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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF TIN IN VARIOUS FORMS1 | |||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | ||||||||
| (metric tons, | Value | (metric tons, | Value | ||||||
| Form | gross weight) | (thousands) | gross weight) | (thousands) | |||||
| Unwrought: | |||||||||
| Refined tin | 2,920 | $25,200 | 807 | $14,900 | |||||
| Tin alloys | 2,790 | 20,300 | 2,540 | 19,400 | |||||
| Wrought: | |||||||||
| Tin bars, rods, profiles, and wire | 5,140 | 38,800 | 5,180 | 40,700 | |||||
| Tin foil | 23 | 344 | 33 | 563 | |||||
| Tin plates, sheet, and strip | 1,180 | 3,110 | 300 | 2,280 | |||||
| Tin tubes, pipes, and tube and pipe fittings | 113 | 1,130 | 114 | 1,630 | |||||
| Tin waste and scrap | 7,480 | 19,600 | 2,530 | 7,350 | |||||
| Tin flakes and powders | 174 | 4,260 | 110 | 2,470 | |||||
| Tinplate and terneplate | 104,000 | r | 105,000 | r | 105,000 | 76,500 | |||
| rRevised. | |||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
