Production, Shipments, And Stocks Of Silicon Alloys And Metal In The United States

TABLE 2
PRODUCTION, SHIPMENTS, AND STOCKS OF SILICON-
ALLOYS AND METAL IN THE UNITED STATES^{1, 2}

(Metric tons, gross weight)

			Producers-
	Gross	Net	stocks,
	production³	shipments	December 31
2014:
Ferrosilicon	W	W	W
Silicon metal	W	W	W
Total silicon materials^r	526,000	358,000	37,900
2015:
Ferrosilicon	W	W	W
Silicon metal	W	W	W
Total silicon materials	514,000	318,000	45,100
^rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²Includes ferrosilicon, miscellaneous silicon alloys, and silicon metal,---
excluding semiconductor and solar grades, unless otherwise noted.
³Ferrosilicon production includes material consumed in the production-
of miscellaneous silicon alloys.