Components Of U.S. Titanium Metal Supply And Demand

TABLE 3
COMPONENTS OF U.S. TITANIUM METAL SUPPLY AND DEMAND¹

(Metric tons)

Component	2011		2012
Production:
Ingot	60,300		68,800
Mill products	40,500		39,800
Exports:
Waste and scrap	5,150		8,760
Sponge	256		1,420
Other unwrought	1,180		3,920
Wrought products and castings	31,300	^r	37,400
Total	37,900	^r	51,500
Imports:
Waste and scrap	13,900		14,400
Sponge	33,800		33,600
Other unwrought	918	^r	991
Wrought products and castings	6,820		6,840
Total	55,400		55,900
Stocks, industry, yearend:
Sponge	10,800		18,100
Scrap	12,900		13,500
Ingot	3,850		4,170
Consumption, reported:
Sponge	48,400		35,100
Scrap	30,900		38,700
Ingot	55,900		57,300
Shipments:
Ingot	15,400		20,500
Mill products (net shipments):-
Forging and extrusion billet	16,800		16,700
Other	28,700		23,000
Total	45,500		39,600
Castings (shipments)-	W		W
Receipts, scrap:
Home	18,900	^r	21,900
Purchased	21,200		26,800
Total	40,200	^r	48,800
^rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.