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U.S. Metals Trade --  October 2005

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







STEEL            
Semifinished   289,954 669,338 18,332 21,147  
Flat-rolled   630,869 832,893 417,882 443,126  
Long Products   459,692 590,903 165,660 165,591  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   599,253 477,471 259,686 101,717  
Scrap   87,787 408,638 285,369 936,211  
             
COPPER            
Unwrought   389,834 99,818 17,773 5,417  
Powder & Flakes   1,780 255 4,299 947  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   25,360 5,000 22,199 5,241  
Wire   202,819 49,597 65,367 14,839  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   28,503 6,149 23,794 3,496  
Foil   12,241 1,638 17,956 n.a.  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   79,777 13,612 27,556 4,774  
Scrap   25,695 10,017 99,373 59,388  
             
NICKEL            
Unwrought   128,465 8,901 11,643 866  
Powder & Flakes   11,922 794 3,523 148  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 17,288 847 31,004 1,256  
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   7,590 284 14,026 473  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   3,014 176 11,363 427  
Scrap   9,155 1,438 5,071 2,086  
             
ALUMINUM            
Unwrought   589,820 300,328 63,093 32,214  
Powder & Flakes   2,222 543 3,489 598  
Bars, Rods, Profiles   68,431 20,456 39,316 9,788  
Wire   44,960 20,674 11,751 3,957  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   199,437 68,395 222,264 70,375  
Foil   58,684 13,083 37,559 9,597  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   16,747 2,997 19,276 2,945  
Scrap   50,878 37,159 126,232 100,245  
             
LEAD            
Unwrought   28,643 28,236 3,792 3,934  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 320 214 1,462 837  
Plt, Sht, Strip, Foil, Pow, Flk 609 241 446 278  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   53 16 25 2  
Scrap   105 333 1,926 5,334  
Scrap Batteries   343 1,534 31,141 84,610  
             
ZINC            
Unwrought   72,614 51,888 1,910 1,028  
Dust, Powder & Flakes   5,042 2,340 1,364 685  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 665 290 1,453 843
Plates, Sheets, Strip, Foil   1,655 553 1,033 829  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   4,651 1,075 310 46  
Scrap   1,004 1,056 5,912 4,686  
             
TIN            
Unwrought   21,335 3,277 2,662 397  
Bars, Rods, Profiles, Wire 693 99 1543 205  
Plates, Sheets, Strip   45 36 806 2033  
Foil, Powder, Flakes   765 37 1146 109  
Tubes, Pipes, Fittings   2 0.010 82 10  
Scrap   43 52 838 1,029  
             
TITANIUM            
Unwrought   16,621 (4) 5,797 379  
Wrought   9,240 247 32,921 658  
Scrap   9,825 819 7,727 1,494  
             
TUNGSTEN   7,556 305 5,371 189  
MOLYBDENUM   7,948 85 15,092 207  
MAGNESIUM   17,342 5,905 3,821 875  
COBALT   28,961 963 14,602 369  
CADMIUM   195 18.427 46 3.328  
BERYLLIUM   0 0 740 4.729  
GOLD   405,523 26.7 452,735 31.4 (1)
SILVER   91,743 380.6 27,957 142.4  
PLATINUM GROUP   318,113 18.8 56,949 5.1  
             
RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES          
Lead-acid Automotive (2)   44,888 2,076 28,156 846  
Lead-acid industrial/EV (2) 30,511 2,608 20,738 331  
Nickel-Cadmium (2)   22,969 4,191 6,245 324  
Other (2)   91,696 23,771 9,028 205  
             
INSULATED WIRE & CABLE          
Winding   24,123 4,317 36,995 6,768  
Coaxial   42,773 5,407 34,279 4,541  
Sets for vehicles etc   545,938   93,691    
Telecom   54,072   (3)    
Other   319,298   205,987    
Optical fiber cables   28,357   22,527    
             

(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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