CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS ALUMINUM INGOT AND MILL PRODUCTS - NOVEMBER 1996 M33D(97)-11 ISSUED JANUARY 17, 1997 CONTACT: MARY ELLICKSON 301-457-4736 Table 1. NET SHIPMENTS AND INVENTORIES OF ALUMINUM INGOT AND MILL PRODUCTS: 1996, 1995, 1994, AND 1993 (Thousands of pounds) Net shipments of aluminum End of Ingot and Mill period Mill products products Ingot inventories 1996 November1/. . . . . 1,162,622 1,142,399 20,223 4,043,424 October . . . . . . 1,676,233 1,254,299 421,934 4,041,607 September. . . . . 1,552,650 1,177,043 375,607 4,179,542 August. . . . . . . 1,702,553 1,241,697 460,856 4,219,112 July. . . . . . . . 1,555,053 1,142,249 412,804 4,321,256 June. . . . . . . . 1,607,873 1,140,941 466,932 4,360,804 May. . . . . . . . 1,794,143 1,303,269 490,874 4,328,964 April. . . . . . . 1,692,127 1,212,074 480,053 4,453,338 March. . . . . . . 1,612,148 1,245,187 366,961 4,434,636 February . . . . . 1,504,662 1,080,682 423,980 4,482,767 January . . . . . . 1,465,756 1,061,278 404,478 4,384,090 1995 Total. . . . . . . 18,422,202 14,407,244 4,014,958 4,403,357 December . . . . . 1,403,825 1,003,217 400,608 4,403,357 November. . . . . . 1,469,094 1,055,049 414,045 4,346,017 October. . . . . . 1,570,902 1,166,429 404,473 4,366,321 September. . . . . 1,533,405 1,183,046 350,359 4,403,357 August. . . . . . . 1,493,208 1,202,246 290,962 4,593,765 July. . . . . . . . 1,368,199 1,124,163 244,036 4,690,568 June. . . . . . . . 1,576,473 1,282,922 293,551 4,639,413 May. . . . . . . . 1,605,274 1,299,540 305,734 4,745,141 April. . . . . . . 1,593,642 1,255,322 338,320 4,742,901 March. . . . . . . 1,703,778 1,359,261 344,517 4,691,420 February. . . . . . 1,472,470 1,208,446 264,024 4,845,214 January. . . . . . 1,631,932 1,267,603 364,329 4,710,004 1994 Total. . . 20,295,037 14,746,132 5,548,905 4,572,784 1993 Total. . . 16,294,499 12,726,636 3,567,863 4,372,022 1/November 1996 Ingot import data was not available at time of publication. The data will be included in the December 1996 report. Note: Use December inventory figures for annual total inventory. Table 2. SHIPMENTS AND RECEIPTS OF ALUMINUM INGOT AND MILL PRODUCTS, BY TYPE OF PRODUCER (Thousands of pounds) NOVEMBER 1996 OCTOBER 1996 Gross Total Net Gross Total Net Product description shipments receipts 1/ shipments 2/ shipments receipts 1/ shipments 2/ Aluminum ingot and mill products. . . . 1,925,036 762,414 1,162,622 2,483,376 807,143 1,676,233 Integrated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,231,414 342,032 889,382 1,316,079 342,517 973,562 Smelters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,109 15,800 164,309 199,586 17,599 181,987 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513,513 404,582 108,931 967,711 447,027 520,684 Imports (ingot only). . . . . . . . - - - 377,286 - 377,286 Nonintegrated. . . . . . . . . . . . 513,513 404,582 108,931 590,425 447,027 143,398 Mill products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,251,922 109,523 1,142,399 1,377,996 123,697 1,254,299 By type of producer: Integrated. . . . . . . . . . . . 859,196 55,274 803,922 923,419 58,706 864,713 Nonintegrated. . . . . . . . . . 392,726 54,249 338,477 454,577 64,991 389,586 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673,114 652,891 20,223 1,105,380 683,446 421,934 By type of producer: Integrated. . . . . . . . . . . . 372,218 286,758 85,460 392,660 283,811 108,849 Smelters 3/. . . . . . . . . . . 180,109 15,800 164,309 199,586 17,599 181,987 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . 120,787 350,333 (229,546) 513,134 382,036 131,098 Imports 4/ . . . . . . . . . . - - - 377,286 - 377,286 Nonintegrated. . . . . . . . . 120,787 350,333 (229,546) 135,848 382,036 (246,188) By type of ingot: Extrusion ingot. . . . . . . . . . 182,100 193,430 (11,330) 281,978 213,264 68,714 Integrated. . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 79,191 (D) (D) 87,895 Smelters 3/. . