U.S. Imports For Consumption Of Titanium Metal, By Class And Country

TABLE 12
-U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF TITANIUM METAL, BY CLASS AND COUNTRY¹

		2011				2012
		Quantity		Value		Quantity	Value
Class and country	HTS²	(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)	(thousands)
Waste and scrap:	8108.30.0000
Canada		738		$4,920		757	$3,150
France		1,790		16,100		1,950	13,000
Germany		1,930		17,900		2,260	19,300
Israel		523		4,490		410	3,150
Italy		329		2,610		301	2,170
Japan		2,260		20,100		2,040	15,300
Korea, Republic of		655		5,960		605	4,770
Mexico		369		1,770		541	2,790
Russia		158		1,240		--	--
Singapore		179		2,000		192	2,710
Spain		220		2,040		--	--
Sweden		80		755		314	2,730
Taiwan		813		6,880		383	2,540
United Kingdom		28`7		20,600		3,540	18,100
Other		1,070	^r	8,150	^r	1,150	8,800
Total		13,900		116,000		14,400	98,500
Unwrought:
Sponge:	8108.20.0010
China		5,860		62,900		3,510	42,000
Japan		16,100		176,000		18,900	241,000
Kazakhstan^e		8,610		81,800		8,030	398,000
Russia		1,260		7,710		--	--
Other		1,990		20,500		--	--
-Total		33,800		349,000		30,500	681,000
Ingot:	8108.20.0030
Germany-		344		6,310		109	1,890
Russia-		302		5,830		401	6,620
Other		9		325		--	--
Total		655		12,500		510	8,500
Powder:	8108.20.0015
Canada		4		905		3	905
China		33		602		22	602
Germany		3		369		1	410
Japan		8		1,480		3	783
Other		3	^r	128	^r	4	413
Total		51		3,490		33	3,110
Other:	8108.20.0091-
China		40		663		21	382
Germany		64		1,270		171	3,070
Russia		31		804		153	3,750
United Kingdom		48		3,440		82	4,760
Other		26	^r	1,320	^r	21	1,760
Total		209		7,500		448	13,700
Wrought products and castings:³	8108.90.3030, 8108.90.3060, 8108.90.6010, 8108.90.6020,-
	8108.90.6031, 8108.90.6045, 8108.90.6060, 8108.90.6075
China		958		31,400		1,010	31,400
Germany		311		10,500		173	10,500
Japan		468		23,400		348	23,400
Russia		3,920		146,000		4,120	146,000
Taiwan		215		7,970		162	6,090
United Kingdom		351		28,700		364	28,700
Other		597	^r	40,100	^r	667	56,500
Total		6,820		288,000		6,840	302,000
Ferrotitanium and ferrosilicon titanium	7202.91.0000	2,070		11,700		2,410	12,000
See footnotes at end of table.


TABLE 12-Continued
-U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF TITANIUM METAL, BY CLASS AND COUNTRY¹

^eEstimated. ^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
³Includes bar, billet, bloom, castings, foil, pipe, plate, profile, rod, sheet, sheet bar, slab, strip, tube, wire, and other.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.