Salient Silicon Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT SILICON STATISTICS¹

(Contained silicon, unless otherwise noted)

		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015
United States:
Production:
Ferrosilicon--------	thousand metric tons	W		W		W		W		W
Silicon metal²	do.	W		W		W		W		W
Total silicon materials³	do.	349	^r	390	^r	392	^r	401	^r	411
Exports:
Ferrosilicon	do.	20		12		10		9		9
Silicon metal	do.	79		75		38		45		37
Imports for consumption:
Ferrosilicon	do.	156		173		159		186		162
Silicon metal	do.	187		136		118		139		139
Apparent consumption:
Ferrosilicon	do.	W		W		W		W		W
Silicon metal²	do.	W		W		W		W		W
Total silicon materials³	do.	587	^r	607	^r	631	^r	670	^r	661
Price, average:
Ferrosilicon, 50% Si⁴	- cents per pound	111.36	^r	100.44	^r	102.56	^r	107.81	^r	101.19
Ferrosilicon, 75% Si⁵	do.	102.19	^r	91.66		94.27		98.35		88.11
Silicon metal⁵	do.	157.61	^r	127.34		122.39		140.39		126.63
World production, gross weight:--
Ferrosilicon⁶	thousand metric tons	7,870	^r	8,220		8,610	^r	8,010	^r	7,270	^e	-
Silicon metal⁷	do.	2,030		1,770		2,060	^r	2,310	^r	2,540	^e	-
Total silicon materials^{3, 8}	do.	10,300		10,400		11,000	^r	10,700	^r	10,100	^e
^rRevised. do. Ditto. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices; may not add to totals shown.
²Does not include semiconductor and solar grades of silicon metals.
³Includes ferrosilicon, miscellaneous silicon alloys, and silicon metal, excluding semiconductor and-
solar grades.
⁴CRU Ryan-s Notes North American transaction prices based on weekly averages.
⁵Platts Metals Week mean import prices based on monthly averages.
⁶Does not include net production of ferrosilicon in the United States.
⁷Does not include net production of silicon metal in the United States.
⁸Includes total net production of ferrosilicon and silicon metal in the United States.