"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           ...............................................................  "