Table 7.--Month-end U.S. inventories of aluminum ingot, mill products, and scrap (Thousand metric tons) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January------- 1,730 2,026 2,291 2,195 1,940 2,511 2,727 2,655 2,635 2,458 2,300 February------ 1,753 2,038 2,285 2,161 1,928 2,535 2,738 2,673 2,631 2,375 2,277 March--------- 1,741 2,030 2,269 2,130 1,897 2,661 2,676 2,570 2,599 2,270 2,245 April--------- 1,769 2,014 2,261 2,097 1,920 2,694 2,641 2,539 2,608 2,280 2,228 May----------- 1,788 1,937 2,231 2,068 1,946 2,763 2,578 2,519 2,583 2,250 2,248 June---------- 1,783 2,024 2,208 2,091 1,963 2,760 2,519 2,481 2,569 2,224 2,282 July---------- 1,833 2,118 2,234 2,076 2,009 2,753 2,542 2,549 2,587 2,237 2,306 August-------- 1,860 2,151 2,221 2,061 2,056 2,728 2,515 2,568 2,534 2,235 2,285 September----- 1,861 2,164 2,208 2,043 2,068 2,728 2,513 2,553 2,545 2,247 2,252 October------- 1,880 2,213 2,207 2,006 2,109 2,704 2,546 2,588 2,529 2,247 2,252 November------ 1,941 2,263 2,203 1,984 2,209 2,725 2,594 2,605 2,516 2,274 2,305 December------ 1,989 2,280 2,205 1,980 2,339 2,721 2,585 2,588 2,492 2,325 2,302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January------- 2,368 3,014 2,785 2,359 2,676 2,343 2,221 1,938 1,911 1,809 February------ 2,414 3,049 2,756 2,370 2,642 2,339 2,164 1,979 1,875 1,802 March--------- 2,453 3,011 2,663 2,402 2,629 2,292 2,130 1,970 1,885 1,736 April--------- 2,492 3,023 2,596 2,465 2,608 2,312 2,079 2,241 1,934 1,727 May----------- 2,540 3,023 2,521 2,531 2,591 2,288 2,048 1,970 1,916 1,727 June---------- 2,554 2,974 2,458 2,548 2,538 2,288 2,029 1,912 1,945 1,776 July---------- 2,705 2,997 2,472 2,620 2,530 2,306 1,993 1,921 1,983 1,846 August-------- 2,761 2,944 2,428 2,658 2,500 2,294 1,952 1,894 1,929 1,805 September----- 2,806 2,910 2,375 2,697 2,467 2,258 1,883 1,894 1,886 1,833 October------- 2,847 2,908 2,392 2,698 2,415 2,235 1,910 1,875 1,844 1,868 November------ 2,959 2,891 2,355 2,710 2,377 2,223 1,925 1,868 1,810 1,827 December------ 2,995 2,802 2,663 2,690 2,343 2,235 1,894 1,883 1,822 1,820 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, Current Industrial Reports, Series M33-2.