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| TABLE 7 | |||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION 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 | 35,600 | $787,000 | 33,600 | $546,000 | |||||
| Tin alloys | 1,570 | 30,200 | 2,720 | 43,400 | |||||
| Wrought: | |||||||||
| Tin bars, rods, profiles, and wire | 1,890 | 38,200 | 1,220 | 21,300 | |||||
| Tin foil | 73 | 2,940 | 96 | 3,400 | |||||
| Tin plates, sheet, and strip | 116 | 647 | 90 | 502 | |||||
| Tin tubes, pipes, and tube and pipe fittings | 17 | 100 | 12 | 149 | |||||
| Tin waste and scrap | 49,700 | r | 19,400 | r | 32,700 | 12,300 | |||
| Tin flakes and powders | 170 | 4,760 | 238 | 5,400 | |||||
| Tin oxides | 412 | 8,290 | 417 | 7,340 | |||||
| Tinplate and terneplate | 633,000 | r | 695,000 | r | 700,000 | 729,000 | |||
| 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
