I Colorado Iowa Kentucky Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Tennessee Utah
Virginia and West Virginia.
COMMERCIAL QUOTATIONS

 The average monthly prices of foundry, basic, and bessemer pig iron at Valley
furnaces and of foundry pig iron at Birmmgham fur~ naces, according to published
market quotations, are summarized in the following table:

Average monthly prices per net ton of chief grades of pig iron, 1940—41
1
1 Metal StatIstics, 1942.
 572 MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1941

Average value per net ton of pig iron at blast furnaces in the United States,
1937—41,
by States
State
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
Alabama                                 
Illinois                                  
$14.89
18.85
$13.10
.18.15
$14.42
18.02
$14.30
18.05
$17.25
20.79
Indiana                                  
18.85
18.29
18.03
1826
21.22
Michigan                                
New York                               
15. 17
18.44
15.67
18.58
14.79
18.29
13.78
16.89
15.72
17.91
Ohio                                    
19.31
18.17
18.12
18.81
20.67
Pennsylvania                             Other States 1                 
          

Average for United States               
19.40
16.89
19.30
15.21
18.52
14.91
19.40
15.20
21.07
18.62

18.54
17.51
17.44
17.90
20.13
Month
F~yn1~lrY~ iron at

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iiasis pig iron at


1940
1941
1940
1941
1940
1941
1940
1941
January         
February        
March          
April           
May           
June            
July            
August          
September       
October         
November       
December        

Average     
$20.54
20.54
20.54
20.54
20.54
20.54
20.54
20.54
20.54
20.54
20.54
20.54
$21.43
21.43
21.43
21.43
21.43
21.43
21.43
21.43
21.43
21.43
2143
21.43
$17.30
17.30
17.30
17.30
17.30
17.30
17.30
17.30
17.30
17.30
17.30
17.30
$17.30
17.30
17.51
18.20
18.20
18.20
18.20
18.20
18.20
18.20
18.20
18.20
$20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
~0.99
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
$21.88
21.88
21.88
21.88
21.88
21.88
21.88
21.88
21.88
2L 88
21.88
21.88
$20.09
20.09
20.09
20.09
20.09
20.09
20.09
20.09
20.09
20.09
20.09
20.09
$20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98
20.98

20.54
21.43
17.30
17.99
20.98
21.88
20.09
20.98
FOREIGN TRADE

 There were no imports for consumption of pig iron during the first 9 months
of 1941.

Pig iron imported for consumption in the United States, 1937—41, by
countries, in
net tons
Country
1937
1938
1939
1940
(Jan —Sept)
North America: Canada             South America: Brazil
7,434
  
2,975
7,685
174
3,826

Europe:
 Denmark                                         


1


Germany                      
Netherlands                    
Norway                     
Sweden                      
 571
32,225
 980
 672
15,944
 952
 230
7,250

292


 U.S.S.R                     
 United Kingdom                Asia: India, British                 


Value                            
5,131
 112
77,976
 47
13,900
27,821
7,645


 125,101
$1,701, 304
34,048
$598, 461
— 43,223
$663, 091
11,471
$189, 379