CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS ALUMINUM INGOT AND MILL PRODUCTS - DECEMBER 1996 M33D(96)-12 ISSUED FEBRUARY 21, 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 period Mill products Mill products Ingot inventories 1996 December . . . . . . . . . 1,488,079 1,116,234 371,845 4,041,424 November . . . . . . . . 1,513,574 1,148,835 364,739 4,029,848 October . . . . . . . . . 1,681,793 1,246,289 435,504 4,060,957 September. . . . . . . . . 1,553,418 1,177,262 376,156 4,174,484 August. . . . . . . . . . 1,704,851 1,259,127 445,724 4,215,974 July. . . . . . . . . . . 1,557,832 1,160,883 396,949 4,318,163 June. . . . . . . . . . . 1,609,370 1,146,247 463,123 4,358,242 May. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,795,193 1,306,289 488,904 4,326,983 April. . . . . . . . . . . 1,693,175 1,215,133 478,042 4,451,302 March. . . . . . . . . . . 1,613,206 1,248,220 364,986 4,432,636 February . . . . . . . . . 1,506,124 1,084,177 421,947 4,480,744 January . . . . . . . . . 1,467,082 1,064,636 402,446 4,382,048 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 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) DECEMBER 1996 NOVEMBER 1996 Gross Total Net Gross Total Net Product description shipments receipts\1 shipments\2 shipments receipts\1 shipments\2 Aluminum ingot and mill products. . . . 2,253,486 765,407 1,488,079 2,275,322 761,748 1,513,574 Integrated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,225,739 330,663 895,076 1,246,637 339,288 907,349 Smelters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159,097 17,783 141,314 185,678 15,800 169,878 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868,650 416,961 451,689 843,007 406,660 436,347 Imports (ingot only). . . . . . . . 397,043 - 397,043 327,512 - 327,512 Nonintegrated. . . . . . . . . . . . 471,607 416,961 54,646 515,495 406,660 108,835 Mill products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,219,996 103,762 1,116,234 1,259,270 110,435 1,148,835 By type of producer: Integrated. . . . . . . . . . . . 867,359 48,886 818,473 864,562 55,274 809,288 Nonintegrated. . . . . . . . . . 352,637 54,876 297,761 394,708 55,161 339,547 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,033,490 661,645 371,845 1,016,052 651,313 364,739 By type of producer: Integrated. . . . . . . . . . . . 358,380 281,777 76,603 382,075 284,014 98,061 Smelters 3\. . . . . . . . . . . 159,097 17,783 141,314 185,678 15,800 169,878 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . 516,013 362,085 153,928 448,299 351,499 96,800 Imports 4\ . . . . . . . . . . 397,043 - 397,043 327,512 - 327,512 Nonintegrated. . . . . . . . . 118,970 362,085 (243,115) 120,787 351,499 (230,712) By type of ingot: Extrusion ingot. . . . . . . . . . 232,553 200,719 31,834 243,585 194,410 49,175 Integrated. . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 72,572 (D) (D) 82,681 Smelters 3\. . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 19,319 (D) (D) 23,858 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (60,057) (D) (D) (57,364) Imports 4\. . . . . . . . . . 53,031 - 53,031 56,236 - 56,236 Nonintegrated. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (113,088) (D) (D) (113,600) Other ingot (primary and secondary) 800,937 460,926 340,011 772,467 456,903 315,564 Integrated. . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 4,031 (D) (D) 15,380 Smelters 3\. . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 121,995 (D) (D) 146,020 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 213,985 (D) (D) 154,164 Imports 4\. . . . . . . . . . 344,012 - 344,012 271,276 - 271,276 Nonintegrated. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (130,027) (D) (D) (117,112) - 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: December 503,901, November 501,951. 2\Net shipments are derived by subtracting total receipts from gross shipments. 3\The number of secondary smelter operators shipping ingot is 21. 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) JANUARY FEBRUARY Inte- Noninte- Non- Product description Total grated 1/ grated 1/ Smelters 1/ Total Integrated Integrated Smelters Total. . . . . . . . 4,382,048 3,195,553 992,812 193,683 4,480,744 3,284,133 991,524 205,087 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . 1,727,518 1,324,265 307,855 95,398 1,720,553 1,320,503 304,809 95,241 Scrap. . . . . . . . . . . 618,916 346,824 173,807 98,285 668,340 376,724 181,770 109,846 Other. .2\. . . . . . . . 2,035,614 1,524,464 511,150 2\ 2,091,851 1,586,906 504,945 2\ MARCH APRIL Total. . . . . . . . 4,432,636 3,247,525 984,285 200,826 4,451,302 3,247,797 992,017 211,488 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . 1,680,123 1,301,324 284,606 94,193 1,649,702 1,281,998 271,828 95,876 Scrap. . . . . . . . . . . 625,522 341,242 177,647 106,633 652,444 349,748 187,084 115,612 Other. .2\. . . . . . . . 2,126,991 1,604,959 522,032 2\ 2,149,156 1,616,051 533,105 2\ MAY JUNE Total. . . . . . . . 4,326,983 3,139,283 980,461 207,239 4,358,242 3,167,824 968,497 221,921 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . 1,575,479 1,203,222 276,444 95,813 1,566,415 1,195,248 278,333 92,834 Scrap. . . . . . . . . . . 663,637 364,816 187,395 111,426 696,119 385,088 181,944 129,087 Other. .2\. . . . . . . . 2,087,867 1,571,245 516,622 2\ 2,095,708 1,587,488 508,220 2\ JULY AUGUST Total. . . . . . . . 4,318,163 3,114,741 966,870 236,552 4,215,974 3,030,754 960,548 224,672 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . 1,548,972 1,192,500 258,149 98,323 1,469,913 1,128,602 245,724 95,587 Scrap. . . . . . . . . . . 765,971 410,111 217,631 138,229 762,348 414,028 219,235 129,085 Other. .2\. . . . . . . . 2,003,220 1,512,130 491,090 2\ 1,983,713 1,488,124 495,589 2\ SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Total. . . . . . . . 4,174,484 3,001,539 959,614 213,331 4,060,957 2,887,360 970,343 203,254 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . 1,450,738 1,117,999 240,298 92,441 1,395,010 1,048,411 256,403 90,196 Scrap. . . . . . . . . . . 719,844 380,852 218,102 120,890 702,620 370,620 218,942 113,058 Other. .2\. . . . . . . . 2,003,902 1,502,688 501,214 2\ 1,963,327 1,468,329 494,998 2\ NOVEMBER DECEMBER Total. . . . . . . . 4,029,848 2,831,072 996,027 202,749 4,041,424 2,810,441 1,003,211 227,772 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . 1,401,191 1,049,359 256,289 95,543 1,423,598 1,051,296 273,820 98,482 Scrap. . . . . . . . . . . 701,082 370,646 223,230 107,206 704,501 355,297 219,914 129,290 Other. .2\. . . . . . . . 1,927,575 1,411,067 516,508 2\ 1,913,325 1,403,848 509,477 2\ 1\The number of companies reporting aluminum inventory data for the current month only are: ingot integrated 13: ingot non-integrated 125: 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 figures for individual companies. Table 4. GROSS SHIPMENTS OF ALUMINUM MILL PRODUCTS, BY TYPE OF PRODUCER (Thousands of pounds) DECEMBER 1996 NOVEMBER 1996 Non- Non- Product description Total Integrated Integrated Total Integrated Integrated Total 1,219,996 867,359 352,637 1,259,270 864,562 394,708 Sheet, plate, and foil. . . . . . . . . . . . 865,726 701,766 163,960 850,608 679,802 170,806 Drawing stock, wire, and cable. . . . . . . . 82,995 52,451 30,544 93,180 60,163 33,017 Rod and bare wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,974 27,740 12,234 47,669 33,163 14,506 Cable and insulated wire. . . . . . . . . . 43,021 24,711 18,310 45,511 27,000 18,511 Rod, bar, pipe, tube, and shapes. . . . . . . 244,197 99,827 144,370 285,390 108,781 176,609 All other\1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,078 13,315 13,763 30,092 15,816 14,276 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. DECEMBER 1996 NOVEMBER 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) 1,219,996 103,762 1,116,234 1,259,270 110,435 1,148,835 Sheet, plate, and foil. . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 865,726 67,697 798,029 850,608 73,121 777,487 Sheet and plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 787,134 67,697 719,437 759,532 73,121 686,411 Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 760,892 67,697 693,195 732,340 73,121 659,219 33532 22 Nonheat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . 21 739,015 \267,697 671,318 709,352 \273,121 636,231 33532 24 Heat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 21,877 \2 21,877 22,988 \2 22,988 Plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 26,242 - 26,242 27,192 - 27,192 33531 15 Nonheat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . 6 6,563 - 6,563 7,848 - 7,848 33531 13 Heat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 19,679 - 19,679 19,344 - 19,344 33533 00 Foil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 78,592 - 78,592 91,076 - 91,076 Rod, wire, and cable. . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 82,995 28,216 54,779 93,180 30,865 62,315 Rod and bare wire. . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 39,974 28,216 11,758 47,669 30,865 16,804 33552 20 Drawing stock(redraw rod). . . . . . . 6 30,916 \328,216 2,700 38,506 \330,865 7,641 33501 31 Bare wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9,058 \3 9,058 9,163 \3 9,163 Cable and insulated wire. . . . . . . . . (NA) 43,021 \3 43,021 45,511 \3 45,511 33501 63 ACSR and aluminum cable,bare. . . . . 5 15,052 \3 15,052 13,629 \3 13,629 33570 99 Wire and cable, insulated or covered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 27,969 \3 27,969 31,882 \3 31,882 Rod, bar, pipe, tube and shapes. . . . . . (NA) 244,197 7,849 236,348 285,390 6,449 278,941 Rod and bar(rolled and extruded). . . . (NA) 32,175 7,849 24,326 35,410 6,449 28,961 33500 20 Alloys other than 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . .AND. . . . . . . . 14 33541 18 Alloys in 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . . 6 32,175 \47,849 24,326 35,410 \46,449 28,961 Pipe and tube (extruded and drawn). . . . (NA) 24,600 \4 24,600 29,380 \4 29,380 33542 63 Alloys other than 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . .AND. . . . . . . . 22 33542 61 Alloys in 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . . 5 24,600 \4 24,600 29,380 \4 29,380 Extruded shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 187,422 - 187,422 220,600 - 220,600 33541 25 Alloys other than 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 181,780 - 181,780 213,728 - 213,728 33541 28 Alloys in 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . . 10 5,642 - 5,642 6,872 - 6,872 All other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 27,078 - 27,078 30,092 - 30,092 Powder and paste. . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 11,280 - 11,280 12,067 - 12,067 33991 13 Atomized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5,070 - 5,070 6,143 - 6,143 33991 16 Other flake, powder and paste. . . . . 9 6,210 - 6,210 5,924 - 5,924 Forgings and impacts. . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 15,798 - 15,798 18,025 - 18,025 34635 21 Forgings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 11,999 - 11,999 12,153 - 12,153 34635 41 Impacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3,799 - 3,799 5,872 - 5,872 - 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 DECEMBER TO DATE Aluminum ingot and mill products . . . . . . . . 1,467,082 1,506,124 1,613,206 1,693,175 1,795,193 1,609,370 1,557,832 1,704,851 1,553,418 1,681,793 1,513,574 1,488,079 19,183,697 Ingot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402,446 421,947 364,986 478,042 488,904 463,123 396,949 445,724 376,156 435,504 364,739 371,845 5,010,365 Extrusion (including imports)\1 . . . . . . . . . 114,465 100,101 100,785 81,010 75,905 32,653 50,028 36,190 47,745 68,756 49,175 31,834 788,647 Total receipts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,062 149,383 187,808 166,739 188,153 207,951 191,744 209,931 212,560 213,222 194,410 200,719 2,272,682 Other ingot (including imports)\1 . . . . . . . . 287,981 321,846 264,201 397,032 412,999 430,470 346,921 409,534 328,411 366,748 315,564 340,011 4,221,718 Total receipts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525,960 470,291 545,168 485,146 501,003 427,897 409,045 419,184 470,094 470,182 456,903 460,926 5,641,799 Aluminum mill products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,064,636 1,084,177 1,248,220 1,215,133 1,306,289 1,146,247 1,160,883 1,259,127 1,177,262 1,246,289 1,148,835 1,116,234 14,173,332 Total receipts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,699 106,864 117,355 119,433 115,272 115,944 107,855 118,329 116,841 123,628 110,435 103,762 1,359,417 Sheet, plate, and foil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735,875 749,169 824,605 838,080 896,574 754,051 797,615 845,164 779,357 847,943 777,487 798,029 9,643,949 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 73,121 67,697 859,903 Sheet and plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648,059 658,207 733,362 739,347 796,815 663,927 707,351 748,366 686,863 744,265 686,411 719,437 8,532,410 Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620,601 633,528 708,557 714,591 770,288 642,859 684,783 723,286 661,336 718,162 659,219 693,195 8,230,405 Nonheat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593,649 608,295 684,653 692,223 743,682 621,865 664,265 701,409 638,474 693,453 636,231 671,318 7,949,517 Heat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,952 25,233 23,904 22,368 26,606 20,994 20,518 21,877 22,862 24,709 22,988 21,877 280,888 Plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,458 24,679 24,805 24,756 26,527 21,068 22,568 25,080 25,527 26,103 27,192 26,242 302,005 Nonheat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,737 7,567 6,451 6,014 7,363 5,679 6,402 6,371 6,887 7,497 7,848 6,563 82,379 Heat-treatable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,721 17,112 18,354 18,742 19,164 15,389 16,166 18,709 18,640 18,606 19,344 19,679 219,626 Foil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,816 90,962 91,243 98,733 99,759 90,124 90,264 96,798 92,494 103,678 91,076 78,592 1,111,539 Rod, wire, and cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,142 60,846 71,355 65,028 67,141 62,637 67,638 68,476 67,713 69,401 62,315 54,779 776,471 Rod and bare wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,234 10,940 14,909 8,185 12,998 10,523 14,163 13,183 13,784 13,943 16,804 11,758 150,424 Drawing stock (redraw rod). . . . . . . . . . (576) 1,030 4,593 (1,502) 3,601 1,534 5,107 3,277 4,320 3,124 7,641 2,700 34,849 Drawing stock (redraw rod), total receipts. 34,663 34,623 34,975 42,909 37,503 35,511 34,264 37,158 36,955 40,812 30,865 28,216 428,454 Bare wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,810 9,910 10,316 9,687 9,397 8,989 9,056 9,906 9,464 10,819 9,163 9,058 115,575 Cable and insulated wire . . . . . . . . . . . 49,908 49,906 56,446 56,843 54,143 52,114 53,475 55,293 53,929 55,458 45,511 43,021 626,047 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 15,052 230,842 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 31,882 27,969 395,205 Rod, bar, pipe, tube and shapes. . . . . . . . . . 240,455 245,986 323,081 282,237 312,104 302,042 266,602 317,131 303,451 298,684 278,941 236,348 3,407,062 Rod, bar, pipe, tube and shapes, total receipts. 6,390 5,750 6,542 5,483 5,095 5,650 3,474 4,946 7,135 6,297 6,449 7,849 71,060 Rod and bar (rolled and extruded). . . . . . . . 30,740 28,272 32,422 30,165 31,385 30,630 27,492 30,488 30,020 29,867 28,961 24,326 354,768 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 29,380 24,600 361,730 Extruded shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,969 189,051 255,595 220,487 248,149 241,475 211,717 255,498 242,871 235,730 220,600 187,422 2,690,564 Alloys other than 2,000 and 7,000 series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,813 182,672 249,097 214,499 241,987 235,322 206,774 249,891 236,534 229,225 213,728 181,780 2,617,322 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 6,872 5,642 73,242 All other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,164 28,176 29,179 29,788 30,470 27,517 29,028 28,356 26,741 30,261 30,092 27,078 345,850 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 11,280 143,105 Atomized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,054 5,625 6,088 5,925 6,298 5,560 6,310 5,020 5,199 5,065 6,143 5,070 68,357 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 6,210 74,748 Forgings and impacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,323 17,590 17,686 18,374 17,561 15,705 15,297 16,745 14,332 17,309 18,025 15,798 202,745 Forgings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,675 13,362 12,668 13,484 12,502 10,889 11,008 12,225 9,331 12,408 12,153 11,999 145,704 Impacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,648 4,228 5,018 4,890 5,059 4,816 4,289 4,520 5,001 4,901 5,872 3,799 57,041 Scrap receipts\1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477,070 453,351 526,792 570,913 577,548 478,044 539,264 563,087 545,476 573,743 501,951 503,901 6,311,140 1\Data not included in Net shipments information.