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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||
| U.S. FOREIGN TRADE OF BERYLLIUM MATERIALS, BY TYPE1 | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| Gross weight | Value | Gross weight | Value | |||||||
| Type and material | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | Destinations or sources, 20062 | |||||
| Exports: | ||||||||||
| Beryllium, unwrought3 | 151,000 | $8,810 | 93,500 | $4,770 | Japan, 93%; Philippines, 3%; United Kingdom, 2%; other, 1%. | |||||
| Beryllium waste and scrap | 240 | 8 | 177 | 14 | Republic of Korea, 100%. | |||||
| Beryllium, other4 | 50,300 | 9,760 | 41,100 | 16,700 | Canada, 41%; United Kingdom, 15%; Norway, 13%; Germany, | |||||
| 7%; Japan, 7%; Netherlands, 6%; France, 6%; Switzerland, | ||||||||||
| 2%; other, 4%. | ||||||||||
| Total | 201,000 | 18,600 | 135,000 | 21,500 | Japan, 67%; Canada, 13%; United Kingdom, 6%; Norway, 4%; | |||||
| Germany, 3%; Philippines, 2%; Netherlands, 2%; France, | ||||||||||
| 2%; other, 2%. | ||||||||||
| Imports: | ||||||||||
| Beryllium oxide and hydroxide | 75,100 | 466 | 32,100 | 296 | Germany, 100%; Kazakhstan5. | |||||
| Beryllium, unwrought3 | 25,600 | 4,960 | 18,800 | 3,450 | Kazakhstan, 100%. | |||||
| Beryllium waste and scrap | 5,820 | 977 | 2,620 | 9 | Mexico, 100%. | |||||
| Beryllium, other4 | 16,500 | 1,930 | 2,240 | 163 | United Kingdom, 63%; France, 28%; China, 7%; Mexico, 2%; | |||||
| other5. | ||||||||||
| Beryllium-copper master alloy | 457,000 | 3,980 | 658,000 | 7,420 | Kazakhstan, 97%; Canada, 2%; Germany 1%; other5. | |||||
| Beryllium-copper plates, sheets, | 463,000 | 3,950 | 668,000 | 7,640 | Japan, 99%; Germany, 1%; other5. | |||||
| and strip | ||||||||||
| Total | 1,040,000 | 16,300 | 1,380,000 | 19,000 | Japan, 48%; Kazakhstan, 48%; Germany, 3%; Canada, 1%; | |||||
| other, 1%. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Data may not add to 100% because of independent rounding. | ||||||||||
| 3Includes powders. | ||||||||||
| 4Includes articles not elsewhere specified. | ||||||||||
| 5Less than � unit. | ||||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program