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据美国白银使用者协会透露,美国工业用白银消耗量在1984年第一季度为3070万盎司,这比去年同期增长150万盎司,而比1983年第四季度增长300万盎司。根据美国矿务局统计,为了国内工业需要而从新产品、废料回收及进口等方面所获得的白银总量为4000万盎司,供应量超过了工业消耗量1000万盎司,这与1983年全年度相比消耗量增加了9600万盎司。虽然如此,工业储存量仍一直保存在1730万盎司,在芝加哥与纽约主要商品仓库的总储量为14000万盎司,而去年则为11300万盎司。
According to the Association of American Silver Users, U.S. industrial silver consumption was 30.7 million ounces in the first quarter of 1984, an increase of 1.5 million ounces from the same period of last year and 3 million ounces over the fourth quarter of 1983. According to the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the total amount of silver obtained from new products, waste recovery and imports for domestic industrial needs is 40 million ounces and the supply exceeds the industrial consumption of 10 million ounces, Than the consumption increased by 96 million ounces. Nonetheless, industrial reserves remained at 17.3 million ounces, with total reserves at major commodity warehouses in Chicago and New York at 140 million ounces, compared with 113 million ounces last year.