Table 9.--U.S. imports for consumption of chromite ore and ferrochromium (Metric tons and thousand U.S. dollars) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chromite ore: Gross weight............. 1,003,000 1,275,000 1,178,000 958,000 845,000 1,000,000 1,136,000 Cr2O3 content............ 459,000 587,000 535,000 453,000 374,000 436,000 507,000 Value.................... 20,030 31,805 31,873 27,605 21,028 28,532 60,651 Ferrochromium: Gross weight............. 52,099 37,471 77,280 128,159 148,712 147,585 289,219 Chromium content......... 33,481 23,991 48,932 81,888 94,988 93,278 179,612 Value.................... 12,394 9,620 22,697 34,588 37,198 55,924 190,630 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chromite ore: Gross weight............. 1,157,000 1,173,000 919,000 929,000 890,856 814,652 459,943 Cr2O3 content............ 484,000 488,000 376,000 377,000 371,946 333,844 189,602 Value.................... 70,075 68,697 51,434 55,604 56,525 49,948 29,670 Ferrochromium: Gross weight............. 220,079 203,284 296,637 219,959 269,632 388,492 128,194 Chromium content......... 136,321 121,753 165,381 123,340 157,938 224,450 76,906 Value.................... 124,819 100,528 113,532 116,591 153,487 213,611 77,495 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chromite ore: Gross weight............. 172,748 276,310 375,911 442,890 489,901 615,332 525,044 Cr2O3 content............ 78,170 121,859 159,838 193,731 207,410 270,001 236,938 Value.................... 10,390 15,477 20,170 21,657 23,775 43,317 43,949 Ferrochromium: Gross weight............. 254,287 386,288 299,884 352,362 295,314 421,801 343,733 Chromium content......... 147,869 220,195 171,560 202,983 168,233 251,553 205,396 Value.................... 109,012 183,451 156,748 172,694 150,269 353,053 330,427 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1990 Chromite ore: ------------ Gross weight............. 305,506 Cr2O3 content............ 133,794 Value.................... 22,150 Ferrochromium: Gross weight............. 415,893 Chromium content......... 242,356 Value.................... 246,439 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------