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| TABLE 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION AND EXPORTS OF CALCINED BAUXITE, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
| Refractory grade | Other grade | Refractory grade | Other grade | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | ||||||||||
| Imports: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 165 | r | #### | r | -- | -- | 191 | #### | ||||||||
| Brazil | 55 | r | 1,270 | r | 85 | r | #### | r | 30 | #### | 118 | #### | ||||||
| China | 99 | r | ##### | r | 45 | r | 5,530 | r | 121 | #### | 43 | 5,390 | ||||||
| Guyana | 38 | 4,790 | 225 | r | 6,900 | r | 24 | 3,840 | 72 | 3,500 | ||||||||
| Other | 36 | r | 1,120 | r | 69 | r | 1,750 | r | 60 | 1,960 | 94 | 3,170 | ||||||
| Total | 229 | r | ##### | r | 589 | r | #### | r | 235 | #### | 518 | #### | ||||||
| Exports: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 8 | 809 | 4 | 242 | 4 | 507 | (3) | 33 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | (3) | 124 | 5 | 776 | 1 | 263 | 4 | 801 | ||||||||||
| Other | (3) | 117 | 1 | 258 | 2 | 433 | 1 | 356 | ||||||||||
| Total | 8 | 1,050 | 10 | 1,280 | 7 | 1,200 | 6 | 1,190 | ||||||||||
| rRevised. -- 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