MA32C -- REFRACTORIES 1994 (94)-1 Issued September, 1995 Contact person: Robert Miller (301) 457-4787 TABLE 1. VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF REFRACTORIES: 1986 to 1994 (THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) Year Total Clay Nonclay 1994.......................... 1,996,711 851,162 1,145,549 1993.......................... 1,930,233 772,986 1,157,247 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: 1994 AND 1993 (VALUE IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) 1994 1993 Quantity shipped Quantity shipped (unit of measure) (unit of measure) Product description No. M bricks M bricks of (thousand Value (thousand Value Product comp- Short Metric 9-inch of Short Metric 9-inch of code nies tons tons equivalent) shipments tons tons equivalent) shipments Clay and nonclay refractories............................... (x) (x) (x) (x) 1,996,711 (x) (x) (x) 1,930,233 3255- -- Clay refractories................................................. (x) (x) (x) (x) 851,162 (x) (x) (x) 772,986 Brick and shapes................................................. (x) 906,947 822,254 300,807 508,793 917,402 831,734 304,297 451,455 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.................................................... 32 446,777 405,056 145,033 195,237 427,183 387,292 r/156,254 170,747 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....................... 34 413,579 374,958 117,730 266,334 r/ 439,330 r/ 398,305 r/112,680 238,526 32550 35 Insulating brick and shapes..................................... 15 46,591 42,240 38,044 47,222 50,889 46,137 35,363 42,182 Unshaped clay refractories....................................... (x) 732,455 664,057 (x) 317,049 671,135 608,464 (x) 282,647 32550 55 Refractory bonding mortars, wet and dry, including clay and high alumina............................................... 33 56,126 50,885 (x) 25,266 59,062 53,547 (x) 24,706 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/2........ 25 177,045 160,512 (x) 75,152 176,770 160,263 (x) 74,067 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......... 39 326,972 296,439 (x) 166,220 290,786 263,632 (x) 141,716 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)............................................ 28 172,312 156,221 (x) 50,411 144,517 131,022 (x) 42,158 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) 218,134 197,765 (x) 18,626 241,291 218,759 (x) 19,574 32550 85 Clay and high alumina refractory raw materials/4............... 16 204,852 185,723 (x) 16,487 208,386 188,927 (x) 15,492 32550 95 Clay and high alumina refractory materials/5................... 10 13,282 12,042 (x) 2,139 32,905 29,832 (x) 4,082 32550 00 Clay refractories n.s.k./6....................................... (x) (x) (x) (x) 6,694 (x) (x) (x) r/ 19,310 3297- -- Nonclay refractories.............................................. (x) (x) (x) (x) 1,145,549 (x) (x) (x) 1,157,247 Brick and shapes................................................. (x) 468,193 424,472 110,073 638,414 482,303 437,264 107,724 644,671 32970 12 All silica bricks and shapes (excluding semi-silica)............ 16 42,406 38,446 20,836 25,399 r/ 29,674 r/ 26,903 r/ 15,964 r/ 22,931 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 99,866 90,540 18,982 111,394 120,298 109,064 21,763 122,191 32970 15 Magnesite brick and shapes, burned and unburned................. 9 24,331 22,059 4,636 19,536 18,627 16,888 4,307 16,661 32970 19 Magnesite-chrome, chrome-magnesite, including high fires, burned and unburned brick, as well as chrome brick............. 8 57,684 52,297 9,692 54,172 r/ 60,140 r/ 54,524 9,990 r/ 54,281 32970 48 Silicon carbide brick and shapes made predominately of silicon carbide, including kiln furniture................... 11 7,863 7,129 906 47,663 9,240 8,377 1,157 45,702 32970 50 Extra high alumina brick and shapes containing 87 1/2% alumina and higher, and extra high alumina pouring pit refractories, including sleeves, nozzles, runners, tuyeres, ladle gate parts, and mullite brick and shapes................................... 31 32,375 29,352 13,569 115,219 37,129 33,662 13,359 126,753 32970 55 Zircon and zirconia brick and shapes made predominately of either of these materials, including electrocast............ 19 6,089 5,520 1,719 36,590 6,571 5,957 2,049 38,103 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. 24 197,579 179,129 39,733 228,441 200,624 181,889 39,135 218,049 Mortars.......................................................... (x) 22,536 20,432 (x) 19,326 r/ 24,413 22,133 (x) r/ 23,454 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................................. 9 15,947 14,458 (x) 13,308 18,043 16,358 (x) 17,342 32970 63 Extra high alumina refractory mortars made predominately of fused or synthetic alumina and mullite........ 19 6,589 5,974 (x) 6,018 r/ 6,370 r/ 5,775 (x) r/ 6,112 Plastic refractories and ramming mixes........................... (x) 130,891 118,668 (x) 102,145 138,302 125,387 (x) r/ 109,059 32970 65 Basic castable mixes, including chrome, chrome-magnesia, magnesia-chrome, magnesia, and dolomite........................ 10 35,334 32,034 (x) 24,037 48,496 43,967 (x) r/ 32,853 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....... 23 64,275 58,273 (x) 64,763 r/ 60,793 r/ 55,116 (x) r/ 62,888 32970 69 Other nonclay plastic refractories and ramming mixes............ 16 31,282 28,361 (x) 13,345 29,013 26,304 (x) 13,318 32970 68 Other nonclay refractory castables and plastics.................. 