Table 4.--U.S. yearend stocks of silver in the United States
                                                          (Metric tons)
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                                                  Futures      Treasury      Defense    National Defense
                             Year      Industry  exchanges1/  Department2/  Department     Stockpile
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                         1970--------    2,556      3,981          781           NA             NA
                         1971--------    1,771      3,996        1,493           NA          4,339
                         1972--------    1,613      3,123        1,425          277          4,339
                         1973--------    1,195      2,852        1,403          190          4,339
                         1974--------    1,532      2,715        1,369          188          4,339
                         1975--------    1,061      3,863        1,275          249          4,339
                         1976--------      952      3,602        1,235          236          4,339
                         1977--------    1,118      4,025        1,225          208          4,339
                         1978--------      896      3,673        1,218          201          4,339
                         1979--------      498      4,141        1,213          176          4,339
                         1980--------      537      3,757        1,210          140          4,339
                         1981--------      649      3,002        1,205          119          4,277
                         1982--------      637      3,303        1,144           54          4,277
                         1983--------      543      4,704        1,075            3          4,277
                         1984--------      660      4,281          992           11          4,277
                         1985--------      574      5,385        1,015           14          4,277
                         1986--------      550      5,042        1,052           78          3,960
                         1987--------      471      5,279        1,229           75          3,517
                         1988--------      480      5,862        1,201           81          3,310
                         1989--------      544      7,795          997           81          2,973
                         1990--------      534      8,636          840           31          2,830
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                           NA  Not available.
                           1/Stocks in warehouses of the Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York, and
                         stocks of the Chicago Board of Trade.
                           2/Consists of bullion, coin bars, and coinage metal fund silver.