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| TABLE 4 | ||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF NATURAL BARIUM SULFATE (BARITE), BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| Brazil | 25 | $8 | 4 | $9 | ||||
| Canada | 86,700 | 7,870 | 68,200 | 7,120 | ||||
| China | 103 | 77 | 18 | 16 | ||||
| Colombia | 5 | 3 | 20 | 5 | ||||
| Costa Rica | 76 | 41 | -- | -- | ||||
| Greece | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | ||||
| India | 3 | 8 | -- | -- | ||||
| Japan | 37 | 37 | 808 | 3,830 | ||||
| Kuwait | -- | -- | 41 | 7 | ||||
| Mexico | 4,340 | 1,130 | 2,090 | 686 | ||||
| Philippines | 10 | 20 | 103 | 165 | ||||
| Singapore | 45 | 8 | 91 | 18 | ||||
| Taiwan | 16 | 46 | -- | -- | ||||
| United Kingdom | -- | -- | 2 | 11 | ||||
| Venezuela | 1,320 | 677 | 129 | 29 | ||||
| ���� Total | 92,700 | 9,930 | 71,500 | 11,900 | ||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program