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| TABLE 4 | ||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF NATURAL BARIUM SULFATE (BARITE), BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Brazil | 4,930 | $1,270 | 1,470 | $1,020 | ||||||
| Canada | 37,700 | 7,020 | 97,200 | 13,600 | ||||||
| Costa Rica | 24 | 17 | 204 | 144 | ||||||
| Egypt | -- | -- | 694 | 134 | ||||||
| Mexico | 4,310 | 1,200 | 5,500 | 1,610 | ||||||
| Oman | 858 | 152 | 402 | 109 | ||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 92 | 38 | 409 | 174 | ||||||
| Venezuela | 202 | 64 | 2,060 | 583 | ||||||
| Other2, 3 | 1,190 | r | 425 | r | 662 | 432 | ||||
| ---- Total | 49,300 | 10,200 | 109,000 | 17,800 | ||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Includes countries with full year quantities of less than 200 metric tons in 2010. | ||||||||||
| 3Includes the Bahamas (2009), Belize (2009), Cameroon (2009), China, Ecuador,- | ||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea (2010), France (2010), Germany (2010), Guatemala (2010), Israel- | ||||||||||
| (2010), Italy (2009), Lebanon, Malaysia, Mozambique (2009), Russia (2010), Singapore- | ||||||||||
| (2010), Taiwan (2009), and Thailand. | ||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices