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| TABLE 4 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF CHROMIUM MATERIALS, BY TYPE1 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| HTS2 code | Type | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | Principal destinations in 2006 | ||||||
| 2610.00.0000 | Chromite ore and concentrate, gross weight | 42,600,000 | $9,940 | 53,900,000 | $10,200 | China (47.7%); Sweden (40.8%); Canada (9.7%); Mexico (1.6%).�� | ||||||
| Metal and alloys, gross weight: | ||||||||||||
| 8112.21.0000 | Unwrought chromium powders | 169,000 | 2,940 | 262,000 | 4,200 | Mexico (26.3%); Canada (21.3%); Japan (17.4%); Germany (11.2%);�� | ||||||
| United Kingdom (7.0%); China (6.3%); Brazil (3.9%); Singapore (1.2%).�� | ||||||||||||
| 8112.22.0000 | Chromium metal waste and scrap | 227,000 | 4,260 | 208,000 | 3,730 | Japan (89%); Germany (6.8%); Singapore (1.7%); Taiwan (1.5%).�� | ||||||
| 8112.29.0000 | Chromium metal other than unwrought powders and� | 628,000 | 9,680 | 545,000 | 13,300 | Japan (76.5%); Taiwan (5.0%); Singapore (4.6%); Germany (2.0%);�� | ||||||
| waste and scrap | United Kingdom (1.7%); Columbia (1.6%); Peru (1.2%); Israel (1.1%);�� | |||||||||||
| China (1.0%).�� | ||||||||||||
| Total chromium metal | 1,020,000 | 16,900 | 1,020,000 | 21,300 | ||||||||
| Chromium ferroalloys: | ||||||||||||
| 7202.41.0000 | High-carbon ferrochromium:3 | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 30,700,000 | 31,100 | 18,800,000 | 15,600 | Netherlands (63.5%); Canada (18.1%); Mexico (15.7%).�� | |||||||
| Contained weight | 20,100,000 | XX | 11,200,000 | XX | ||||||||
| 7202.49.0000 | Low-carbon ferrochromium:4 | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 5,460,000 | 7,560 | 16,600,000 | 22,000 | Netherlands (71.3%); Mexico (11.2%); Canada (5.5%); Taiwan (3.2%);�� | |||||||
| Contained weight | 3,540,000 | XX | 9,960,000 | XX | Brazil (1.9%); Republic of Korea (1.7%); United Kingdom (1.4%);��� | |||||||
| Romania (1.2%).�� | ||||||||||||
| 7202.50.0000 | Ferrochromium-silicon: | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 147,000 | 186 | 248,000 | 480 | Mexico (51.6%); Canada (38.3%); Australia (7.6%); Chile (1.5%);�� | |||||||
| Contained weight | 51,400 | XX | 96,500 | XX | Turkey (1.0%).�� | |||||||
| Total chromium ferroalloys: | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 36,300,000 | 38,900 | 35,700,000 | 38,100 | ||||||||
| Contained weight | 23,700,000 | XX | 21,300,000 | XX | ||||||||
| Chemicals, gross weight: | ||||||||||||
| Chromium oxides: | ||||||||||||
| 2819.10.0000 | Chromium trioxide | 9,000,000 | 11,000 | 9,560,000 | 11,800 | United Kingdom (20.2%); India (16.6%); Brazil (15.4%); Republic of� | ||||||
| Korea (7.7%); Taiwan (5.5%); Belgium (3.7%); Chile (3.6%); China (3.3%);�� | ||||||||||||
| Mexico (3.0%); South Africa (2.8%); France (2.7%); Thailand (2.1%);�� | ||||||||||||
| Columbia (1.7%); Indonesia (1.7%); Japan (1.7%); Pakistan (1.3%);�� | ||||||||||||
| Germany (1.1%); Canada (1.0%).�� | ||||||||||||
| 2819.90.0000 | Other | 1,660,000 | 7,300 | 2,180,000 | 8,730 | Canada (27.9%); France (15.8%); Brazil (11.2%); Republic of Korea (5.7%);�� | ||||||
