Table 1.--Salient aluminum statistics (Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Price U.S. primary production (cents per pound) ------------------------------- -------------------------- Aluminum Value U.S. U.S. market Secondary industry Year Quantity (thousand dollars) producer list (spot) recovery Exports Imports shipments1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970 ------ 3,607 2,190,087 28.7 25.4 907 555 425 4,063 1971 ------ 3,561 2,154,446 29.0 24.1 953 266 626 4,476 1972 ------ 3,739 2,084,946 26.5 21.1 1,022 298 720 5,214 1973 ------ 4,109 2,206,440 25.3 26.4 1,126 509 557 6,241 1974 ------ 4,448 3,005,640 34.1 43.1 1,163 475 571 5,807 1975 ------ 3,519 2,976,427 39.8 34.8 1,121 399 499 4,139 1976 ------ 3,856 3,785,397 44.5 41.2 1,334 439 679 5,264 1977 ------ 4,118 4,683,949 51.3 47.8 1,456 373 758 5,567 1978 ------ 4,358 5,191,064 54.4 51.0 1,518 472 980 6,204 1979 ------ 4,557 6,130,302 61.0 70.7 1,612 701 762 6,280 1980 ------ 4,654 7,346,410 70.8 76.1 1,577 1,346 647 5,406 1981 ------ 4,489 7,520,841 77.2 59.8 1,789 787 848 5,497 1982 ------ 3,274 5,485,121 76.4 46.8 1,666 748 878 4,908 1983 ------ 3,353 5,754,298 77.5 68.3 1,773 776 1,091 5,848 1984 ------ 4,099 7,319,844 81.0 61.1 1,760 734 1,477 6,355 1985 ------ 3,500 6,249,614 81.0 48.8 1,762 908 1,420 6,378 1986 ------ 3,037 5,422,993 2/81.0 55.9 1,773 753 1,967 6,504 1987 ------ 3,343 5,328,300 NA 72.3 1,986 917 1,850 6,867 1988 ------ 3,944 9,572,066 NA 110.0 2,122 1,247 1,620 6,851 1989 ------ 4,030 7,801,086 NA 87.8 2,054 1,615 1,470 6,761 1990 ------ 4,048 6,604,398 NA 74.0 2,393 1,659 1,514 6,569 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apparent World consumption production ------------------------------- 1970 ------ 3,404 9,653 1971 ------ 3,827 10,317 1972 ------ 4,468 11,007 1973 ------ 5,284 12,124 1974 ------ 4,924 13,169 1975 ------ 3,544 12,144 1976 ------ 4,611 12,622 1977 ------ 4,982 13,779 1978 ------ 5,484 14,131 1979 ------ 5,342 14,555 1980 ------ 4,594 15,383 1981 ------ 4,615 15,079 1982 ------ 4,379 13,433 1983 ------ 5,027 13,904 1984 ------ 5,240 15,705 1985 ------ 5,209 15,398 1986 ------ 5,143 16,396 1987 ------ 5,469 17,415 1988 ------ 5,373 18,499 1989 ------ 4,957 19,100 1990 ------ 5,264 19,362 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NA Not available. 1/Net shipments of ingot and mill products to domestic markets. Source: Aluminum Association Inc., Aluminum Statistical Review. 2/Based on 7 months.