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The value of Tasmania's metal and mineral exports was $842.8m in 2003-04, a 9.9% decrease from 1999-00. Exports of non-ferrous metals accounted for 29.7% of the value of Tasmania's exports in 2003-04, while exports of metalliferous ores and metal scrap accounted for another 6.3%.
Zinc continued to be Tasmania's most valuable commodity export in 2003-04 at $345m, despite dropping 16.3% in export earnings in a year. Zinc is produced from ores and concentrates from the Pasminco mines at Rosebery, and also from concentrates imported to Tasmania from mainland states.
Aluminium exports totalled $337m in 2003-04, an increase of 1.1% from 2002-03. Aluminium is manufactured in Tasmania from ores and concentrates imported from mainland states and overseas.
METAL AND MINERAL EXPORTS, Tasmania
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
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Commodity(a) | $’000 | $’000 | $’000 | $’000 | $’000 |
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Non-ferrous metals | | | | | |
| 3,254 | 4,074 | 4,033 | 4,663 | 6,159 |
| 302,967 | 372,292 | 363,360 | 333,586 | 337,178 |
| 375,417 | 416,746 | 394,163 | 412,361 | 345,110 |
| 94 | - | - | 52 | 97 |
Miscellaneous non-ferrous base metals employed in metallurgy, and cermets
| 171 | 173 | 460 | 448 | 685 |
| 681,903 | 793,286 | 762,015 | 751,109 | 689,228 |
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Metalliferous ores and metal scrap | | | | | |
Iron ore and concentrates
| 52,224 | 57,336 | 49,550 | 41,651 | 37,248 |
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting ingots of iron or steel
| 2,973 | 4,985 | 1,863 | 2,031 | 3,550 |
Copper ores and concentrates; copper mattes, cement copper
| 67,059 | 92,453 | 82,451 | 83,985 | 89,080 |
Lead ores and concentrates
| 18,137 | 3,539 | - | 920 | 4,553 |
Zinc ores and concentrates
| 29,493 | - | 68 | 2,829 | 1,585 |
Tin ores and concentrates
| 68,751 | 73,642 | 45,760 | 31,966 | - |
Manganese ores & conc (incl. those of manganiferous iron with a manganese content of 20% or more by dry wt)
| - | 4,641 | 321 | - | 4,226 |
Tungsten (or wolfram) ores and concentrates
| - | 293 | - | - | - |
Ash and residues containing metals or metallic compounds (excl. ash from iron and steel manufacture)
| 25 | 1,200 | 3,150 | - | - |
| 521 | 846 | 828 | 385 | 1,490 |
Aluminium waste and scrap
| 3,104 | 3,431 | 4,283 | 3,477 | 3,129 |
| 296 | - | - | - | - |
| 242,584 | 242,366 | 188,273 | 167,244 | 144,861 |
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Iron and steel | 10,216 | 4,209 | 2,894 | 2,911 | 8,370 |
Crude fertilisers (excl. those of Division 56) and crude minerals (excl. coal, petroleum and precious stones) | 454 | 852 | 3,716 | 4,486 | 145 |
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials | 295 | 300 | 461 | 1,029 | 225 |
Gas, natural and manufactured | 2 | - | - | - | - |
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- nil or rounded to zero
(a) The sum of the components may differ from the total due to the effects of rounding.
Source: ABS data available on request, International Trade database.
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