TABLE 10 | ||||||||||
U.S. EXPORTS OF TITANIUM BY CLASS1 | ||||||||||
2011 | 2012 | |||||||||
Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||
Class | HTS2 | (metric tons) | -(thousands) | (metric tons) | -(thousands) | |||||
Metal: | ||||||||||
Scrap | 8108.30.0000 | 5,150 | $33,300 | 8,760 | $45,300 | |||||
Unwrought: | ||||||||||
Sponge | 8108.20.0010 | 256 | 1,860 | 1,420 | 9,500 | |||||
Ingot | 8108.20.0030 | 252 | 6,000 | 3,760 | 70,600 | |||||
Other | 8108.20.0090 | 923 | 16,500 | 159 | 5,270 | |||||
Wrought: | ||||||||||
Billet | 8108.90.6010 | 3,500 | 131,000 | 3,660 | 137,000 | |||||
Bloom, sheet bar, slab | 8108.90.6020 | 1,560 | 49,400 | 2,180 | 67,200 | |||||
Bar, rod, profile, wire | 8108.90.6031 | 4,060 | 224,000 | 3,560 | 203,000 | |||||
Other | 8108.90.8000 | 15,600 | 863,000 | 13,800 | 893,000 | |||||
Total | 31,300 | 1,320,000 | 37,400 | 1,430,000 | ||||||
Ferrotitanium and ferrosilicon titanium | 7202.91.0000 | 3,210 | 17,600 | 3,610 | 17,300 | |||||
Ores and concentrates | 2614.00.0000 | 26,600 | 11,000 | 43,000 | 31,900 | |||||
Pigment: | ||||||||||
80% or more titanium dioxide pigment | 3206.11.0000 | 741,000 | 2,110,000 | 587,000 | 1,910,000 | |||||
Other titanium dioxide pigment | 3206.19.0000 | 40,000 | 104,000 | 33,100 | 114,000 | |||||
Unfinished titanium dioxide3 | 2823.00.0000 | 7,160 | 19,700 | 4,570 | 12,700 | |||||
Total | 789,000 | 2,230,000 | 624,000 | 2,040,000 | ||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
2Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. | ||||||||||
3Unmixed and not surface treated. | ||||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices