35th Census of World Casting Production--2000: After more than one-half reported losses in 1999, most nations rebounded to show casting shipment gains in 2000.A MODERN CASTING Staff Report According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. MODERN CASTING's 35th Annual Census of World Casting Production," it appears the global metalcasting industry grew stronger in most regions in 2000, as 21 of the 29 participating nations reported shipment gains over 1999. Of the world's 10 largest casting producers, seven reported gains in '00, led by Mexico Mexico, city, Mexico Mexico or Mexico City, Span. Ciudad de México (Méjico), city (1990 pop. 8,236,960; 1991 met. area est. 20,899,000), central Mexico, capital and largest city of Mexico. , Brazil Brazil (brəzĭl`), Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. and Russia Russia, officially the Russian Federation, Rus. Rossiya, republic (2005 est. pop. 143,420,000), 6,591,100 sq mi (17,070,949 sq km). . Furthermore, eight nations' shipments were higher in '00 than the 5-year baseline The horizontal line to which the bottoms of lowercase characters (without descenders) are aligned. See typeface. baseline - released version of 1996. After a 2-year absence, Russia reentered the census with current data, and Thailand Thailand (tī`lănd, –lənd), Thai Prathet Thai [land of the free], officially Kingdom of Thailand, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 65,444,000), 198,455 sq mi (514,000 sq km), Southeast Asia. also provided data this year. Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. also responded by itself for the first time (previously, the United Kingdom was submitted as one "entity"). Belarus Belarus or Byelarus (both: byĕ'lər  s`), formerly Belorussia, officially Republic of Belarus, republic (2005 pop. 9,799,000), c. and Slovakia Slovakia (slōvă`kēə, slōvä`kēə) or the Slovak Republic, Slovak Slovensko (slô`vĕnskô), republic (2005 est. pop. both
failed to respond for the third year and were subsequently dropped from
this year's report. Denmark Denmark (dĕn`märk), Dan. Danmark, officially Kingdom of Denmark, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 5,432,000), 16,629 sq mi (43,069 sq km), N Europe. , Romania Romania (rōmān`ēə, –yə) or Rumania (r–), republic (v), 91,699 sq mi (237,500 sq km), SE Europe. , Slovenia Slovenia (slōvē`nēə), Slovene Slovenija, officially Republic of Slovenia, republic (2005 est. pop. 2,011,000), 7,817 sq mi (20,246 sq km). , Spain Spain, Span. España (āspä`nyä), officially Kingdom of Spain, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 40,341,000), 194,884 sq mi (504,750 sq km), including the Balearic and Canary islands, SW Europe. and Taiwan Taiwan (tī`wän`), Portuguese Formosa, officially Republic of China, island nation (2005 est. pop. 22,894,000), 13,885 sq mi (35,961 sq km), in the Pacific Ocean, separated from the mainland of S China by the 100-mi-wide (161-km) Taiwan remain in the census with their last-reported tonnage TONNAGE, mar. law. The capacity of a ship or vessel.2. The act of congress of March 2, 1799, s. 64, 1 Story's L. U. S. 630, directs that to ascertain the tonnage of any ship or vessel, the surveyor, &c. . Following is a summary of the global casting producers' "top 10" list. Each nation's metric tonnage in '00 and 5-year trend (using 1996 as a baseline): 1. U.S.--After three years of growth, shipments fell 3.8% in '00 to 13.1 million tons (metric), but still remained 3.4% higher than 5 years ago. 2. China--After a 24% increase in '99 (following 4 down years out of the previous 5), China's totals returned to the 10.9 million level last year (a 13% drop). Despite the loss in '00, shipment totals are still 4.7% higher than in '96. 3. Japan--After 2 years of decline, shipments increased 5% in '00 to 6.2 million tons. This figure, however, represents nearly a 10% loss from 5 years ago. 4. Russia--Recently submitted data over the past 10 years showed a 12% increase to 6.2 million tons in '00, Russia's fifth consecutive year of growth. Compared to 1996, shipments were 29% higher in '00. 5. Germany--Shipments increased 4.8% to 4.5 million tons in '00. Shipments remain up 15% from '96 levels, 6. India--India shipped 3.1 million tons in '00, a 3.7% drop from '99, Shipment totals were 3% below 1996. 7. France--France's shipments grew 7% in '00 to 2.6 million tons, which is 16% higher than shipment levels in '96. 