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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||
| STOCKS, NET RECEIPTS, AND CONSUMPTION OF GALLIUM METAL, BY GRADE1, 2 | |||||||||
| (Kilograms) | |||||||||
| Beginning | Net | Ending | |||||||
| -------------------- Purity | stocks | receipts | Consumption | stocks | |||||
| 2014: | |||||||||
| 99.99% to 99.999% | 4,200 | -1,280 | 3 | -- | 2,910 | ||||
| 99.9999% | 786 | 10 | 36 | 760 | |||||
| 99.99999% to 99.999999% | 491 | 559 | 748 | 302 | |||||
| Total | 5,470 | -713 | 3 | 784 | 3,980 | ||||
| 2015: | |||||||||
| 97% to 99.9% | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | |||||
| 99.99% to 99.999% | 2,910 | -458 | 3 | -- | 2,460 | ||||
| 99.9999% | 760 | -190 | 3 | 32 | 538 | ||||
| 99.99999% to 99.999999% | 302 | 546 | 559 | 289 | |||||
| Total | 3,980 | -102 | 3 | 591 | 3,280 | ||||
| -- Zero. | |||||||||
| 1Consumers only. | |||||||||
| 2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||
| 3Reshipments exceeded receipts. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
