MA32C -- REFRACTORIES 1993 Issued September, 1994 Contact: Robert F. Miller 301-763-4484 TABLE 1. VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF REFRACTORIES: 1986 to 1993 (THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) Year Total Clay Nonclay 1993.................... 1,911,435 748,832 1,162,603 1992.................... 1,956,083 786,078 1,170,005 1991.................... 1,946,842 784,331 1,162,511 1990.................... 2,002,833 771,315 1,231,518 1989.................... 2,010,947 823,266 1,187,681 1988.................... 1,950,032 813,739 1,136,293 1987.................... 1,682,338 739,770 942,568 1986.................... 1,521,323 670,002 851,321 TABLE 2. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF REFRACTORIES, BY TYPE: 1993 AND 1992 1993 1992 (VALUE IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) Quantity shipped Quantity shipped (unit of measure) (unit of measure) Product description Number M bricks M bricks of (thousand Value (thousand Value Product comp- Short Metric 9-inch of Short Metric 9-inch of code anies tons tons quivalent) shipments tons tons equivalent) shipments Clay and nonclay refractories....................... (x) (x) (x) (x) 1,911,435 (x) (x) (x) 1,956,083 3255- -- Clay refractories......................................... (x) (x) (x) (x) 748,832 (x) (x) (x) 786,078 Brick and shapes......................................... (x) 931,448 844,468 297,024 437,061 r/863,457 782,826 r/286,088 r/432,127 32550 11 Fireclay (including semi-silica), bloating and superduty fireclay brick and shapes, fireclay and high alumina pouring pit refractories, clay kiln furniture, radiant heater elements, and other miscellaneous clay refrac- tory shapes............................................ 32 411,803 373,348 144,060 164,427 391,962 355,360 141,698 161,345 32550 14 High alumina brick and shapes containing 50% alumina and over, including glass house pots, tank blocks, feeder parts, and upper structure shapes, made predominately of calcined bauxite, kyanite, andalusite, and similar raw materials. Include high alumina pouring pit refractories (containing 50% alumina and over), sleeves, nozzles, runners, and ladle gate parts/1............... 38 468,543 424,790 118,272 230,475 r/419,667 r/380,478 r/108,858 r/226,393 32550 35 Insulating brick and shapes............................. 17 51,102 46,330 34,692 42,159 51,828 46,988 35,532 44,389 Unshaped clay refractories............................... (x) 671,766 609,036 (x) 282,803 686,555 622,444 (x) r/306,157 32550 55 Refractory bonding mortars, wet and dry, including clay and high alumina....................................... 36 59,267 53,733 (x) 24,817 62,291 56,474 (x) 25,368 32550 61 Plastic refractories and ramming mixes less than 50% alumina, high alumina plastic refractories and ramming mixes 50% alumina and over and high alumina phosphate bonded plastic and ramming mixes 50% alumina and over 27 176,972 160,446 (x) 74,072 200,921 182,159 (x) r/95,976 Castable refractories (hydraulic setting) 32550 65 Castable refractories less than 50% alumina, high alumina castables 50% and over, and insulating castables (hydraulic setting) density up to 105 lbs/cubic foot/3.. 41 291,010 263,835 (x) 141,756 r/304,089 r/275,693 (x) r/149,681 32550 70 Fireclay gunning mixes (including hydraulic setting gunning mixes) less than 50% alumina, high alumina gunning mixes, 50% alumina and over and insulating gunning mixes (hydraulic setting)..................................... 28 144,517 131,022 (x) 42,158 119,254 108,118 (x) 35,132 Other refractory raw materials and refractory materials sold in lump or ground form either for direct use by customer as a finished refractory product or as exported material................................................ (x) 242,204 219,587 (x) 19,588 321,521 291,497 (x) 37,285 32550 85 Clay and high alumina refractory raw materials/4....... 