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MINERALS YEARBOOK

Secondary nickel recovered as metal and in nonferrous alloys and salts in
the United
States, 19~3—3i3
Year
Short tons
Value
Year
Short tons
Value
Average 1923—27        
1928                 
1929                 
2,504
4,500
4,350
$1,671, 260
3,150,000
3,045,000
1930                
1931                
1932                
2,900
2,070
1,450
$2,030, 000
1,449,000
1,015,000

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

 The value of nickel imports for 1932 declined 38 percent from 1931 and 76
percent from the record year 1929. As has been the case for many years, virtually
all the imports were raw or semimanufactured.

Value of nickel imported into and exported from the United States, 19f~3—3?3
Year
Imports for consumption


Exports





Nickel,

nickel ore

and matte,

nickel ox-

ide, and

alloys of

nickel

with

copper,

etc.
Manu-

fac

tures

and

nickel

sheets

and
strips
Total
Nickel,
Monel
metal
and oth'er
alloys
Manufac-
tui~s
Nickel
silver or
German
silver ~
bars,
rods, or
sheets
Nickel
chrome
electric
resist-
ance
wfre
Total



~
Average 1923—27
1928         
1929         
1930         
1931         
1932         
$7, 743,808
14,069,357
19,098, 105
12,750,721
7,565,824
4, 660,489
$88, 266
294,839
318,154
128,106
48,010
33,941
$7, 832,074
14,364, 196
19,416,259
12,878,827
7,613,834
4,694,430
$547, 542
879,939
1, 115, 568
1,207,612
648,026
635,399
$443,550
1,160,626
1,347,391
923,547
438,333
432,173
$202, 024
364,138
325,992
243,528
72,350
43,219
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
$253, 107
250,681
2 $1, 193, 241
2,404,703
3 2,795,351
3 2,429,964
1,411,816
1,361,472
1 Not separately recorded.
2lncludes oxide and matte valued at $626 in 1923.
3 Includes nickel salts valued at $6,400 in 1929 and $55,277 in 1930; not
separately recorded for other years.


 Exports held up much better than imports, showing a 4 percent decline in
1932 compared with 1931 and a 51 percent decline compared with 1929. Exports
are divided approximately equally with respect to values between nickel manufactures
and the products of refineries.

Nickel imported for consumption in the United States, 1930—37d, by
classes
Class
1930

1931

1932


Pounds
Value
Pounds
Value
Pounds
Value
Unmanufactured:


Nickel ore and matte          


Nickel alloys, pigs, bars, etc     


Nickel oxide                 


Nickel silver or German silver   


Manufactured:


Nickel silver or German silver in sheets, strips, and rods       


All other manufactures of nickel
20, 593, 361
38,323,029
1,353,096
6,456


10, 101
 
$2,940,074
9, 600, 404
209,420
823


6,513
121,593
11,629,709
23,633,754
304,991
100


10, 111
 
$1, 530, 557
5,987,610
47,522
135


5,247
42,763
5,917, 770
15,023,813
687,597


2, 193
 
$775, 438
3, 764,803
120,248


1, 743
32, 198


12,878,827

7,613, 834

4, 694,430