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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF ANTIMONY OXIDE, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Antimony | Antimony | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | content2 | Value | Gross weight | content2 | Value | ||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (metric tons)� | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (metric tons)� | (thousands) | |||||||
| Argentina | -- | -- | -- | 36 | 30 | $209 | |||||||
| Australia | 118 | 98 | $322 | 19 | 16 | 104 | |||||||
| Belgium | 69 | 57 | 198 | 64 | 53 | 230 | |||||||
| Brazil | 11 | 9 | 53 | 146 | 121 | 620 | |||||||
| Canada� | 287 | 238 | 982 | 176 | 146 | 676 | |||||||
| Chile | 34 | 28 | 85 | 4 | 3 | 22 | |||||||
| China | 65 | 54 | 280 | 174 | 144 | 726 | |||||||
| Colombia��� | 20 | 17 | 27 | 68 | 56 | 295 | |||||||
| Costa Rica��� | -- | -- | -- | 21 | 17 | 95 | |||||||
| France | 36 | 30 | 129 | 34 | 28 | 226 | |||||||
| Germany | 2 | 2 | 5 | 120 | 100 | 411 | |||||||
| Italy | 21 | 17 | 65 | 20 | 17 | 95 | |||||||
| Japan | 76 | 63 | 317 | 396 | 329 | 1,560 | |||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 96 | 80 | 277 | 88 | 73 | 310 | |||||||
| Mexico�� | 524 | 435 | 1,670 | 245 | 203 | 1,100 | |||||||
| New Zealand | 10 | 8 | 48 | 15 | 12 | 99 | |||||||
| Pakistan | 12 | 10 | 71 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Singapore�� | 39 | 32 | 242 | 93 | 77 | 922 | |||||||
| South Africa | -- | -- | -- | 11 | 9 | 36 | |||||||
| Taiwan� | 41 | 34 | 293 | 69 | 57 | 333 | |||||||
| Thailand | 21 | 17 | 71 | 11 | 9 | 56 | |||||||
| Turkey | 1 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 44 | |||||||
| United Kingdom������� | 100 | 83 | 402 | 24 | 20 | 125 | |||||||
| Other | 98 | r | 82 | r | 309 | r | 164 | 138 | 583 | ||||
| Total | 1,680 | 1,400 | 5,860 | 2,020 | 1,680 | 8,870 | |||||||
| rRevised.� -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Antimony content is calculated by the U.S. Geological Survey. | |||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program