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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF ANTIMONY, BY CLASS AND COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Bolivia | -- | -- | -- | 181 | 130 | 526 | ||||||
| China | 150 | 147 | $443 | 20 | 20 | 99 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 40 | 40 | 127 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Japan | (3) | (3) | r | 4 | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| Peru | 18 | 17 | 48 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Total | 207 | 204 | 622 | 205 | 153 | 653 | ||||||
| Antimony oxide: | ||||||||||||
| Australia | (3) | (3) | 5 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Belgium | 1,870 | 1,550 | 5,660 | 2,030 | 1,680 | 7,410 | ||||||
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| China | 11,500 | 9,510 | 33,600 | 12,800 | 10,600 | 48,900 | ||||||
| France | 3 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 80 | 4 | 4 | 65 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 176 | 146 | 522 | 20 | 17 | 96 | ||||||
| Iceland | 22 | 18 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Japan | 239 | 199 | 2,580 | 268 | 222 | 1,990 | ||||||
| Mexico | 12,000 | 9,930 | 34,100 | 10,600 | 8,780 | 37,200 | ||||||
| Netherlands | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 36 | 30 | 116 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| United Kingdom | -- | -- | -- | (3) | (3) | 6 | ||||||
| Vietnam | 1,540 | 1,280 | 4,950 | 2,000 | 1,660 | 6,610 | ||||||
| Total | 27,300 | 22,700 | 81,600 | 27,700 | 23,000 | 102,000 | ||||||
| rRevised.� -- 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