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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF ASBESTOS FIBERS, BY TYPE AND ORIGIN1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | South Africa | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | |||||||||
| Type | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||||
| 2005: | ||||||||||||||||
| Chrysotile: | ||||||||||||||||
| Crude | 288 | $54 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 288 | $54 | ||||||||
| Spinning fibers | 20 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 20 | 3 | ||||||||
| Milled, grade 4 | -- | -- | 32 | 3 | $157 | 266 | $562 | 298 | 719 | |||||||
| All other | 1,510 | 366 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,510 | 366 | ||||||||
| Other, unspecified asbestos type | 417 | 278 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 417 | 278 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,240 | 701 | 32 | 3 | 157 | 266 | 562 | 2,530 | 1,420 | |||||||
| 2006: | ||||||||||||||||
| Chrysotile: | ||||||||||||||||
| Crude | 200 | 36 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 200 | 36 | ||||||||
| Spinning fibers | 41 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 41 | 8 | ||||||||
| Milled, grade 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 213 | 442 | 213 | 442 | ||||||||
| All other | 1,400 | 302 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,400 | 302 | ||||||||
| Other, unspecified asbestos type | 377 | 216 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 377 | 216 | ||||||||
| Total | 2,020 | 562 | -- | -- | 213 | 442 | 2,230 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2U.S. customs declared value. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3These are probably transhipments of chryostile from Zimbabwe through South Africa. | ||||||||||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program