Market Data

Year

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

INGOT PRODUCTION

Primary smelters

240.0

247.7

258.4

269.7

305.10

340.8

344.3

342.7

359.6

368.2

360.3

Secondary production, predominantly from old scrap

260.0

242.7

274.8

285.3

237.7

248.6

207.2

206.5

186.7

134.4

204.2

Wrought remelt production, predominantly from fabrication recycling

527.8

561.2

583.5

596.2

567.0

585.3

565.1

557.2

559.1

602.2

771.5*

WROUGHT AND CAST DESPATCHES

Bar, Section & Tube (excluding forging bar)

149.6

160.8

168.0

181.7

184.7

177.1

168.3*

158.7*

1157.0*

140.9

138.1

Plate,sheet,
strip & circles

327.9

350.4

352.5

349.7

419.1

384.8

312.2

274.3

267.3

274.2

325.4

Castings

156.0

152.4

148.0

137.3

134.9

129.0*

161.2

127.5

139.7

103.0

120.0

EXPORTS

Primary ingot

53.1

219.6

68.7

233.6

347.7

203.4

214.7

244.3

305.1

364.4

309.6

Secondary ingot

152.2

153.3

156.6

143.1

84.2

59.9

35.7

26.9

30.8

32.3

40.6

Extruded products

45.8

56.8

59.7

47.5

25.5

20.6

15.3

14.2

15.8

15.9

65.6

Rolled products

155.5

157.7

160.1

166.6

222.9

198.3

208.8

193.9

192.2

285.4

288.7

IMPORTS

Primary ingot

406.3

428.3

468.9

444.0

277.0

313.3

352.2

274.6

221.5

189.3

281.5

Recycled metal ingot

12.0

8.5

26.2

17.8

23.5

33.6

17.9

20.2

12.7

11.5

12.7

Extruded products

55.0

62.0

62.3

70.0

72.0

72.5

76.1

82.0

90.3

95.1

123.5

Rolled products

273.6

257.9

245.1

296.1

334.0

332.3

361.5

438.5

331.8

329.2

371.2