Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17
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Release Date: June 28, 2024
Table 1.05 NAICS 331: Primary metal
Groups and Series |
Classification |
Value added in 2021 | 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 | . . . | 126,132 | 3.33 | . . . | . . . |
Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | . . . | 72,038 | 1.90 | . . . | . . . |
Basic iron and steel* | . . . | . . . | 9,555 | .25 | . . . | . . . |
Coke and products | 3311,2pt. | Mec | 1,175 | .03 | Qprod | Tons, coke; Department of Energy. Monthly data for 1972-80. |
Pig iron | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 3,836 | .10 | Prod | Tons; U.S. Geological Survey. American Iron and Steel Institute for 1972-2016. |
Raw steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 4,544 | .12 | Prod | Tons, weighted combination of carbon, alloy, and stainless; AISI. |
Steel mill products* | . . . | . . . | 62,483 | 1.65 | . . . | Tons. Shipments (AISI) plus inventory change (model-based by FRB beginning in 2005, survey-based from Census through 2004). |
Construction steel | 3311,2pt. | Sc | 15,049 | .40 | Prod | Tons, steel for construction, including maintenance and contractors' products; AISI. |
Consumer durable steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 11,187 | .30 | Prod | Tons, steel for autos, appliances, utensils, and cutlery; AISI. |
Can and closure steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 950 | .03 | Prod | Tons; AISI. |
Equipment steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 4,059 | .11 | Prod | Tons; AISI. |
Miscellaneous steel | 3311,2pt. | Mnd | 31,239 | .82 | Prod | Tons of steel, all other classifications, including warehouses and exports; AISI. |
Nonferrous metals except foundries | 3313,4 | . . . | 38,894 | 1.03 | . . . | . . . |
Alumina and aluminum production and processing |
3313 | . . . | 15,694 | .41 | . . . | . . . |
Alumina refining and primary aluminum production* |
331313 | . . . | 998 | .03 | . . . | |
Alumina refining† | 331313pt. | Mnd | 313 | .01 | Qprod | Thousand metric tons, North American alumina production since 1974; International Aluminium Institute. Production worker hours for 1972-73. |
Primary aluminum production | 331313pt. | Mnd | 685 | .02 | Prod | Tons, primary aluminum ingots; Aluminum Association. |
Secondary smelting and alloying of aluminum |
331314 | Mnd | 1,919 | .05 | Prod | Tons, aluminum alloys and brass ingot at secondary smelters and secondary lead; U.S. Geological Survey. |
Aluminum sheet, plate, foil, and other products* |
331315,8 | . . . | 12,777 | .34 | . . . | . . . |
Misc. aluminum materials | 331315,8pt. | Mnd | 7,985 | .21 | 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 | 331318pt. | Mnd | 4,792 | .13 | Prod | Pounds, extruded shapes for 1972Q1-2011Q2; Census Bureau. Net shipments for 1972-86. |
Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing |
3314 | . . . | 23,200 | .61 | . . . | . . . |
Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) smelting and refining |
33141 | . . . | 6,246 | .16 | . . . | . . . |
Primary smelting and refining of copper |
33141pt. | . . . | 2,096 | .06 | . . . | . . . |
Copper refining† | 33141pt. | Mnd | 1,188 | .03 | Hrs | Tons, refined copper; American Bureau of Metal Statistics (ABMS) for 1972-2015. |
Copper smelting† | 33141pt. | Mnd | 908 | .02 | Prod | Tons, copper smelting production; U.S. Geological Survey. For 1972-1991, tons, scrap and primary copper; ABMS. |
Primary smelting and refining of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) |
33141pt. | Mnd | 4,150 | .11 | Prod | Tons, lead mining and primary slab zinc refining; U.S. Geological Survey and American Bureau of Metal Statistics. Before August 1998, lead refining (ABMS) used instead of lead mining. |
Copper rolling, drawing, extruding, and alloying* |
33142 | Mnd | 10,939 | .29 | Hrs | Tons, refined copper consumption by U.S. fabricators; ABMS for 1972-2015. |
Nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) rolling, drawing, extruding, and alloying* |
33149 | Mnd | 6,015 | .16 | Hrs | . . . |
Foundries | 3315 | . . . | 15,200 | .40 | . . . | . . . |
Ferrous metal foundries* | 33151 | Mnd | 9,101 | .24 | Hrs | Electric power use for 1972-96. |
Nonferrous metal foundries* | 33152 | Mnd | 6,100 | .16 | Hrs | Pounds, shipments of die castings, sand castings, permanent molds, and other aluminum castings, with model-based inventory adjustment; Aluminum Association, FRB for 1994 to 2007 for aluminum castings component; production worker hours for 1992-1993. Grouped with other nonferrous castings 1972-1991; production worker hours. |
* Unpublished but available upon request.
† Unpublished and not available upon request.
. . . Not applicable.
Last Update: June 28, 2024