Market Data

Year

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

INGOT PRODUCTION

Primary smelters

247.7

258.4

269.7

305.10

340.8

344.3

342.7

359.6

368.2

360.3

364.6

326.9

Secondary production, predominantly from old scrap

242.7

274.8

285.3

237.7

248.6

207.2

206.5

186.7

134.4

204.2

193.9

145.8

Wrought remelt production, predominantly from fabrication recycling

561.2

583.5

596.2

567.0

585.3

565.1

557.2

559.1

602.2

590.5

453.1

485.7

WROUGHT AND CAST DESPATCHES

Bar, Section & Tube (excluding forging bar)

160.8

168.0

181.7

184.7

177.1

168.3*

158.7*

157.0*

140.9*

138.1*

120.8*

94.4*

Plate,sheet,
strip & circles

350.4

352.5

349.7

419.1

384.8

312.2

274.3

267.3

274.2

325.4

291.0

291.9

Castings*

152.4

148.0

137.3

134.9

129.0

161.2

127.5

139.7

103.0

120.0

140.0

113.5

EXPORTS

Primary ingot

219.6

68.7

233.6

347.7

203.4

214.7

244.3

305.1

364.4

309.6

250.6

230.8

Secondary ingot

153.3

156.6

143.1

84.2

59.9

35.7

26.9

30.8

32.3

40.6

47.5

99.7

Extruded products

56.8

59.7

47.5

25.5

20.6

15.3

14.2

15.8

15.9

65.6

89.6

63.2

Rolled products

157.7

160.1

166.6

222.9

198.3

208.8

193.9

192.2

285.4

288.7

286.6

251.8

IMPORTS

Primary ingot

428.3

468.9

444.0

277.0

313.3

352.2

274.6

221.5

189.3

281.5

278.8

239.4

Recycled metal ingot

8.5

26.2

17.8

23.5

33.6

17.9

20.2

12.7

11.5

12.7

16.5

16.1

Extruded products

62.0

62.3

70.0

72.0

72.5

76.1

82.0

90.3

95.1

123.5

144.6

147.3

Rolled products

257.9

245.1

296.1

334.0

332.3

361.5

438.5

331.8

329.2

371.2

383.9

409.1