Table 1.--Salient U.S. iron and steel scrap and pig iron statistics1/ (Thousand metric tons) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferrous scrap ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Consumption of Scrap Imports of Year Receipts of home both purchased Shipments ending stocks, scrap for Exports Pig iron of scrap2/ scrap3/ and home scrap4/ of scrap Dec. 31 consumption5/ of scrap5/ consumption -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969---- 39,625 51,063 86,016 6,123 5,944 304 8,095 85,851 1970---- 35,986 47,695 77,618 5,008 6,956 273 9,173 82,303 1971---- 35,872 44,628 75,130 4,835 7,706 257 5,517 73,677 1972---- 42,856 46,433 84,814 4,990 7,411 283 6,511 80,866 1973---- 46,208 52,384 93,990 5,600 6,428 317 9,865 90,556 1974---- 52,081 50,122 95,693 5,510 7,628 182 7,708 87,808 1975---- 37,693 41,769 74,689 4,351 7,952 277 8,566 72,246 1976---- 43,075 45,383 81,565 5,518 9,061 460 7,146 78,966 1977---- 43,279 44,921 83,641 5,238 8,494 557 5,311 74,392 1978---- 46,981 47,248 90,014 5,189 7,509 720 8,200 80,213 1979---- 48,254 47,372 89,721 5,650 7,914 689 10,028 79,341 1980---- 42,490 38,290 75,940 5,337 7,274 528 10,131 62,644 1981---- 42,991 39,245 77,199 4,906 7,365 504 5,820 68,075 1982---- 28,771 24,609 51,153 3,376 5,822 425 6,172 40,287 1983---- 34,309 24,718 56,048 3,266 5,268 582 6,822 45,423 1984---- 36,241 26,559 59,604 3,528 4,773 523 8,616 48,264 1985---- 39,322 27,622 63,950 4,107 4,630 554 9,026 46,639 1986---- 37,941 23,944 59,744 3,465 3,941 657 10,618 41,371 1987---- 43,397 22,444 61,963 2,748 4,394 765 9,405 45,386 1988---- 47,685 24,898 69,692 2,677 4,131 942 9,161 53,567 1989---- 44,516 23,014 65,507 2,845 4,213 1,016 11,149 52,968 1990---- 49,861 25,258 70,451 5,396 4,433 1,309 11,580 51,100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/Includes manufacturers of pig iron, raw steel, iron and steel castings, and miscellaneous users. 2/From brokers, dealers, and other outside sources and other own company plants. 3/Recirculating scrap resulting from current operations and obsolete scrap (includes ingot molds, stools, and scrap from old equipment, buildings, etc). 4/Includes recirculating scrap. 5/Includes tinplate and terneplate. Excludes used rails for rerolling and other uses, and ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping.