180 
 
 
 
150 
 
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z 
0 
120 
 Total ferrous scrap exports increased 4.7% over those of 1984 and accounted
for the largest tonnage since 1980 when 11.2 million tons was exported. The
tonnages and values of the 1985 exports, as released by the Bureau of the
Census, were as follows: 
Total or average — — — 9,948,396 918,184 92.29

 Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea,578 
MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1985 
 
 
 
 TOTAL SCRAP CONSUMPTION 
 1975 82.3 
 1980 ~ 83.7 
 
- 1981 ~ 851 
 1982 58.4 
 1983 ~61.8 
 1984 _____________65.7 
 
~ 
- Home scrap ProdUCed\ 
 
 
 
 
Net receipts of scrap 
 I I I I I i i i i I i i i I i i * 
 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 
 
Figure 1.—Raw steel production (AISI), total iron and steel scrap
consumption,
pig iron 
 
consumption, home scrap production, and net scrap receipts. 
 
FOREIGN TRADE 
 
 Quantity 
 (shortType tons) 
Customs value 
Total Average 
(thou- (per ton) 
sands) 
 
Ferrous             
Stainless steel        
Alloy steel (excluding stainless) — 
9,639,455 
179,583 
 
129,358 
$794,305 
104,898 
 
18,981 
$82.40 
584.12 
 
146.73 
Mexico, Spain, Turkey, and Venezuela collectively received 7.47 million tons,
valued at $645 million and averaging $86.35 per ton. 
 The four countries that received the largest tonnages of U.S. stainless
steel scrap exports were Japan, 46,997 tons; Spain, 27,222 tons; the Netherlands,
24,891 tons; and the Federal Republic of Germany, 23,799 tons. Collectively,
these countries received 68.6% of the total stainless steel scrap exported.
Canada, Sweden, Mexico, Thailand, Taiwan, and India, in decreasing order
of tonnage, collectively received 99,528 tons or 76.9% of the total alloy
scrap exported. 
 The tonnages and customs value of the total scrap exported through the five
leading customs districts were as follows: