.0		10,400	88.7
Exports	1,620		14.0		1,320	11.3
Grand total	11,600		100		11,700	100
^pPreliminary. ^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.

Source: The Aluminum Association Inc.