| Australia (4.4%); Thailand (3.8%); Chile (3.5%); China (3.0%);�� | ||||||||||||
| Malaysia (3.0%); Philippines (2.6%); Germany (2.4%); Mexico (2.3%);�� | ||||||||||||
| Taiwan (2.1%); Japan (1.8%); Argentina (1.7%); United Kingdom (1.7%).�� | ||||||||||||
| Total chromium oxides | 10,700,000 | 18,300 | 11,700,000 | 20,500 | ||||||||
| 2833.23.0000 | Chromium sulfates | 78,900 | 376 | 34,600 | 145 | Canada (26.3%); Republic of Korea (24.8%); Singapore (17.2%);�� | ||||||
| Hong Kong (16.2%); Dominican Republic (8.1%);�� | ||||||||||||
| United Kingdom (3.4%); Taiwan (2.5%); India (1.6%).�� | ||||||||||||
| Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids: | ||||||||||||
| 2841.20.0000 | Zinc and lead chromate | 65,500 | $269 | 73,800 | $703 | Canada (44.8%); Trinidad and Tobago (24.2%); Mexico (11.4%);�� | ||||||
| Netherlands Antilles (6.2%); Guatemala (3.4%); Antigua (3.3%);�� | ||||||||||||
| Singapore (1.9%); Jamaica (1.4%); Hungary (1.1%).�� | ||||||||||||
| 2841.30.0000 | Sodium dichromate | 37,200,000 | 25,000 | 28,900,000 | 20,700 | Japan (70.8%); Canada (9.2%); Germany (5.0%); Mexico (3.7%); Peru (2.4%);�� | ||||||
| Taiwan (1.6%); Republic of Korea (1.3%); Philippines (1.2%);� | ||||||||||||
| Brazil (1.1%).�� | ||||||||||||
| 2841.50.0000 | Other chromates, dichromates, and peroxochromates: | |||||||||||
| 2841.50.1000 | Potassium dichromate | 127,000 | 285 | 181,000 | 497 | Canada (99.4%).�� | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||
| TABLE 4�Continued | ||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF CHROMIUM MATERIALS, BY TYPE1 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| HTS2 code | Type | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | Principal destinations in 2006 | ||||||
| Chemicals, gross weight�Continued: | ||||||||||||
| Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids�Continued: | ||||||||||||
| 2841.50.0000 | Other chromates, dichromates, and | |||||||||||
| peroxochromates�Continued: | ||||||||||||
| 2841.50.9000 | Other | 529,000 | 1,650 | 667,000 | 2,570 | Hong Kong (35.6%); China (16.5%); Canada (10.7%); Taiwan (7.6%);�� | ||||||
| Mexico (6.7%); Republic of Korea (5.3%); Indonesia (3.2%);��� | ||||||||||||
| Belgium (2.8%); United Kingdom (2.5%); Thailand (1.6%); India (1.3%); | ||||||||||||
| �Argentina (1.2%).��� | ||||||||||||
| Total salts | 37,900,000 | 27,200 | 29,900,000 | 24,400 | ||||||||
| 3206.20.0000 | Pigments and preparations, gross weight | 767,000 | 4,090 | 1,330,000 | 6,620 | Canada (27.9%); Australia (22.7%); Mexico (19.2%); Colombia (5.1%);�� | ||||||
| Germany (2.3%); Brazil (2.2%); Guatemala (2.2%); Jamaica (1.9%);�� | ||||||||||||
| Italy (1.6%); Barbados (1.5%); Republic of Korea (1.5%); Taiwan (1.5%);�� | ||||||||||||
| China (1.1%); Peru(1.0%).�� | ||||||||||||
| XX Not applicable.���� | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.�� | ||||||||||||
| 2Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States of America.�� | ||||||||||||
| 3More than 4% carbon.�� | ||||||||||||
| 4Not more than 4% carbon.�� | ||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau.�� | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program