Non-Communist daily average unwroughtaluminium production in February was 33,900 tonnes, up 400
tonnes from a downwardly revised 33,500 tonnes in January and
compared with 32,900 tonnes in February 1986, provisional
figures from the International Primary Aluminium Institute
(IPAI) show.
    Total production in February (28 days) was 949,000 tonnes
compared with a downwardly revised 1.038 mln in January (31
days) and 920,000 in February 1986.
    The regional breakdown of unwrought aluminium production
was as follows (in thousands of tonnes) the IPAI said.
                 Feb'87   Jan'87    Feb'86
    Africa           45       50        41
    North America   354      389       353
    Latin America   115      121        98
    East Asia         7        9        16
    South Asia       72       79        72
    Europe          268      293       256
    Oceania          88       97        84
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