Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17
Industrial Production Source and Description Tables
Table 1.05 NAICS 331: Primary metal
| Groups and Series |
Classification |
Value added in 2011 | Type of series |
Units, source for monthly series, and notes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millions of dollars |
Proportion |
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| NAICS | Market | |||||
| Primary metal | 331 | . . . | 97,932 | 3.03 | . . . | . . . |
| Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | . . . | 47,372 | 1.47 | . . . | . . . |
| Basic iron and steel* | . . . | . . . | 7,780 | .24 | . . . | . . . |
| Pig iron | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 3,891 | .12 | Prod | Tons; American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) |
| Raw steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 2,953 | .09 | Prod | Tons, weighted combination of carbon, alloy, and stainless. |
| Coke and products | 3311,2pt. | Mec | 936 | .03 | Qprod | Tons, coke; Department of Energy. Monthly data for 1972-80. |
| Steel mill products* | . . . | . . . | 39,592 | 1.23 | . . . | Tons. Shipments (AISI) plus inventory change (model-based by FRB beginning in 2005, survey-based from Census through 2004). |
| Construction steel | 3311,2pt. | Sc | 5,882 | .18 | Prod | Tons, steel for construction, including maintenance and contractors' products. |
| Consumer durable steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 6,897 | .21 | Prod | Tons, steel for autos, appliances, utensils, and cutlery. |
| Can and closure steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 971 | .03 | Prod | Tons. |
| Equipment steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 3,621 | .11 | Prod | Tons. |
| Miscellaneous steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 22,221 | .69 | Prod | Tons of steel, all other classifications, including warehouses and exports. |
| Alumina and aluminum production and processing |
3313 | . . . | 9,653 | .30 | . . . | . . . |
| Alumina refining† | 331311 | Mnd | 328 | .01 | Qprod | Thousand metric tons, North American alumina production since 1974; International Aluminium Institute. Production worker hours for 1972-73. |
| Primary aluminum production | 331312 | Mnd | 1,354 | .04 | Prod | Tons, primary aluminum ingots; Aluminum Association. |
| Secondary smelting and alloying of aluminum |
331314 | Mnd | 962 | .03 | Prod | Tons, aluminum alloys and brass ingot at secondary smelters and secondary lead; U.S. Geological Survey. |
| Misc. aluminum materials | 331315,9 | Mnd | 4,416 | .14 | Prod | Pounds, aluminum mill products other than extruded shapes, powder and paste, and forgings and impacts for 1972Q1-2011Q2; Census Bureau. Net shipments for 1972-86. |
| Aluminum extruded product | 331316 | Mnd | 2,593 | .08 | Prod | Pounds, extruded shapes for 1972Q1-2011Q2; Census Bureau. Net shipments for 1972-86. |
| Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing |
3314 | . . . | 24,381 | .75 | . . . | . . . |
| Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) smelting and refining |
33141 | . . . | 12,876 | .40 | . . . | . . . |
| Primary smelting and refining of copper |
331411 | . . . | 6,851 | .21 | . . . | . . . |
| Copper refining† | 331411pt. | Mnd | 3,883 | .12 | Prod | Tons, refined copper; American Bureau of Metal Statistics. |
| Copper smelting† | 331411pt. | Mnd | 2,967 | .09 | Prod | Tons, scrap and primary copper; American Bureau of Metal Statistics. |
| Primary smelting and refining of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) |
331419 | Mnd | 6,026 | .19 | Prod | Tons, lead mining and primary slab zinc refining; U.S. Geological Survey and American Bureau of Metals Statistics. Before August 1998, lead refining (ABMS) used instead of lead mining. |
| Copper rolling, drawing, extruding, and alloying* |
33142 | Mnd | 4,048 | .13 | Prod | Tons, refined copper consumption by U.S. fabricators; American Bureau of Metal Statistics. |
| Nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, extruding, and alloying* |
33149 | Mnd | 7,456 | .23 | Hrs | . . . |
| Foundries | 3315 | . . . | 16,526 | .51 | . . . | . . . |
| Ferrous metal foundries* | 33151 | Mnd | 9,880 | .31 | Hrs | Electric power use for 1972-96. |
| Nonferrous metal foundries* | 33152 | . . . | 6,646 | .21 | . . . | . . . |
| Aluminum foundries† | 331521,4 | Mnd | 4,530 | .14 | Hrs | Pounds, shipments of diecastings, sand castings, permanent molds, and other aluminum castings, with model-based inventory adjustment; Aluminum Association, FRB for 1994 to 2007. Series begins in 1992; production worker hours for 1992-1993. Grouped with other nonferrous castings 1972-1991; production worker hours. |
| Nonferrous foundries except aluminum* | 331522,5,8 | Mnd | 2,116 | .07 | Hrs | . . . |
Last update: March 22, 2013