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 21,996 (D) (D) 29,858 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (112,517) (D) (D) (49,039) Imports 4/. . . . . . . . . . - - - 70,757 - 70,757 Nonintegrated. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (112,517) (D) (D) (119,796) Other ingot (primary and secondary 491,014 459,461 31,553 823,402 470,182 353,220 Integrated. . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 6,269 (D) (D) 20,954 Smelters 3/. . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 142,313 (D) (D) 152,129 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (117,029) (D) (D) 180,137 Imports 4/. . . . . . . . . . - - - 306,529 - 306,529 Nonintegrated. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (117,029) (D) (D) (126,392) - Represents zero. D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. NA Not available. 1/Total receipts excludes scrap. The monthly scrap receipts data collected in thousands of pounds are as follows: November 502,446: October 582,755. 2/Net shipments are derived by subtracting total receipts from gross shipments. 3/The number of secondary smelter operators shipping ingot is 22. 4/Source: Bureau of the Census report IM 145, U.S. Imports for Consumption. For 1996, import numbers for ingot are: extrusion--7601.20.9045 and 7604.21.0000; other primary--7601.10.3000, 7601.20.3000, 7601.10.6000, 7601.20.9030, 7601.20.9060, 7601.20.6000, and 7601.20.9090. Imports are reported in kilograms and have been converted to pounds. Table 3. INVENTORIES OF ALUMINUM INGOT, MILL PRODUCTS, AND SCRAP, BY TYPE OF PRODUCER (Thousands of pounds) NOVEMBER 1996 OCTOBER 1996 SEPTEMBER 1996 Inte- Noninte- Non- Non- Product description Total grated 1/ grated 1/ Smelters 1/ Total Integrated Integrated Smelters Total Integrated Integrated Smelters Total. . . . . . . . . . 4,043,424 2,839,136 995,766 208,522 4,041,607 2,887,360 941,093 213,154 4,179,542 3,001,539 961,585 216,418 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,411,323 1,057,411 254,463 99,449 1,399,180 1,048,411 256,457 94,312 1,451,423 1,117,999 240,298 93,126 Scrap. . . . . . . . . . . . . 700,014 367,863 223,078 109,073 708,365 370,620 218,903 118,842 722,258 380,852 218,114 123,292 Other. .2/. . . . . . . . . . 1,932,087 1,413,862 518,225 2/ 1,934,062 1,468,329 465,733 2/ 2,005,861 1,502,688 503,173 2/ AUGUST 1996 JULY 1996 JUNE 1996 Inte- Noninte- Non- Non- Total grated 1/ grated 1/ Smelters 1/ Total Integrated Integrated Smelters Total Integrated Integrated Smelters Total. . . . . . . . . . 4,219,112 3,030,754 962,432 225,926 4,321,256 3,114,741 968,781 237,734 4,360,804 3,167,824 970,496 222,484 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,469,988 1,128,602 245,724 95,662 1,549,275 1,192,500 258,149 98,626 1,566,633 1,195,248 278,333 93,052 Scrap. . . . . . . . . . . . . 763,539 414,028 219,247 130,264 766,862 410,111 217,643 139,108 696,475 385,088 181,955 129,432 Other. .2/. . . . . . . . . . 1,985,585 1,488,124 497,461 2/ 2,005,119 1,512,130 492,989 2/ 2,097,696 1,587,488 510,208 2/ MAY 1996 APRIL 1996 MARCH 1996 Inte- Noninte- Non- Non- Total grated 1/ grated 1/ Smelters 1/ Total Integrated Integrated Smelters Total Integrated Integrated Smelters Total. . . . . . . . . . 4,328,964 3,139,283 982,442 207,239 4,453,338 3,247,797 994,053 211,488 4,434,636 3,247,525 986,285 200,826 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575,479 1,203,222 276,444 95,813 1,649,702 1,281,998 271,828 95,876 1,680,123 1,301,324 284,606 94,193 Scrap. . . . . . . . . . . . . 663,648 364,816 187,406 111,426 652,455 349,748 187,095 115,612 625,532 341,242 177,657 106,633 Other. .2/. . . . . . . . . . 2,089,837 1,571,245 518,592 2/ 2,151,181 1,616,051 535,130 2/ 2,128,981 1,604,959 524,022 2/ FEBRUARY 1996 JANUARY 1996 Non- Non- Total Integrated Integrated Smelters Total Integrated Integrated Smelters Total. . . . . . . . . . 4,482,767 3,284,133 993,547 205,087 4,384,090 3,195,553 994,854 193,683 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,720,553 1,320,503 304,809 95,241 1,727,518 1,324,265 307,855 95,398 Scrap. . . . . . . . . . . . . 668,350 376,724 181,780 109,846 618,925 346,824 173,816 98,285 Other. .2/. . . . . . . . . . 2,093,864 1,586,906 506,958 2/ 2,037,647 1,524,464 513,183 2/ 1/The number of companies reporting aluminum inventory data fir the current month only are: ingot integrated 13: ingot non-integrated 122: ingot smelters 25. scrap integrated 13; scrap nonintegrated 122; scrap smelters 22; other integrated 11; other nonintegrated 143; and other smelters 7. 2/Data for other smelters are combined with other nonintegrated smelters to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. Table 4. GROSS SHIPMENTS OF ALUMINUM MILL PRODUCTS, BY TYPE OF PRODUCER (Thousands of pounds) NOVEMBER 1996 OCTOBER 1996 Non- Non- Product description Total Integrated Integrated Total Integrated Integrated Total................... 1,251,922 859,196 392,726 1,377,996 923,419 454,577 Sheet, plate, and foil........ 854,333 684,081 170,252 932,004 730,168 201,836 Drawing stock, wire, and cable 92,947 60,163 32,784 110,301 67,480 42,821 Rod and bare wire........... 47,657 33,163 14,494 54,843 36,782 18,061 Cable and insulated wire.... 45,290 27,000 18,290 55,458 30,698 24,760 Rod, bar, pipe, tube, and shapes 275,753 99,136 176,617 305,430 110,757 194,673 All other 1/.................. 28,889 15,816 13,073 30,261 15,014 15,247 1/Data for shipments of all other includes powder and paste, and forgings and impacts. Table 5. SHIPMENTS AND RECEIPTS OF ALUMINUM MILL PRODUCTS (Thousands of pounds) No. NOVEMBER 1996 OCTOBER 1996 Product Product description of Gross Total Net Gross Total Net code comp. shipments receipts shipments 1/ shipments receipts shipments 1/ Aluminum mill products. . . . . . (NA) 1,251,922 109,523 1,142,399 1,377,996 123,697 1,254,299 Sheet, plate, and foil. . . . . . . . . (NA) 854,333 73,126 781,207 932,004 76,519 855,485 Sheet and plate. . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 761,190 73,126 688,064 828,326 76,519 751,807 Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 733,998 73,126 660,872 802,223 76,519 725,704 33532 22 Nonheat-treatable. . . . . . . . . 22 711,010 2/73,126 637,884 777,514 2/76,519 700,995 33532 24 Heat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . 12 22,988 2/ 22,988 24,709 2/ 24,709 Plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 27,192 - 27,192 26,103 - 26,103 33531 15 Nonheat-treatable. . . . . . . . . 6 7,848 - 7,848 7,497 - 7,497 33531 13 Heat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . 4 19,344 - 19,344 18,606 - 18,606 33533 00 Foil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 93,143 - 93,143 103,678 - 103,678 Rod, wire, and cable. . . . . . . . . . (NA) 92,947 29,948 62,999 110,301 40,881 69,420 Rod and bare wire. . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 47,657 29,948 17,709 54,843 40,881 13,962 33552 20 Drawing stock(redraw rod). . . . . . 6 38,506 3/29,948 8,558 43,936 3/40,881 3,055 33501 31 Bare wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9,151 3/ 9,151 10,907 3/ 10,907 Cable and insulated wire. . . . . . . (NA) 45,290 3/ 45,290 55,458 3/ 55,458 33501 63 ACSR and aluminum cable,bare. . . 5 13,629 3/ 13,629 18,360 3/ 18,360 33570 99 Wire and cable, insulated or covered. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 31,661 3/ 31,661 37,098 3/ 37,098 Rod, bar, pipe, tube and shapes. . . . . (NA) 275,753 6,449 269,304 305,430 6,297 299,133 Rod and bar(rolled and extruded). . (NA) 31,607 6,449 25,158 35,466 6,297 29,169 33500 20 Alloys other than 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . .AND. . . . . . . 14 33541 18 Alloys in 2,000 and 7,000 series. . 5 31,607 4/6,449 25,158 35,466 4/6,297 29,169 Pipe and tube (extruded and drawn). . (NA) 28,762 4/ 28,762 33,087 4/ 33,087 33542 63 Alloys other than 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . .AND. . . . . . . 23 33542 61 Alloys in 2,000 and 7,000 series. . 7 28,762 4/ 28,762 33,087 4/ 33,087 Extruded shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 215,384 - 215,384 236,877 - 236,877 33541 25 Alloys other than 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . . . . . . . . . . 90 208,496 - 208,496 230,372 - 230,372 33541 28 Alloys in 2,000 and 7,000 series. . 11 6,888 - 6,888 6,505 - 6,505 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 28,889 - 28,889 30,261 - 30,261 Powder and paste. . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 12,067 - 12,067 12,952 - 12,952 33991 13 Atomized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6,143 - 6,143 5,065 - 5,065 33991 16 Other flake, powder and paste. . . . 9 5,924 - 5,924 7,887 - 7,887 Forgings and impacts. . . . . . . . . (NA) 16,822 - 16,822 17,309 - 17,309 34635 21 Forgings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 10,950 - 10,950 12,408 - 12,408 34635 41 Impacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5,872 - 5,872 4,901 - 4,901 - Represents zero. NA Not available. Note: Total receipts includes domestic and import receipts data. 1/See Table 2, footnote 1. 2/Receipts for "heat-treatable sheet" are combined with "nonheat-treatable sheet" to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 3/Data for "bare wire" and "cable and insulated wire" are included in "drawing stock" to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 4/Receipts for "alloys in 2,000 and 7,000 series" are included in "alloys other than 2,000 and 7,000 series" to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. Receipts for "powder and paste" are included in "alloys other than 2,000 and 7,000 series" to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. Table 6. NET SHIPMENTS OF ALUMINUM MILL PRODUCTS: 1996 (Thousands of Pounds) YEAR Product description JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER TO DATE Aluminum ingot and mill products . . . . . 1,466,535 1,505,446 1,613,006 1,692,936 1,794,990 1,609,163 1,558,144 1,704,845 1,552,650 1,676,233 1,162,622 17,336,570 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402,446 421,947 364,986 478,042 488,904 463,081 397,418 445,887 375,607 421,934 20,223 4,280,475 Extrusion (including imports) 1/. . . . . . . 114,465 100,101 100,785 81,010 75,905 32,653 50,028 36,190 47,745 68,714 (11,330) 696,266 Total receipts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,062 149,383 187,808 166,739 188,153 207,951 191,744 209,931 212,560 213,264 193,430 2,071,025 Other ingot (including imports) 1/. . . . . . 287,981 321,846 264,201 397,032 412,999 430,428 347,390 409,697 327,862 353,220 31,553 3,584,209 Total receipts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525,960 470,291 545,168 485,146 501,003 427,897 409,045 419,184 470,094 470,182 459,461 5,183,431 Aluminum mill products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,064,089 1,083,499 1,248,020 1,214,894 1,306,086 1,146,082 1,160,726 1,258,958 1,177,043 1,254,299 1,142,399 13,056,095 Total receipts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,259 107,555 117,555 119,672 115,475 116,109 108,012 118,498 117,065 123,697 109,523 1,257,420 Sheet, plate, and foil. . . . . . . . . . . . 735,875 749,169 824,605 838,080 896,574 754,051 797,615 845,164 779,357 855,485 781,207 8,857,182 Sheet, plate, and foil, total receipts. . . 62,646 66,491 75,838 71,041 72,674 74,783 70,117 76,225 72,751 76,519 73,126 792,211 Sheet and plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648,059 658,207 733,362 739,347 796,815 663,927 707,351 748,366 686,863 751,807 688,064 7,822,168 Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620,601 633,528 708,557 714,591 770,288 642,859 684,783 723,286 661,336 725,704 660,872 7,546,405 Nonheat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . . . 593,649 608,295 684,653 692,223 743,682 621,865 664,265 701,409 638,474 700,995 637,884 7,287,394 Heat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,952 25,233 23,904 22,368 26,606 20,994 20,518 21,877 22,862 24,709 22,988 259,011 Plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,458 24,679 24,805 24,756 26,527 21,068 22,568 25,080 25,527 26,103 27,192 275,763 Nonheat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . . . 7,737 7,567 6,451 6,014 7,363 5,679 6,402 6,371 6,887 7,497 7,848 75,816 Heat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,721 17,112 18,354 18,742 19,164 15,389 16,166 18,709 18,640 18,606 19,344 199,947 Foil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,816 90,962 91,243 98,733 99,759 90,124 90,264 96,798 92,494 103,678 93,143 1,035,014 Rod, wire, and cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,582 60,155 71,155 64,789 66,938 62,472 67,481 68,307 67,494 69,420 62,999 719,792 Rod and bare wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,674 10,249 14,709 7,946 12,795 10,358 14,006 13,014 13,565 13,962 17,709 136,987 Drawing stock (redraw rod). . . . . . . . (1,136) 339 4,393 (1,741) 3,398 1,369 4,950 3,108 4,096 3,055 8,558 30,389 Drawing stock (redraw rod), total receipt 35,223 35,314 35,175 43,148 37,706 35,676 34,421 37,327 37,179 40,881 29,948 401,998 Bare wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,810 9,910 10,316 9,687 9,397 8,989 9,056 9,906 9,469 10,907 9,151 106,598 Cable and insulated wire . . . . . . . . . 49,908 49,906 56,446 56,843 54,143 52,114 53,475 55,293 53,929 55,458 45,290 582,805 ACSR and aluminum cable, bare. . . . . . 18,717 20,874 24,441 22,949 21,849 18,760 17,650 19,831 18,730 18,360 13,629 215,790 Wire and cable, insulated or covered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,191 29,032 32,005 33,894 32,294 33,354 35,825 35,462 35,199 37,098 31,661 367,015 Rod, bar, pipe, tube and shapes. . . . . . . 240,468 245,999 323,081 282,237 312,104 302,042 266,602 317,131 303,451 299,133 269,304 3,161,552 Rod, bar, pipe, tube and shapes, total receipt 6,390 5,750 6,542 5,483 5,095 5,650 3,474 4,946 7,135 6,297 6,449 63,211 Rod and bar (rolled and extruded). . . . . 29,743 27,289 31,342 29,151 30,230 29,368 26,397 29,332 28,776 29,169 25,158 315,955 Pipe and tube (extruded and drawn). . . . . 27,746 28,663 35,064 31,585 32,570 29,937 27,393 31,145 30,560 33,087 28,762 336,512 Extruded shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182,979 190,047 256,675 221,501 249,304 242,737 212,812 256,654 244,115 236,877 215,384 2,509,085 Alloys other than 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,823 183,668 250,177 215,513 243,142 236,584 207,869 251,047 237,778 230,372 208,496 2,441,469 Alloys in 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,156 6,379 6,498 5,988 6,162 6,153 4,943 5,607 6,337 6,505 6,888 67,616 All other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,164 28,176 29,179 29,788 30,470 27,517 29,028 28,356 26,741 30,261 28,889 317,569 Powder and paste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,841 10,586 11,493 11,414 12,909 11,812 13,731 11,611 12,409 12,952 12,067 131,825 Atomized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,054 5,625 6,088 5,925 6,298 5,560 6,310 5,020 5,199 5,065 6,143 63,287 Other flake, powder and paste. . . . . . 4,787 4,961 5,405 5,489 6,611 6,252 7,421 6,591 7,210 7,887 5,924 68,538 Forgings and impacts. . . . . . . . . . . . 18,323 17,590 17,686 18,374 17,561 15,705 15,297 16,745 14,332 17,309 16,822 185,744 Forgings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,675 13,362 12,668 13,484 12,502 10,889 11,008 12,225 9,331 12,408 10,950 132,502 Impacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,648 4,228 5,018 4,890 5,059 4,816 4,289 4,520 5,001 4,901 5,872 53,242 Scrap receipts 1/. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477,070 455,151 528,642 572,813 579,348 479,532 540,950 564,862 547,194 582,755 502,446 5,830,763 1/Data not included in net shipments information.