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| TABLE 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION AND EXPORTS OF CALCINED BAUXITE, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
| Refractory grade | Other grade | Refractory grade | Other grade | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | ||||||||||
| Imports: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 191 | 14,100 | -- | -- | 174 | 13,000 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 30 | 12,400 | 118 | 26,100 | 93 | 39,700 | 14 | 569 | ||||||||||
| China | 121 | 15,900 | 43 | 5,390 | 118 | 17,600 | 47 | 7,220 | ||||||||||
| Greece | 60 | 1,960 | 52 | 2,350 | 35 | 1,420 | 54 | 2,720 | ||||||||||
| Guyana | 24 | 3,840 | 72 | 3,500 | 36 | 6,320 | 212 | 9,680 | ||||||||||
| Other | -- | -- | 42 | 820 | -- | -- | 23 | 1,090 | ||||||||||
| Total | 235 | 34,100 | 518 | 52,300 | 282 | 65,000 | 525 | 34,200 | ||||||||||
| Exports: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 4 | 507 | (3) | 33 | 3 | 379 | 1 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | 263 | 4 | 801 | 1 | 272 | 3 | 691 | ||||||||||
| Other | 2 | 433 | 1 | 356 | (3) | 53 | (3) | 81 | ||||||||||
| Total | 7 | 1,200 | 6 | 1,190 | 4 | 705 | 4 | 839 | ||||||||||
| -- Zero.�� | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.�� | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2Value at foreign port of shipment as reported to U.S. Customs Service.�� | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3Less than � unit.�� | ||||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau.�� | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program