"c VAR 0301 05020 REF COP 3R 933-957 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0301 LOC 2670 WIDTH 9 DK 43 COL 26-34 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c REFINED COPPER STOCKS, END OF THE MONTH " "c --------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 05020 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 06/1933-03/1957 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: DATA FOR 1938-1940: AMERICAN BUREAU OF METAL " "c STATISTICS YEARBOOK; DATA FOR 1941-JULY 1954: U.S. " "c DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, " "c SUPPLEMENTS AND MONTHLY ISSUES; DATA FOR AUGUST 1954-1957: " "c AMERICAN METAL MARKET,"METAL STATISTICS," ANNUAL " "c PUBLICATION " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 05020 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1909-1914 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1919-1938 (3)--ORIGINAL, 1937-1946 (4)--ORIGINAL, 1933-1957. " "c DATA REPRESENT STOCKS AT REFINERIES, ON CONSIGNMENT AND " "c IN EXCHANGE WAREHOUSES EXCLUSIVE OF CONSUMERS' STOCKS AT " "c THEIR PLANTS OR WAREHOUSES, AND EXCLUSIVE OF GOVERNMENT " "c STOCKS, COVERING ALSO COPPER FROM FOREIGN SECONDARY " "c MATERIALS MADE BY PRIMARY REFINERS. " "c ONLY DUTY FREE FOREIGN MATERIAL IS INCLUDED THROUGH " "c 1946. BEGINNING WITH 1947, COPPER PRODUCED FROM DUTIABLE " "c FOREIGN MATERIAL IS INCLUDED, YET THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE " "c SERIES BECAUSE EXAMINATION OF COPPER IMPORTS IN FOREIGN " "c COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE U.S. FOR 1946 SHOWS THAT ONLY " "c ABOUT SIX PERCENT OF SUCH IMPORTS WERE DUTIABLE WHILE ALMOST " "c 94 % WERE DUTY FREE. ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY OF CURRENT " "c BUSINESS (1955 SUPPLEMENT, NOTE 7, P. 159), THE TARIFF OF " "c COPPER WAS SUSPENDED DURING 1947. DATA BEGINNING IN 1947 " "c ARE THEREFORE CONSIDERED COMPARABLE WITH EARLIER DATA. " "c DATA IN"METAL STATISTICS" SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION " "c DUE TO FREQUENT ERRORS. " "c ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE, DATA FOR AUGUST 1956 INCLUDE " "c SOME GOVERNMENT STOCKS. NO INFORMATION AS TO THE QUANTITY " "c IS GIVEN. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... " -12 1933.01 1957.12 NA NA NA NA NA 600.300 564.300 540.100 525.000 519.700 527.700 523.400 524.100 500.900 485.300 465.700 442.100 407.500 396.500 376.900 374.000 362.000 3352.10 354.400 339.300 328.500 298.800 282.000 279.000 273.300 263.500 248.600 241.300 226.700 221.000 231.400 230.900 230.300 238.700 233.900 230.300 228.800 218.700 205.700 188.700 178.000 171.300 161.100 142.400 136.100 121.400 99.6000 108.600 111.000 117.700 126.200 144.300 182.900 221.700 259.400 299.100 326.200 342.800 355.700 369.800 359.000 340.000 315.200 293.100 267.300 269.500 289.800 301.200 309.100 320.800 332.500 337.200 335.000 316.500 NA NA NA NA 159.500 135.400 145.400 159.800 169.100 178.700 199.600 215.800 199.000 185.300 164.600 158.400 142.800 116.900 97.7000 89.9000 98.8000 93.1000 98.2000 74.4000 71.9000 63.7000 67.3000 72.4000 75.6000 81.4000 77.3000 79.5000 83.8000 77.4000 62.4000 60.4000 62.9000 64.8000 63.8000 58.5000 65.3000 54.8000 51.5000 66.2000 65.8000 58.9000 55.7000 55.1000 53.7000 45.8000 47.1000 52.0000 52.1000 45.8000 36.5000 37.3000 38.4000 37.1000 42.5000 48.0000 51.0000 51.4000 49.4000 58.1000 66.8000 59.7000 57.1000 51.9000 55.5000 63.8000 70.7000 76.2000 80.3000 68.7000 73.9000 74.4000 76.5000 72.8000 74.3000 70.2000 65.4000 75.8000 79.1000 101.200 94.7000 98.6000 91.2000 90.9000 80.8000 96.5000 88.4000 83.7000 86.5000 84.6000 82.5000 77.8000 77.2000 80.1000 74.5000 66.6000 76.0000 71.5000 70.1000 68.6000 67.3000 72.8000 72.3000 79.3000 79.6000 72.2000 76.4000 89.8000 96.1000 91.1000 83.8000 68.4000 76.5000 128.400 166.900 212.800 217.200 193.900 164.500 139.200 116.000 101.100 77.5000 60.3000 57.0000 51.0000 50.4000 48.3000 51.0000 58.7000 56.9000 51.8000 49.0000 54.9000 59.3000 55.6000 52.8000 60.9000 60.9000 68.0000 70.9000 62.1000 78.2000 68.2000 71.5000 60.8000 59.7000 58.5000 61.2000 55.4000 70.9000 73.7000 83.8000 71.5000 59.8000 69.2000 58.9000 59.8000 60.9000 55.8000 48.4000 52.8000 58.1000 77.1000 78.8000 72.9000 84.3000 93.3000 89.2000 108.200 118.700 126.500 124.500 82.1000 69.3000 69.1000 58.6000 48.8000 33.3000 37.1000 47.1000 46.0000 44.6000 46.1000 42.8000 43.3000 38.5000 36.3000 49.4000 53.6000 49.7000 48.7000 61.6000 50.0000 47.1000 53.3000 56.7000 56.2000 60.7000 87.9000 96.4000 93.2000 106.100 116.500 120.600 118.600 136.500 140.200 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA