Salient Cadmium Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT CADMIUM STATISTICS¹

		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015
United States:
Production of metal²	metric tons	W		W		W		W		W
Shipments of metal by producers	do.	W		W		W		W		W
Exports, unwrought metal and powders	do.	63		253		131		198		350
Imports for consumption, unwrought metal and powders	do.	201		170		284		133		237
Apparent consumption of metal	do.	W		W		W		W		W
Price, average, New York dealer³	dollars per pound	1.25		0.92		0.87		0.88		0.67
Do.³	dollars per kilogram	2.76		2.03		1.92		1.94		1.47
World, refinery production^{e, 4}	metric tons	21,100	^r	22,300	^r	22,700	^r	22,700	^r	23,200
^eEstimated. ^rRevised. Do., do. Ditto. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.-
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices.-
²Primary and secondary cadmium metal. Includes equivalent metal content of cadmium sponge used directly in production of compounds.-
³Price for 1- to 5-short-ton lots of metal having a minimum purity of 99.95% (Platts Metals Week).-
⁴Excludes U.S. production.