Copper statistics-Sept. 24, 1953, year 1953-Continued SUPPLY OF COPPER AND COPPER-BASE ALLOY RAW MATERIALS [Thousand short tons, copper content] Controlled materials sources: Program determinations.. RCD-332, adjusted to Apr. 30, RCD-347, adjusted to Apr. 30, 1953. 1953. GA-240 and CMP-52, Apr. 30, 1953. Actual deliveries.-Form NPAF-84. Plus imports of controlled materials as reported by Bureau of the Census. Copper raw materials for CMP and DMS use: Consumption for stated requirements, program determinations, allotments issued: Brass mills: Metal weight, total poundage, for each column converted to copper content using Wire mills: Total poundage for each column plus 0.5 percent for metal loss. Reduced to short tons. SUPPLY Refined copper, actual supply: From published reports of Bureau of Mines and Bureau of the Census. Scrap receipts, actual receipts: Form NPAF-83 and published reports of Bureau of Mines. Includes receipts reported by the 6 railroad "toll" foundries. Deductions Exports: Actual data: As reported by Bureau of the Census. Scrap exports include unalloyed copper scrap, copper-base alloy scrap, and copper-base alloy ingot, converted, converted to copper content using 70 percent conversion factor for copper-base alloy scrap and 80 percent for ingot. Estimated data: Copper Division. For special purposes: Refined: Actual data include (1) domestic "toll" production from scrap, as estimated by Copper Division; (2) additions to the Government stockpile, as reported by Munitions Board; (3) consumption, from miscellaneous users' reports on form NPAF-83. Scrap: Actual data represent consumption, from miscellaneous users' reports on form NPAF-83. STOCKS Stocks of refined copper, end of month, owned by: Refiners: Copper Institute. Wire mills: Form NPAF-83. Other processors: Form NPAF-83 and published reports of Bureau of Mines. Stocks of scrap, end of month: Brass mills: Form NPAF-83. Other rocessors: Form NPAF-83 and published reports of Bureau of Mines. Includes stocks reported by the 6 railroad "toll" foundries. Stocks of copper raw materials and metal in process, end of month: Total stocks of all copper raw materials less stocks of finished products, as reported on form NPAF-83 and from published reports of Bureau of Mines. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUSINESS AND DEFENSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, Washington, December 21, 1953. GENTLEMEN: One of the functions of the Copper Division, Business and Defense Services Administration, is to analyze and disseminate information on the condition and levels of business activity in specific industries pertinent to the production and marketing of industrial commodities, as a service to industry. In carrying out this function we have issued a statement on 1953 shipments of copper and copper-base alloy products (copy enclosed), and we have also prepared a series of four charts on sales, inventories, and new orders for durable goods industries totals, transportation equipment, including motor vehicle and parts, electrical machinery and equipment, and fabricated metal products. These four groups were chosen for graphic presentation because they embrace the principal customers of the copper industry and the trends of business for them are significant in determining prospects in the copper fabricating industry. A copy of each of these charts is enclosed for your reference. The data for the charts were taken from the Survey of Current Business, published monthly by the Office of Business Economics, Department of Commerce. We have prepared an analysis of the trends of the aforementioned industry groups and related data. A copy of this analysis will be sent to you upon request. Very truly yours, MARVIN A. JOY, Director, Copper Division. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary BUSINESS AND DEFENSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Advance release, Wednesday, December 9, 1953 1953 SHIPMENTS OF COPPER AND COPPER-BASE ALLOY PRODUCTS Shipments of copper and copper-base alloy mill and foundry products are estimated at above 5.1 billion pounds for the year 1953, it was reported today by the Business and Defense Services Administration, Department of Commerce. This will exceed total shipments for the year 1952 by nearly 200 million pounds. Officials of the BDSA Copper Division attribute the increase in 1953 over 1952 to resumption of the use of copper and copper-base alloy products in the production of civilian goods, which more than offset the shortening of the requirements for copper products for military programs. Estimated shipments of brass mill products during 1953, amounting to 2.658 billion pounds, reflect an increase of close to 4 percent over similar shipments for 1952; while shipments of copper wire mill products totaling 1,441 billion pounds during 1953 are about 5 percent over comparable shipments in 1952; and shipments of copper foundry products, which include powder mill products, amounting to 1.014 billion pounds, show a slight increase of almost 1 percent over such shipments in 1952. Unalloyed and alloyed shapes included in total shipments of brass mill products show considerable variation in trends. This is illustrated by the following percentage changes in unalloyed and alloyed brass mill product shipments for 1953 over or under 1952 shipments. Further analysis of the total brass mill product shipments reveals that changes in 1953 over or under 1952 in the military programs are in most instances in direct opposition to the changes reflected in shipments of brass mill products for all other programs, as follows: Military programs.. [Percent] Unalloyed brass mill product shipments for the military programs are not of sufficient volume to have much of an effect on the total shipments of unalloyed brass mill products. Cutback in military requirements is reflected mostly in alloyed rod, while the accelerated ammunition program during 1953 caused a substantial increase over 1952 in alloyed sheet and alloyed tube shipments for the military. However, total brass mill product shipments for military programs for 1953 are almost 10 percent less than 1952 shipments. Conversely, all other shipments of brass mill products in 1953 show an increase of almost 9 percent over such shipments in 1952. Stated otherwise, while brass |