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| TABLE 4 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF CADMIUM PRODUCTS, BY COUNTRY AND TYPES1 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||
| (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | |||||
| Cadmium metal:2 | ||||||||
| Australia | 53,000 | ####### | 88,300 | ####### | ||||
| Belgium | 12,100 | 192,000 | 6,400 | 102,000 | ||||
| Canada | 41,400 | ####### | 34,200 | 494,000 | ||||
| China | 39,000 | 116,000 | -- | -- | ||||
| Germany | 243 | 37,300 | 17,400 | 117,000 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 5,650 | 22,500 | -- | -- | ||||
| India | -- | -- | 23,000 | 81,100 | ||||
| Japan | -- | -- | 15 | 16,300 | ||||
| Mexico | 97,000 | 239,000 | 454 | 3,440 | ||||
| Peru | 40,000 | 89,000 | 10,000 | 30,800 | ||||
| Russia | 3 | 24,300 | -- | -- | ||||
| Taiwan | -- | -- | 322 | 26,000 | ||||
| Total | 288,000 | ####### | 180,000 | ####### | ||||
| Of which: | ||||||||
| Unwrought and powder | 207,000 | 811,000 | 179,000 | 902,000 | ||||
| Waste and scrap | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Other | 81,300 | ####### | 1,220 | 207,000 | ||||
| Total | 288,000 | ####### | 180,000 | ####### | ||||
| Cadmium sulfide, gross weight: | ||||||||
| Canada | -- | -- | 51 | 13,100 | ||||
| China | 50 | 5,000 | -- | -- | ||||
| Russia | 6,890 | 47,000 | 113,000 | 311,000 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 1,810 | 22,600 | 2,270 | 26,600 | ||||
| Total | 8,760 | 74,600 | 115,000 | 350,000 | ||||
| Total, calculated Cd content | 6,810 | XX | 89,700 | XX | ||||
| XX Not applicable. -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Includes imports of cadmium in alloys [Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) | ||||||||
| 8107.90] and waste and scrap (HTS 8107.30). | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program