Table 1.--Salient iron ore statistics (Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mine Mine Imports Exports Reported Net import production shipments for for consumption, reliance3/ Year of usable of usable consumption, consumption, all end (percent) ore1/ ore1/ all classes all classes uses2/ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1965 ....... 88,842 86,291 45,827 7,199 134,004 32 1966 ....... 91,594 92,281 47,001 7,904 136,198 31 1967 ....... 85,530 84,348 45,327 6,001 129,469 31 1968 ....... 87,243 83,854 44,646 5,978 133,867 31 1969 ....... 89,745 92,035 41,386 5,243 142,485 32 1970 ....... 91,200 89,300 45,611 5,580 133,682 29 1971 ....... 82,058 78,941 40,768 3,110 118,061 27 1972 ....... 76,644 79,543 36,335 2,129 128,980 37 1973 ....... 89,076 92,321 43,991 2,791 149,280 35 1974 ....... 85,709 86,476 48,800 2,360 140,377 37 1975 ....... 80,132 77,185 47,493 2,578 115,957 30 1976 ....... 81,277 78,312 45,102 2,960 127,437 31 1977 ....... 56,645 54,921 38,514 2,177 117,896 4/48 1978 ....... 82,892 84,542 34,155 4,281 126,800 30 1979 ....... 87,091 87,603 34,318 5,231 127,444 24 1980 ....... 70,730 70,710 25,460 5,780 100,466 24 1981 ....... 74,348 73,340 28,783 5,635 106,060 22 1982 ....... 36,002 36,330 14,734 3,229 64,942 34 1983 ....... 38,165 45,310 13,459 3,842 71,762 38 1984 ....... 52,092 51,699 17,463 5,073 73,678 20 1985 ....... 49,533 50,203 16,024 5,114 71,708 21 1986 ....... 39,486 41,991 17,012 4,554 62,097 33 1987 ....... 47,648 47,983 16,849 5,093 67,768 22 1988 ....... 57,515 57,113 20,183 5,285 83,694 18 1989 ....... 59,032 58,299 19,596 5,365 80,447 22 1990 ....... 56,408 57,009 18,054 3,199 76,855 21 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/Direct-shipping ore, concentrates, agglomerates, and byproduct ore. 2/Consumption data after 1987 are not entirely comparable with those of prior years owing to changes in data collection. 3/Net import reliance is defined as imports minus exports plus adjustments for Government and industry stock changes. 4/Unusually high import reliance because of reduced production caused by industry strikes.