8. Italy--Italy's shipments grew 4.3% to 2,4 million tons. Shipments are 14% higher than 5 years ago. 9. Brazil--Brazil's shipments increased for the second straight year to 1.8 million tons, a 14% increase. This also represented a 14% increase over '96 levels. 10. Mexico--After growing by 17% and 22% in 98 and 99, shipments grew another 19% in '00 to 1.7 million tons. Mexico's growth is up by more than 1 million tons since '95, Beyond the top 10 reporting nations, 11 other countries reported gains from '99, including significant growth from the Eastern European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. nations. Countries reporting growth include: South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. (26%), Hungary Hungary, Hung. Magyarország, officially Republic of Hungary, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,007,000), 35,919 sq mi (93,030 sq km), central Europe. (16.4%), Ukraine Ukraine (y `krān, ykrān`), Ukr. Ukraina, republic (2005 est. pop. (12.6%), Turkey (10.3%), Poland Poland, Pol. Polska, officially Republic of Poland, republic (2005 est. pop. 38,635,000), 120,725 sq mi (312,677 sq km), central Europe. It borders on Germany in the west, on the Baltic Sea and the Kaliningrad region of Russia in the north, on Lithuania, (8.5%),
Austria Austria (ô`strēə), Ger. Österreich [eastern march], officially Republic of Austria, federal republic (2005 est. pop. 8,185,000), 32,374 sq mi (83,849 sq km), central Europe. (8.4%), Sweden Sweden, Swed. Sverige, officially Kingdom of Sweden, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 9,002,000), 173,648 sq mi (449,750 sq km), N Europe, occupying the eastern part of the Scandinavian peninsula. (5.2%), Finland Finland, Finnish Suomi (swô`mē), officially Republic of Finland, republic (2005 est. pop. 5,223,000), 130,119 sq mi (337,009 sq km), N Europe. (5%), Portugal Portugal (pôr`chəgəl), officially Portuguese Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,566,000), 35,553 sq mi (92,082 sq km), SW Europe, on the western side of the Iberian Peninsula and including the Madeira Islands and the Azores in the (4.8%), Norway Norway, Nor. Norge, officially Kingdom of Norway, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 4,593,000), 125,181 sq mi (324,219 sq km), N Europe, occupying the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. (3.9%), Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. (3.2%) and Korea Korea (kôrē`ə, kə–), Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. (2%). Other nations showing a
loss in shipments in '00 were Netherlands Netherlands (nĕth`ərləndz), Du. Nederland or Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, officially Kingdom of the Netherlands, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 16,407,000), 15,963 sq mi (41,344 sq km), NW Europe. (16%), Belgium (9%),
Canada (4.9%) and Croatia (2.1%).Shipment data typically is submitted by each nation's metalcasting trade association. Comments about participation in the annual census should be directed to: Census of World Casting Production, MODERN CASTING, 505 State Street, Des Plaines Des Plaines, city, United States Des Plaines (dĕs plānz), city (1990 pop. 53,223), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1925. Among its manufactures are chemicals and electronic equipment. .
Number of Operating Foundries By Nation--2000
(from countries participating in 35th Census of World Casting
production)
COUNTRY IRON STEEL NONFERROUS TOTAL
Austria 19 7 32 58
Austria (*) 19 7 32 58
Belgium 12 10 15 37
Brazil 1000 (A)
Canada 77 38 88 203
China (*) 5397 1625 2352 9374 (B)
Croatia 30 3 26 59
Czech Republic 105 32 56 193
Denmark (*) 11 0 10 21
Finland 14 8 17 39
France 625 (A)
Germany 243 56 409 708
Great Britain 198 40 250 488
Hungary 39 (C) 0 64 103
India 5000 (A)
Italy 252 28 18 298
Japan 533 93 (D) 626
Korea 452 131 179 762
Mexico 736 (E) 27 1019 1782
Netherlands (**) 29 (D) (D) 29
Norway 8 4 14 26
Poland 210 (F) 42 290 (G) 542
Portugal 49 12 69 130
Romania (*) 169 36 123 328
Russia 1900 (A)
Slovenia (*) 14 4 44 62
South Africa (*) 150 (C) 40 190
Spain (*) 190 38 91 319
Sweden 37 12 85 134
Switzerland 20 2 44 66
Thailand 35 8 5 48
Turkey 822 55 82 959
Ukraine 410 231 327 968
U.S. 700 400 1800 2900
(*)1999 data
(A)all foundries
(B)state-owned foundries only--privately and collectively owned
operations not included
(C)includes steel foundaries
(D)not available
(E)new data based on 1999 Industrial Census made by federal government.
(F)includes about 30 foundries making both iron and steel
(G)includes about 45 foundries making castings in both ferrous and
nonferrous.