15 14,416 13,070 (x) 17,082 r/ 11,747 r/ 10,650 (x) r/ 13,630 Gunning mixes 32970 72 Basic nonclay gunning mixes (including chrome, chrome-magnesia, magnesia-chrome, magnesia, and dolomite) and other nonclay gunning mixes.................. 15 215,332 195,224 (x) 88,730 266,260 241,396 (x) 116,839 32970 75 Ceramic refractory fibers, 1500 degrees F and higher............. 11 48,427 43,905 (x) 141,526 41,184 37,338 (x) 117,061 Other nonclay refractory materials in lump or ground form including ground silica.................................... (x) 338,840 307,199 (x) 110,948 r/ 286,758 r/ 259,980 (x) 115,618 32970 94 Domestic shipments for direct use by customers as a finished refractory and all exported material/5........... 19 (D) (D) (x) 68,234 (D) (D) (x) 73,157 32970 96 All other domestic shipments of nonclay refractory materials sold in lump or ground form as refractory raw material/4...................................... 9 (D) (D) (x) 42,714 (D) (D) (x) 42,461 32970 00 Nonclay refractories n.s.k./6.................................... (x) (x) (x) (x) 27,378 (x) (x) (x) r/ 16,915 Dead-burned magnesia or magnesite/5,8............................ (x) 108,628 98,484 (x) 31,689 r/ 148,615 r/ 134,737 (x) r/ 40,841 32950 23 Domestic shipments for direct use as finished refractory products and all exported material............................. 5 (D) (D) (x) (D) 113,342 102,758 (x) 30,541 32950 25 All other domestic shipments predominately for use as a refractory raw material........................................ 6 (D) (D) (x) (D) r/ 35,273 r/ 31,979 (x) r/ 10,300 32740 71 Dead-burned dolomite............................................. 4 307,606 278,881 (x) 21,360 r/ 338,133 r/ 306,558 (x) 22,309 (X) Not applicable. n.s.k. Not specified by kind. (D) Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 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 of 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 included 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 system. TABLE 3. SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION OF REFRACTORIES, BY TYPE: 1994 AND 1993 (VALUE IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) Exports of Percent exports Product Description Manufacturers' domestic to manufacturers' Imports for Apparent shipments merchandise/1,2 shipments consumption/1,3 consumption/5 Product Unit of code/1 measure Value at Quantity Value Quantity port/2 Quantity Value Quantity Value/4 Quantity Value 1994 Clay and nonclay refractories/6...........................(X)............. (X) 1,833,065 (X) 305,379 (X) 17.0 (X) 197,389 (X) 1,725,075 Clay refractories.......................................(X)............. (X) 825,842 (X) 58,330 (X) 7.0 (X) 24,817 (X) 792,329 Thousand standard 32550 11, Brick and shapes...............................brick equivalent....... 300,807 508,793 (NA) 50,006 (NA) 10.0 (NA) 24,419 (NA) 483,206 14,35 32550 55 Unshaped clay refractories and gunning 61,65,70 mixes............................................Metric tons......... 664,057 317,049 11,343 8,324 2.0 3.0 723 398 653,437 309,123 Nonclay refractories....................................(X)............. (X) 1,007,223 (X) 247,049 (X) 25.0 (X) 172,572 (X) 932,746 32970 13, Nonclay magnesite and magnesite-chrome Thousand standard 15,19 brick and shapes and chrome brick.............brick equivalent....... 33,310 185,102 (NA) 63,001 (NA) 34.0 (NA) 68,907 (NA) 191,008 32970 12, All other brick and shapes.............................do............. 76,763 453,312 (NA) 82,188 (NA) 18.0 (NA) 82,133 (NA) 453,257 48,50,55, 58 32970 61, Unshaped nonclay refractories and 63,65,67, gunning mixes....................................Metric tons......... 391,299 368,809 141,038 101,860 36.0 28.0 32,640 21,532 282,901 288,481 68,69,72, 75 1993 Clay and nonclay refractories/6...........................(X)............. (X) 1,758,816 (X) 298,011 (X) 17.0 (X) 189,539 (X) 1,650,344 Clay refractories.......................................(X)............. (X) 734,102 (X) 66,820 (X) 9.0 (X) 26,410 (X) 693,692 Thousand standard 32550 11, Brick and shapes...............................brick equivalent....... 304,297 451,455 (NA) 57,286 (NA) 13.0 (NA) 25,673 (NA) 419,842 14,35 32550 55 Unshaped clay refractories and gunning 61,65,70 mixes............................................Metric tons......... 608,464 282,647 12,276 9,534 2.0 3.0 348 737 596,536 273,850 Nonclay refractories....................................(X)............. (X) 1,024,714 (X) 231,191 (X) 23.0 (X) 163,129 (X) 956,652 32970 13, Nonclay magnesite and magnesite-chrome Thousand standard 15,19 brick and shapes and chrome brick............. brick equivalent 36,060 193,133 (NA) 63,581 (NA) 33.0 (NA) 58,596 (NA) 188,148 32970 12, All other brick and shapes.............................do............. 71,664 451,538 (NA) 73,116 (NA) 16.0 (NA) 83,344 (NA) 461,766 48,50,55, 58 32970 61, Unshaped nonclay refractories and 63,65,67, gunning mixes....................................Metric tons......... 436,904 380,043 121,912 94,494 28.0 25.0 29,197 21,189 344,189 306,738 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: 1995 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 32550 85 Other clay refractory materials 2508.30.0000 2508.30.0000 32550 95 2508.40.0010 2508.40.0010 2508.40.0050 2508.40.0050 2508.50.0000 2508.50.0000 2508.60.0000 2508.60.0000 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 32970 94 Other nonclay refractory materials 2519.10.0000 2519.10.0000 32970 96 2519.90.1000 2519.90.1000 2519.90.2000 2519.90.2000 2519.90.5000 2519.90.5000 1/Source: 1995 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 (1995). 1,024,71