16 208,386 188,927 (x) 15,492 291,900 264,642 (x) 34,780 32550 95 Clay and high alumina refractory materials/5........... 11 33,818 30,660 (x) 4,096 29,621 26,855 (x) 2,505 32550 00 Clay refractories n.s.k./6............................... (x) (x) (x) (x) 9,380 (x) (x) (x) r/10,509 3297- -- Nonclay refractories...................................... (x) (x) (x) (x) 1,162,603 (x) (x) (x) 1,170,005 Brick and shapes......................................... (x) 473,090 428,912 113,532 660,323 485,788 440,424 120,285 682,988 32970 12 All silica bricks and shapes (excluding semi-silica) 17 25,198 22,845 21,383 32,209 37,099 33,635 29,128 43,668 32970 13 Magnesite-carbon brick and shapes, both less than 7% carbon, 7% carbon and over, predominately pitch and resin bonded, and carbon magnesite brick..... 8 120,298 109,064 21,763 122,191 110,801 100,454 19,755 128,557 32970 15 Magnesite brick and shapes, burned and unburned......... 9 18,627 16,888 4,341 16,661 r/19,342 r/17,536 r/4,119 r/16,598 32970 19 Magnesite-chrome, chrome-magnesite, including high fires, burned and unburned brick, as well as chrome brick..... 8 56,026 50,794 9,989 51,549 76,253 69,132 13,823 65,681 32970 48 Silicon carbide brick and shapes made predominately of silicon carbide, including kiln furniture........... 14 9,248 8,384 1,156 45,732 8,905 8,073 1,266 43,311 32970 50 Extra high alumina brick and shapes containing 87 1/2% and higher, and extra high alumina pouring pit refractories, including sleeves, nozzles, runners, tuyeres, ladle gate parts, and mullite brick and shapes............................ 34 36,638 33,217 13,361 126,771 33,635 30,494 8,241 112,615 32970 55 Zircon and zirconia brick and shapes made predominately of either of these materials, including electrocast 22 6,551 5,939 2,048 38,050 5,160 4,678 1,668 36,693 32970 58 All other brick and shapes, including dolomite, dolomite magnesite, forsterite, pyrophyllite-zircon, carbon and graphite crucibles, retorts, stopper heads, natural graphite, refractories, and molten cast............................................... 23 200,504 181,781 39,491 227,160 194,593 176,422 42,285 235,865 Mortars................................................... (x) 26,124 23,684 (x) 25,051 26,937 24,422 (x) 25,242 32970 61 Unshaped nonclay refractories basic bonding mortars made predominately of magnesite or chrome ore, dolomite and other nonclay mortars, made predominately of forsterite, zircon, and silica.......................... 10 18,043 16,358 (x) 17,342 19,783 17,936 (x) 18,107 32970 63 Extra high alumina refractory mortars made predominately of fused or synthetic alumina and mullite 21 8,081 7,326 (x) 7,709 7,154 6,486 (x) 7,135 Plastic refractories and ramming mixes.................... (x) 143,172 129,803 (x) 114,978 133,237 120,796 (x) 106,209 32970 65 Basic castable mixes, including chrome, chrome-magnesia, magnesia-chrome, magnesia, and dolomite................. 14 49,638 45,003 (x) 35,089 48,729 44,179 (x) 30,015 32970 67 Extra high alumina plastic refractories and ramming mixes, 87 1/2% alumina and higher (made predominately of fused or synthetic aluminas and mullites), and extra high alumina phosphate bonded plastics and ramming mixes 24 64,714 58,671 (x) 66,771 56,009 50,779 (x) 62,090 32970 69 Other nonclay plastic refractories and ramming mixes 15 28,820 26,129 (x) 13,118 28,499 25,838 (x) 14,104 32970 68 Other nonclay refractory castables and plastics........... 15 9,014 8,172 (x) 10,506 8,290 7,516 (x) 8,368 Gunning mixes 32970 72 Basic nonclay gunning mixes (including chrome, chrome-magnesia, magnesia-chrome, magnesia, and dolomite) and other nonclay gunning mixes........... 17 262,763 238,226 (x) 115,449 303,346 275,019 (x) 120,026 32970 75 Ceramic refractory fibers, 1500 degrees F and higher...... 