Table 16.--Yearend stocks of iron ore and agglomerates (Thousand metric tons) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiving and Consuming Total Year Mines transfer plants1/ industry2/ docks1/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1965 ------- 12,870 2,534 54,662 70,067 1966 ------- 12,355 2,750 55,535 70,641 1967 ------- 13,167 3,035 56,006 72,207 1968 ------- 16,298 2,842 54,086 73,227 1969 ------- 13,784 2,690 51,752 68,227 1970 ------- 15,562 3,458 53,628 72,647 1971 ------- 17,936 3,479 58,665 80,080 1972 ------- 14,915 2,654 50,864 68,433 1973 ------- 11,051 3,102 46,728 60,881 1974 ------- 9,556 3,325 45,973 58,854 1975 ------- 12,496 4,688 53,069 70,254 1976 ------- 14,218 4,839 57,149 76,206 1977 ------- 15,049 3,027 42,949 61,025 1978 ------- 12,557 3,626 39,932 56,115 1979 ------- 11,447 5,503 39,594 56,544 1980 ------- 11,913 6,193 36,279 54,385 1981 ------- 12,938 6,676 36,784 56,399 1982 ------- 12,324 5,842 30,403 48,569 1983 ------- 4,188 3,225 25,903 33,316 1984 ------- 5,349 2,989 24,403 32,741 1985 ------- 6,046 2,442 21,631 30,119 1986 ------- 3,307 2,019 17,439 22,765 1987 ------- 2,402 2,056 16,565 21,023 1988 ------- 2,957 2,537 18,005 23,499 1989 ------- 3,800 2,171 15,730 21,701 1990 ------- 3,386 2,273 15,911 21,570 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/Data compiled jointly by the American Iron and Steel Institute and the American Iron Ore Association. 2/Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding.