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| TABLE 8 | ||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION | ||||
| AND EXPORTS OF BAUXITE, CRUDE | ||||
| AND DRIED, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | ||
| Imports: | ||||
| Australia | 156 | r | 272 | |
| Brazil | 3,150 | r | 1,640 | |
| Guinea | 2,460 | 2,610 | ||
| Guyana | 1,060 | r | 918 | |
| Jamaica2 | 4,060 | r | 4,540 | |
| Other | 868 | r | 1,660 | |
| Total | 11,800 | r | 11,600 | |
| Exports: | ||||
| Canada | 27 | 16 | ||
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other | 5 | 4 | ||
| Total | 34 | 20 | ||
| rRevised.� | ||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three | ||||
| significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||
| 2In 2005, exports to the United States; data from | ||||
| the Jamaica Bauxite Institute. | ||||
| Note: Total U.S. imports of crude and dried | ||||
| bauxite as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau | ||||
| were as follows: 2005�9.45 Mt and | ||||
| 2006�9.24 Mt. | ||||
| Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and the Jamaica | ||||
| Bauxite Institute. | ||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program