Salient U.S. Zirconium And Hafnium Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT U.S. ZIRCONIUM AND HAFNIUM STATISTICS¹-

(Metric tons)

	2010		2011		2012		2013		2014
Zircon:
Production:
Concentrates	W		W		W		W		W
Milled zircon	46,900	^-	53,600	^-	48,200	^r	48,200	^-	43,300
Exports	47,400		24,300		20,000		29,200		7,460
Imports for consumption²	22,900		26,500		25,800		12,400		50,400
Consumption, apparent³	W		W		W		W		W
Zirconium oxide:
Exports⁴	5,650	^r	6,700	^r	6,230		7,000		7,380
Imports for consumption⁴	2,930	^r	3,010	^r	4,550	^r	3,170	^r	4,240
Zirconium, unwrought, waste and scrap, other:
Exports	2,060		2,000		1,800		1,740		1,450
Imports	1,160		875		567		714		1,100
Ferrozirconium:
Exports	569		2,680		2,560		1,980		1,600
Imports	45		88		6	^r	4		131
Hafnium, unwrought, waste and scrap, other, imports	6	^r	10		24	^r	10		21
^rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²Includes insignificant amounts of baddeleyite.
³Defined as production plus imports for consumption minus exports plus or minus Government shipments.
⁴Includes germanium oxides and zirconium dioxides.