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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT IRON AND STEEL STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons unless otherwise noted) | |||||||||||||
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Pig iron: | |||||||||||||
| Production2 | 26,800 | 30,200 | 32,100 | 30,300 | 29,400 | ||||||||
| Exports3 | 2,220 | 51 | 94 | 18 | 7 | ||||||||
| Imports for consumption3 | 3,780 | 4,190 | 4,270 | 4,120 | 4,600 | ||||||||
| Direct-reduced iron: | |||||||||||||
| Production4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,300 | ||||||||
| Exports3 | 1 | 4 | (5) | (5) | 1 | ||||||||
| Imports for consumption3 | 1,640 | 1,800 | 2,470 | 2,240 | 2,390 | ||||||||
| Raw steel production:6 | |||||||||||||
| Carbon steel | 73,600 | 79,100 | 81,900 | 80,700 | 81,400 | ||||||||
| Stainless steel | 2,200 | 2,070 | 1,980 | 2,030 | 2,390 | ||||||||
| All other alloy steel | 4,680 | 5,220 | 4,770 | 4,110 | 4,420 | ||||||||
| Total | 80,500 | 86,400 | 88,700 | 86,900 | 88,200 | ||||||||
| Capability utilization, percentage | 70.4 | 74.4 | 75.2 | 76.7 | 77.5 | ||||||||
| Steel mill products: | |||||||||||||
| Net shipments2 | 75,700 | 83,300 | 87,000 | 86,600 | 89,100 | ||||||||
| Exports2 | 11,000 | 12,200 | 12,500 | 11,500 | 10,900 | ||||||||
| Imports2 | 21,700 | 25,900 | 30,400 | 29,200 | 40,200 | ||||||||
| Producer price index (1982 = 100.0)7 | 191.7 | 216.2 | 208.0 | 195.0 | 200.2 | ||||||||
| World production:8 | |||||||||||||
| Pig iron | 1,040,000 | 1,110,000 | 1,130,000 | r | 1,180,000 | 1,190,000 | |||||||
| Direct-reduced iron4 | 69,200 | 68,600 | r | 68,200 | 66,900 | 71,300 | |||||||
| Raw steel | 1,430,000 | 1,520,000 | 1,510,000 | r | 1,620,000 | 1,670,000 | |||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero.- | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except producers price index; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Source: American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). | |||||||||||||
| 3Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
| 4Sources: Midrex Technologies, Inc., governments, and companies. | |||||||||||||
| 5Less than - unit.- | |||||||||||||
| 6Raw steel is defined by AISI as steel in the first solid state after melting, suitable for rolling. | |||||||||||||
| 7Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. | |||||||||||||
| 8Sources: U.S. Geological Survey and the World Steel Association. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
