CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS
PRODUCTION AND STOCKS OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE - SUMMARY 1994

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Table 1.  SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION AND STOCKS OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE
          (QUANTITY IN SHORT TONS)

             MONTH AND YEAR           PRODUCTION    STOCKS\1

                 1994
 Total............................    1,379,884         (X)

December..........................      119,747     116,461
November..........................      113,587     107,589
October...........................      111,610     104,455
September.........................      120,146     107,103
August............................      119,597     112,570
July..............................      113,597     116,478
June..............................      126,479     114,612
May...............................      110,306     119,955
April.............................      115,340     129,764
March.............................      122,842     129,633
February..........................      103,760     133,979
January...........................      102,873     128,489


   1\Represents total stocks of producing companies at end of period, including amounts held at locations other
than producing plants.
   X  Not Applicable.  r\Revised from previously published figures.


Table 2.  SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE
 (Short tons)
                              Exports                                  Percent
Month                       of domestic     Imports                    imports
                Quantity      merchan-     for con-     Apparent     to apparent
                produced        dise\1      tion\2    consumption\3  consumption

     1994
     Total.    1,379,884       388,607      142,601       1,133,878         12.6
December...      119,747        26,452       12,133         105,428         11.5
November...      113,587        38,351       11,148          86,384         12.9
October....      111,610        35,459       11,196          87,347         12.8
September..      120,146        35,268       13,766          98,644         14.0
August.....      119,597        35,972       11,292          94,917         11.9
July.......      113,597        36,209       11,489          88,877         12.9
June.......      126,479        29,871       15,103         111,711         13.5
May........      110,306        28,329       14,204          96,181         14.8
April......      115,340        31,756       12,662          96,246         13.2
March......      122,842        31,787        9,820         100,875          9.7
February...      103,760        25,130       10,831          89,461         12.1
January....      102,873        34,023        8,957          77,807         11.5


   NA Not Available.
   1\Source: Bureau of the Census report EM 545, U.S. Exports.
   2\Source: Bureau of the Census report IM 146, U.S. Imports for Consumption.
   3\Apparent consumption represents new domestic supply and is derived by subtracting
exports from the total of manufacturers' production plus imports.

   Note: The export numbers based on the Harmonized System-Based Schedule B are
2823.00.0000, titanium oxides, and 3206.10.0000, pigments and preparations containing
titanium dioxide; and, the import numbers based on the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States are 2823.00.0000, titanium oxides, and 3206.10.0010, pigments
and preparations containing 80 percent or more titanium dioxide.)  110,800        14.5
April........