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Table 5c. Economic and Physical Indicators for the Aluminum Industry (NAICS 3313), 1998 and 2002

Indicators	MECS Survey Years
	1998	2002
Physical (Thousand Metric Tons)
Primary Aluminum Production	3,713	2,707
Secondary Aluminum Production	3,440	2,930
Aluminum Imports	3,550	4,060
Aluminum Exports	1,590	1,590
Nominal Economic (Current Million Dollars)
Value of Shipments	31,904	28,195
Value Added	11,071	9,406
Real Economic (Million 2000 Dollars)
Value of Shipments 1	32,235	30,740
Value Added 2	10,281	9,895

Notes: 1. Deflated using BEA's chain-type price indices for value of shipments.
2.Deflated using BEA's chain-type price indices for value added.
Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Annual Survey of Manufacturers, Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries, 2004, Bureau of Economic Analysis, "Value of Shipments and Price Indexes by Detailed Industry 1998-2004," December 2005; "Gross Output and Price Indexes by Detailed Industry 1998-2003," December 2005; "Price Indexes for Value Added by Detailed Industry," December 2005; U.S. Geological Survey, Aluminum Statistics by David A. Buckingham and Patricia A. Plunkert, August 2004.