U.S. Exports Of Boric Acid And Refined Sodium Borate Compounds, By Country

TABLE 4
U.S. EXPORTS OF BORIC ACID AND REFINED SODIUM BORATE COMPOUNDS, BY COUNTRY¹

	2005						2006
	Boric acid²				Sodium		Boric acid²		Sodium
	Quantity		Value³		borates⁴		Quantity	Value³	borates⁴
Country	(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)		(metric tons)	(thousands)	(metric tons)
Australia	1,900		$931		6,680		1,990	$1,130	7,620
Belgium	--		--		102		23	29	44
Brazil	2,640		1,420		875		1,650	978	1,570
Canada	5,350		3,850		50,400		4,800	4,530	54,900
China	20,600		9,700		62,100		22,400	11,100	69,900
Colombia	54		53		4,430		192	157	4,770
France	125		111		117		1,460	987	548
Germany	432		1,070		11		701	1,380	20
Hong Kong	4,350		2,080		317		1,460	748	--
India	701		254		9,010		1,160	447	16,500
Indonesia	586		341		310		1,040	608	531
Italy	40		53		3,440		--	--	1,820
Japan	22,500		21,300		24,300		34,900	36,500	26,100
Korea, Republic of	19,000	^r	9,820		14,900		22,400	11,900	13,400
Malaysia	1,370		1,080		20,000		869	722	30,400
Mexico	2,870		1,680		11,100		2,310	1,580	8,390
Netherlands	53,500		20,800		57,900		64,600	25,900	91,200
New Zealand	817		414		2,880		992	606	1,420
Philippines	111		68		1,130		190	125	1,050
Singapore	950		541		753		1,290	791	799
Spain	13,700		5,090		17,700		24,200	8,880	42,500
Taiwan	23,000		11,900		4,100		25,100	13,800	3,140
Thailand	3,520		1,940		7,240		4,140	2,380	6,670
United Kingdom	1,600		646		1,500		46	57	37
Venezuela	72		80		400		74	91	449
Vietnam	1,170		615		1,440		429	247	1,720
Other�	1,980	^r	948	^r	4,560	^r	2,210	1,020	7,510
Total	183,000		96,800		308,000		221,000	127,000	393,000
^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) code 2810.00.0000.
³Free alongside ship valuation.
³HTS codes 2840.19.0000, 2840.20.0000, and 2840.30.0000.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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