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U.S. Metals Trade --  May 2005

      IMPORTS   EXPORTS  
    $1000  Metric $1000  Metric
    Cust Value Tons  f.a.s. Tons  







STEEL            
Semifinished   264,394 417,490 29,835 45,302  
Flat-rolled   653,119 757,250 411,716 402,118  
Long Products   589,745 790,974 171,104 167,984  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   619,445 496,693 207,756 81,748  
Scrap   69,037 303,113 322,505 1,495,747  
             
COPPER            
Unwrought   337,306 107,222 29,131 9,999  
Powder & Flakes   2,486 361 4,063 857  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   22,363 5,098 19,459 4,672  
Wire   123,601 33,685 52,924 13,978  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   28,530 6,624 31,192 4,901  
Foil   12,760 1,646 15,924 n.a.  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   64,295 12,023 25,532 4,382  
Scrap   17,727 7,917 102,877 61,292  
             
NICKEL            
Unwrought   150,523 9,454 12,757 1,280  
Powder & Flakes   14,075 866 3,694 373  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 20,186 1,049 27,869 1,340  
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   9,614 403 10,456 448  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   3,269 173 6,780 242  
Scrap   6,608 1,190 4,534 1,554  
             
ALUMINUM            
Unwrought   769,868 374,960 63,948 31,527  
Powder & Flakes   2,981 607 3,264 762  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   67,857 19,926 34,509 8,723  
Wire   33,095 14,263 7,550 2,332  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   229,448 78,775 201,621 61,229  
Foil   71,139 16,667 38,423 9,168  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   14,146 2,603 21,364 3,427  
Scrap   51,813 38,878 126,446 95,068  
             
LEAD            
Unwrought   25,834 25,089 2,931 2,724  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 309 323 1,773 1,268  
Plt, Sht, Strip, Foil, Pow, Flk 577 255 399 289  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   7 4 70 3  
Scrap   308 456 2,607 7,759  
Scrap Batteries   154 785 19,519 48,957  
             
ZINC            
Unwrought   86,024 64,942 1,687 976  
Dust, Powder & Flakes   3,317 1,646 1,481 673  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 491 215 1,761 1,104
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   1,030 299 856 704  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   4,164 1,080 279 74  
Scrap   713 821 3,194 2,648  
             
TIN            
Unwrought   28,287 4,652 2,687 341  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 826 101 1203 174  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   23 6 1056 1723  
Foil, Powder, Flakes   582 29 1166 74  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   5 0.002 11 1.445  
Scrap   291 476 1,120 971  
             
TITANIUM            
Unwrought   15,240 (4) 5,101 795  
Wrought   10,646 393 20,610 2,958  
Scrap   22,484 1,311 6,240 33  
             
TUNGSTEN   8,445 510 8,804 344  
MOLYBDENUM   2,146 17 11,834 153  
MAGNESIUM   23,302 10,135 3,737 886  
COBALT   32,607 993 12,057 336  
CADMIUM   21 0.118 119 45  
BERYLLIUM   0 0 640 5.619  
GOLD   336,468 32.6 392,770 29.0 (1)
SILVER   76,001 331.0 20,352 109.3  
PLATINUM GROUP   294,647 19.2 50,874 4.4  
             
RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES          
Lead-acid Automotive (2)   39,744 1,824 21,088 635  
Lead-acid industrial/EV (2) 28,596 2,355 16,519 268  
Nickel-Cadmium (2)   21,635 5,275 4,649 274  
Other (2)   78,685 18,242 6,894 454  
             
INSULATED WIRE & CABLE          
Winding   19,551 4,244 34,662 6,512  
Coaxial   32,361 4,296 32,995 4,236  
Sets for vehicles etc   467,231   74,514    
Telecom   46,670   (3)    
Other   260,929   177,044    
Optical fiber cables   25,771   21,258    
             

(1) Export quantity does not include Gold Leaf.
(2) Quantity in thousands of units.
(3) Included in "Other"
(4) Quantity imported from Kazakhstan no longer available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce.


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