35th Census of World Casting Production--2000 (in metric tons)
Country Gray Ductile Malleable
Iron Iron Iron
Austria 63,491 114,775 (A)
Belgium 80,828 38,097 397
Brazil 1,168,000 379,000 33,000
Canada 721,000 (A,D)
China 5,639,966 2,333,470 400,594
Croatia 23,135 8,115 50
Czech Republic 271,783 32,659 10,219
Denmark (*) 55,000 31,300
Finland 54,492 45,807
France 2,150,938 (L,D) 8,268
Germany 2,180,477 1,316,431 37,968
Great Britain (I) 594,000 356,000 18,200
Hungary 55,364 13,872 72
India 2,300,000 250,000 (J) 40,000
Italy 1,019,080 406,797 12,320
Japan 2,640,915 1,937,507 97,771
Korea 905,200 495,700 (M) 46,300
Mexico 704,000 56,000
Netherlands (I) 57,700 70,400 6,400
Norway 27,679 39,488
Poland 510,000 90,500 20,300
Portugal 43,900 44,500
Romania (*) 241,600 19,200 6,020
Russia 4,400,000 (A,D)
Slovenia (*) 32,260 7,197 4,800
Spain (*) 450,000 480,000 (J) 22,600
South Africa 221,200 88,400 1,400
Sweden 194,000 54,800
Switzerland 45,844 74,029
Taiwan (**) 660,766 173,655 12,462
Thailand (I) 50,000 96,000 4,200
Turkey 690,000 130,000 7,000
United States 5,129,100 3,888,900 183,600
Ukraine 652,453 30,000 18,000
TOTALS 34,034,171 13,102,599 991,941
Country Steel Copper- Aluminum Magnesium
Base
Austria 13,154 13,214 (B) 92,695 (C)
Belgium 12,964 555 25,411
Brazil 89,000 15,000 108,000 6,000
Canada 162,000 79,000 (E)
China 1,542,510 119,937 799,196 (C)
Croatia 1,073 624 8,898
Czech Republic 75,629 54,385 (C)
Denmark (*) 1,450 2,510 (E)
Finland 17,289 3,788 5,675 (C)
France 133,444 20,499 348,591
Germany 165,022 91,227 645,575 21,134
Great Britain (I)
Hungary 6,574 3,097 39,135
India 320,000 210,000 (E)
Italy 78,006 123,700 679,600 8,600
Japan 264,182 86,977 1,204,219 79
Korea 138,800 19,600 40,700
Mexico 143,000 135,000 600,000
Netherlands (I) 700
Norway 2,951 3,367 21,122
Poland 55,400 18,000 50,000
Portugal 13,900 4,700 16,300
Romania (*) 65,100 9,600 17,100
Russia 1,200,000 600,000 (E)
Slovenia (*) 22,986 3,400 5,461 460
Spain (*) 82,000 13,500 120,000 300
South Africa 144,496 5,000 45,600
Sweden 17,900 10,100 42,200 1,700
Switzerland 2,886 19,879 (C)
Taiwan (**) 64,195 49,079 249,449
Thailand (I) 5,000
Turkey 98,000 1,320 38,170
United States 1,227,600 292,500 1,846,800 66,600
Ukraine 206,809 10,000 29,977
TOTALS 6,369,684 1,058,120 8,045,648 104,873
Country Zinc Other TOTAL
Nonferrous
Austria 297,329
Belgium 1,179 34 159,465
Brazil 12,000 1,810,000
Canada 962,000
China 118,956 10,954,629
Croatia 758 2,000 (F) 44,653
Czech Republic 3,266 (B,G) 447,941
Denmark (*) 90,260
Finland 499 1 127,551
France 3,452 2,665,192
Germany 78,841 5,335 (H) 4,542,010
Great Britain (I) 968,200
Hungary 2,517 22 120,653
India 3,120,000
Italy 95,600 1,200 2,424,903
Japan 37,306 7,364 6,276,320
Korea 5,000 (B,C) 1,651,300
Mexico 120,000 3,000 1,761,000
Netherlands (I) 135,200
Norway 1,940 96,547
Poland 7,400 2,000 753,600
Portugal 1,500 110 124,910
Romania (*) 1,500 360,120
Russia 6,200,000
Slovenia (*) 3,500 400 80,464
Spain (*) 19,600 1,188,000
South Africa 3,500 2,020 511,616
Sweden 4,500 325,200
Switzerland 2,293 144,931
Taiwan (**) 1,209,606
Thailand (I) 155,200
Turkey 510 965,000
United States 312,300 181,800 (K) 13,129,200
Ukraine 947,239
TOTALS 829,651 213,552 64,750,239
(*)1999 tonnage
(**)1998 tonnage
BOLD = highest total shipments
(A)includes malleable iron
(B)includes zinc
(C)includes magnesium
(D)includes ductile iron
(E)includes all nonferrous
(F)lead castings
(G)includes copper
(H)includes lead, tin and nickel
(I)ferrous reported only
(J)includes pipe
(K)includes 156,000 investment castings
(L)includes 789,764 tons of pipe and manhole covers and 99,113 tons of
cooking/heating equipment
(M)includes 185,000 cast pipe
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