TABLE 5-Continued
U.S. EXPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS
(Thousand metric tons)


1991            1992            1993
Cast iron and steel products-Continued:
Cast grinding balls                            14               16      
       16
Granules-shot and grit                         26               27      
       29
Other castings                                 29               29      
       32
Total cast iron and steel products'         165             201         
   180


'Revised.
'Daft may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding.
'Includes shapes-cold formed, sashes and frames, fence and sign post, and
architectural and ornamental work.
Source: American Iron and Steel Institute.
TABLE 6
U.S. IMPORTS OF PIG IRON, BY COUNTRY
(Metric tons)
Country                   1989          1990         1991          1992 
        1993
Brazil                           310,196       219,041       327,603    
 308,610       392,871
Canada                           120,597       124,938        84,254    
  85,013         61,889
India'                                 -            -            132    
       -             -
Japan                                  -            -             -     
       -         26,349
Latvia                                 -            -             -     
       -         67,064
Lithuania                              -            -             -     
       -         10,026
Mexico                                 -            -             -     
       -             89
Norway'                                -            -            236    
       -             -
RussiaW                                -            -             -     
  '14,030       154,953
South Africa, Republic of              -            -         21,243    
  77,607         69,627
Switzerland'                           -            -             -     
   6,288         10,970
Ukraine                                -            -             -     
      -          34,330
U.S.S.R.3                              -            -            770    
   4,999             -
Other                             12,072         3,233           '80    
        )-
Total                         442,865       347,212      434,318       496,547
      828,168
'Revised.
'Previously included in 'Other.'
2Fonmerly part of the U.S.S.R.; data were not reported separately until 1992.
'Dissolved in Dec. 1991; however, information is inadequate to formulate
reliable estimates for individual countries.
4Revised to zero.
Source: Bureau of the Census.


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