Aluminium
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Market Data

Table of UK aluminium industry production including imports and exports for the period 1996 - 2007.
UK Data on Wrought and Cast Aluminium Products (x 1000 tonnes)

Year

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

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

313.7 210.00

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

129.8 99.6

Wrought remelt production, predominantly from fabrication recycling

561.2

583.5

596.2

567.0

585.3

565.1

580.0

559.1

602.2

590.5

453.1

485.7

357.2 397.2

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*

70.82* 80.72*

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

204.8* 160.0*

Castings*

152.4

148.0

137.3

134.9

129.0

126.9

127.5

139.7

103.0

158.6

140.0

113.5

80.0* 95.0

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

214.1 351.9

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

107.7 62.78

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

46.3 54.54

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

160.0* 112.92

IMPORTS

Primary ingot

428.3

468.9

444.0

277.0

313.3

353.2

274.6

221.5

189.3

281.5

278.8

239.4

335.2 190.0

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

11.7 15.7

Extruded products

62.0

62.3

70.0

72.0

72.5

76.1

82.0

90.3

95.1

120.3

144.6

147.3

97.6 227.1

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

390.4 454.0

* Estimated data, allowing for non-reporting companies
**Official Customs and Excise data but probably includes wrongly classified products
Statistical data supplied by the Aluminium Federation Ltd