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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF OTHER BROMINE COMPOUNDS1, 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| HTS3 | Gross weight | Value4 | Gross weight | Value4 | |||||||||
| Compound | number | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | Principal sources, 2006 | |||||||
| Hydrobromic acid | 2811.19.3000 | 222 | $286 | 240 | $347 | Israel, 96%; other, 4%. | |||||||
| Ethylene dibromide | 2903.30.0500 | 499 | 337 | 103 | 764 | Israel, 100%. | |||||||
| Methyl bromide | 2903.30.1520 | 327 | 1,620 | 235 | 1,140 | Israel, 100%. | |||||||
| Dibromoneopentyl glycol | 2905.50.3000 | -- | r | -- | r | -- | -- | Israel, 99%. | |||||
| Tetrabromobisphenol A | 2908.10.2500 | 414 | 1,480 | 930 | 3,780 | Israel, 96%; India, 2%; Japan, 2%. | |||||||
| Decabromodiphenyl oxide and | |||||||||||||
| octabromodiphenyl oxide | 2909.30.0700 | 4,630 | 9,790 | 5,290 | 17,300 | Israel, 99%; other, 1%. | |||||||
| Total | 6,090 | r | 13,500 | r | 6,800 | 23,400 | |||||||
| �rRevised. --Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1These data detail the information included in table 1 under "Imports, bromine compounds, other compounds." | |||||||||||||
| 2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 3Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. | |||||||||||||
| 4Declared cost, insurance, and freight valuation. | |||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program