13 41,581 37,698 (x) 119,467 41,449 37,578 (x) 106,231 Other nonclay refractory materials in lump or ground form including ground silica............................. (x) 317,682 288,016 (x) 113,204 286,758 259,980 (x) 113,579 32970 94 Domestic shipments for direct use by customers as a finished refractory and all exported material/5 19 (D) (D) (x) 70,743 (D) (D) (x) 71,879 32970 96 All other domestic shipments of nonclay refractory materials sold in lump or ground form as refractory raw material/4............................... 11 (D) (D) (x) 42,461 (D) (D) (x) 41,700 32970 00 Nonclay refractories n.s.k./6............................. (x) (x) (x) (x) 3,625 (x) (x) (x) r/7,362 Dead-burned magnesia or magnesite/5,8..................... (x) 234,830 212,901 (x) 68,663 r/257,434 r/233,394 (x) 70,994 32950 23 Domestic shipments for direct use as finished refractory products and all exported material...................... 5 113,342 102,758 (x) 30,541 r/103,295 r/93,649 (x) r/27,323 32950 25 All other domestic shipments predominately for use as a refractory raw material................................. 7 121,488 110,143 (x) 38,122 154,139 139,745 (x) 43,671 32740 71 Dead-burned dolomite...................................... 5 320,537 290,605 (x) 21,232 321,999 291,930 (x) 21,506 (X) Not applicable. n.s.k. Not specified by kind. r/Revised by 5 percent or more over previously published figures. 1/Excludes data for mullite and extra-high alumina refractories. These products are included in the nonclay refractories section. 2/Includes products referred to as plastic firebrick and the less plastic materials intended for ramming into place after the addition of water (when shipped in dry form). 3/Includes hydraulic setting castables designed for low thermal conductivity and having bulk densities as defined in ASTM classification C-401, not greater than 105 pounds/cubic foot. 4/Includes shipments to refractory producers for reprocessing the manufacture of brick and other refractories. 5/Includes shipments for direct use as finished refractory products by establishments classified in manufacturing industries and excludes shipments to refractory producers for reprocessing in the manufacture brick and other refractories. Includes all exports. 6/Not specified by kind (n.s.k.) represents the value of shipments for establishments which did not report detailed information and establishments, typically with less than five employees which were not inclu on the MA32C mailing panel. 7/"Fused" as applied to bauxite and alumina means complete melting, as in an electric furnace; after cooling, the product is crushed and graded for use in the refractory. 8/Total does not include shipments of dead-burned magnesia or magnesite for direct use as finished refractory products, which is not classified as refractories under the Standard Industrial Classification sys TABLE 3. SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION OF REFRACTORIES, BY TYPE: 1993 AND 1992 (VALUE IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) Exports of Percent exports Percent imports domestic to manufacturers' Imports for Apparent to apparent Unit of Manufacturers' merchandise/1,2 shipments consumption/1,3 consumption/5 consumption Product Product Description measure shipments code/1 Value at Quantity Value Quantity port/2 Quantity Value Quantity Value/4 Quantity Value Quantity Value 1993 Clay and nonclay refractories/6...........................(X)....... (X) 1,765,638 (X) 298,011 (X) 17.0 (X) 189,539 (X) 1,657,166 (X) 11.0 Clay refractories.......................................(X)....... (X) 719,864 (X) 66,820 (X) 9.0 (X) 26,410 (X) 679,454 (X) 4.0 Thousand standard 32550 11, Brick and shapes...............................brick equivalent. 297,024 437,061 (NA) 57,286 (NA) 13.0 (NA) 25,673 (NA) 405,448 (NA) 6.0 14,35 32550 55 Unshaped clay refractories and gunning 61,65,70 mixes............................................Metric tons... 609,036 282,803 12,276 9,534 2.0 3.0 348 737 597,108 274,006 - - Nonclay refractories....................................(X)....... (X) 1,045,774 (X) 231,191 (X) 22.0 (X) 163,129 (X) 977,712 (X) 17.0 32970 13, Nonclay magnesite and magnesite-chrome Thousand standard 15,19 brick and shapes and chrome brick.............brick equivalent. 36,093 190,401 (NA) 63,581 (NA) 33.0 (NA) 58,596 (NA) 185,416 (NA) 32.0 32970 12, All other brick and shapes.............................do....... 77,439 469,922 (NA) 73,116 (NA) 16.0 (NA) 83,344 (NA) 480,150 (NA) 17.0 48,50,55, 58 32970 61, Unshaped nonclay refractories and 63,65,67, gunning mixes....................................Metric tons... 437,583 385,451 121,912 94,494 28.0 25.0 29,197 21,189 344,868 312,146 8.0 7.0 68,69,72, 75 1992 Clay and nonclay refractories/6...........................(X)....... (X) 1,787,348 (X) 294,011 (X) 16.0 (X) 241,651 (X) 1,734,988 (X) 14.0 Clay refractories.......................................(X)....... (X) 738,284 (X) 62,123 (X) 8.0 (X) 26,167 (X) 702,328 (X) 4.0 Thousand standard 32550 11, Brick and shapes...............................brick equivalent. 286,088 432,127 (NA) 55,583 (NA) 13.0 (NA) 25,890 (NA) 402,434 (NA) 6.0 14,35 32550 55 Unshaped clay refractories and gunning 61,65,70 mixes............................................Metric tons... 622,444 306,157 8,176 6,540 1.0 2.0 334 277 614,602 299,894 - - Nonclay refractories....................................(X)....... (X) 1,049,064 (X) 231,888 (X) 22.0 (X) 215,484 (X) 1,032,660 (X) 21.0 32970 13, Nonclay magnesite and magnesite-chrome Thousand standard 15,19 brick and shapes and chrome brick............. brick equivalent 37,697 210,836 (NA) 57,697 (NA) 27.0 (NA) 52,886 (NA) 206,025 (NA) 26.0 32970 12, All other brick and shapes.............................do....... 82,588 472,152 (NA) 86,568 (NA) 18.0 (NA) 75,206 (NA) 460,790 (NA) 16.0 48,50,55, 58 32970 61, Unshaped nonclay refractories and 63,65,67, gunning mixes....................................Metric tons... 465,331 366,076 102,947 87,623 22.0 24.0 30,185 20,732 392,569 299,185 8.0 7.0 68,69,72, 75 - Represents zero. (NA) Not available. (X) Not applicable. 1/For comparison of SIC-based codes with Schedule B export numbers and HTSUSA import numbers, see table 4. 2/Source: Bureau of the Census report EM 545, U.S. Exports. 3/Source: Bureau of the Census report IM 146, U.S. Imports for Consumption and General Imports. 4/Value at port includes both import value and duty value. 5/Apparent consumption is derived by subtracting exports from the total of shipments plus imports (including duty). 6/The clay and nonclay refractories total shown here exclude product codes 32550 00, 32550 85, 32550 95, 32970 00, 32970 94, 32970 96; therefore, they differ from the totals shown in tables 1 and 2. TABLE 4. COMPARISON OF STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION-BASED PRODUCT CODES WITH SCHEDULE B EXPORT NUMBERS, AND HTSUSA IMPORT NUMBERS: 1993 Product Product description Export Import code number/1 number/2 32550 11 Clay brick and shapes 6902.20.1010 6902.20.1010 32550 14 6902.20.5010 6902.20.5010 32550 35 6902.90.1010 6902.90.1010 6902.90.5010 6902.90.5010 6903.90.0010 6903.90.0010 32550 55 Unshaped clay refractories and gunning 32550 61 mixes 3816.00.0010 3816.00.0010 32550 65 32550 70 32970 13 Nonclay magnesite and magnesite-chrome 6902.10.1000 6902.10.1000 32970 15 brick and shapes, and chrome brick 6902.10.5000 6902.10.5000 32970 19 32970 12 All other nonclay brick and shapes 6902.20.1020 6902.20.1020 32970 48 6902.20.5020 6902.20.5020 32970 50 6902.90.1020 6902.90.1020 32970 55 6902.90.5020 6902.90.5020 32970 58 6903.90.0050 6903.90.0050 32970 61 Unshaped nonclay refractories and 32970 63 gunning mixes 3816.00.0050 3816.00.0050 32970 65 32970 67 32970 68 32970 69 32970 72 32970 75 1/Source: 1993 edition, Harmonized System-Based Schedule B, Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States. 2/Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Annotated (1993). 1,787,348