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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF ANTIMONY, BY CLASS AND COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||
| Antimony | Antimony | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | content2 | Value | Gross weight | content2 | Value | |||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Antimony ore and concentrate: | ||||||||||||
| Belgium | 5 | 4 | $28 | 17 | 11 | $72 | ||||||
| Bolivia | 181 | 130 | 526 | 204 | 139 | 646 | ||||||
| China | 20 | 20 | 99 | 59 | 55 | 293 | ||||||
| Italy | -- | -- | -- | 33 | 22 | 101 | ||||||
| Total | 205 | 153 | 653 | 313 | 226 | 1,110 | ||||||
| Antimony oxide: | ||||||||||||
| Belgium | 2,030 | 1,680 | 7,410 | 2,050 | 1,700 | 11,400 | ||||||
| Canada | -- | -- | -- | 1 | (3) | 3 | ||||||
| China | 12,800 | 10,600 | 48,900 | 14,000 | 11,600 | 54,900 | ||||||
| France | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||||||
| Germany | 4 | 4 | 65 | 5 | 4 | 76 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 20 | 17 | 96 | 52 | 43 | 258 | ||||||
| India | -- | -- | -- | 18 | 15 | 102 | ||||||
| Japan | 268 | 222 | 1,990 | 248 | 206 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Mexico | 10,600 | 8,780 | 37,200 | 9,600 | 7,970 | 48,500 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 93 | ||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 3 | 16 | ||||||
| Thailand� | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | (3) | (3) | 6 | (3) | (3) | 16 | ||||||
| Vietnam | 2,000 | 1,660 | 6,610 | 80 | 66 | 251 | ||||||
| Total | 27,700 | 23,000 | 102,000 | 26,100 | 21,700 | 118,000 | ||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Antimony ore and concentrate content reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.� Antimony oxide content is calculated by the U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Geological Survey. | ||||||||||||
| 3Less than � unit. | ||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program