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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF CHROMIUM MATERIALS, BY TYPE1 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Value3 | Quantity | Value3 | |||||||||
| HTS2 code | Type | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | Principal sources in 2006 | ||||||
| Chromite ore: | ||||||||||||
| 2610.00.0020 | Not more than 40% Cr2O3: | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 36,000 | $17 | 117,000 | $9 | China (93.2%); Canada (6.8%). | |||||||
| Cr2O3 content | 11,000 | XX | 45,000 | XX | ||||||||
| 2610.00.0040 | More than 40%, but less than 46% Cr2O3: | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 29,700,000 | 2,400 | 3,810,000 | 674 | South Africa (100%). | |||||||
| Cr2O3 content | 13,700,000 | XX | 1,750,000 | XX | ||||||||
| 2610.00.0060 | 46% or more Cr2O3: | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 135,000,000 | 20,700 | 146,000,000 | 22,800 | South Africa (100%). | |||||||
| Cr2O3 content | 63,600,000 | XX | 76,300,000 | XX | ||||||||
| Total chromite ore: | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 165,000,000 | 23,100 | 150,000,000 | 23,500 | ||||||||
| Cr2O3 content | 77,300,000 | XX | 78,100,000 | XX | ||||||||
| Chromium ferroalloys: | ||||||||||||
| 7202.49.5090 | Not more than 0.5% carbon: | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 43,000,000 | 68,500 | 28,100,000 | 48,000 | Russia (47.6%); Germany (21.1%); Kazakhstan (11.9%); Japan (9.9%);� | |||||||
| Cr content | 29,300,000 | XX | 19,300,000 | XX | South Africa (6.4%); China (2.5%). | |||||||
| 7202.49.5010 | More than 0.5%, but less than 3% carbon: | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 3,530,000 | 4,330 | 29,000 | 35,500 | South Africa (65.5%); China (34.5%). | |||||||
| Cr content | 2,300,000 | XX | 22,700 | XX | ||||||||
| 7202.49.1000 | More than 3%, but less than 4% carbon: | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Cr content | -- | XX | -- | XX | ||||||||
| 7202.41.0000 | More than 4% carbon: | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 398,000,000 | 303,000 | 393,000,000 | 273,000 | South Africa (48.4%); Kazakhstan (25.1%); Zimbabwe (15.0%); Russia (11.3%). | |||||||
| Cr content | 232,000,000 | XX | 230,000,000 | XX | ||||||||
| 7202.50.0000 | Ferrochromium-silicon: | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 33,700,000 | 31,600 | 38,300,000 | 32,200 | Kazakhstan (65.3%); Russia (22.8%); South Africa (11.7%).�� | |||||||
| Cr content | 14,100,000 | XX | 15,900,000 | |||||||||
| Total chromium ferroalloys: | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 478,000,000 | 408,000 | 459,000,000 | 389,000 | ||||||||
| Cr content | 278,000,000 | XX | 265,000,000 | XX | ||||||||
| Chromium metal, gross weight: | ||||||||||||
| 8112.21.1000 | Unwrought chromium powders | 1,050,000 | 15,000 | 1,250,000 | 17,000 | Russia (51.6%); China (17.7%); United Kingdom (14.5%); Japan (11.2%);�� | ||||||
| Germany (2.3%); Spain (1.5%). | ||||||||||||
| 8112.22.0000 | Waste and scrap | 57,500 | 564 | 90,400 | 864 | Singapore (47.9%); Japan (26.6%); Germany (12.0%); United Kingdom | ||||||
| (11.2%); Taiwan (1.3%); France (0.9%). | ||||||||||||
| 8112.29.0000 | Other than waste and scrap | 9,850,000 | 72,100 | 9,540,000 | 71,100 | Russia (28.9%); France (26.5%); China (26.1%); United Kingdom (14.9%);���� | ||||||
| Spain (2.5%); Germany (0.6%). | ||||||||||||
| Total chromium metal | 11,000,000 | 87,700 | 10,900,000 | 89,000 | ||||||||
| Chemicals, gross weight: | ||||||||||||
| Chromium oxides and hydroxides: | ||||||||||||
| 2819.10.0000 | Chromium trioxide | 11,400,000 | 21,600 | 9,090,000 | 17,900 | Turkey (50.4%); Kazakhstan (30.2%); United Kingdom (6.6%); South Africa�� | ||||||
| (5.7%); China (4.4%); Colombia (1.5%); Germany (0.8%). | ||||||||||||
| 2819.90.0000 | Other | 3,200,000 | 11,000 | 2,300,000 | 8,080 | China (66.0%); Germany (15.5%); Japan (9.4%); United Kingdom (5.2%);�� | ||||||
| Russia (1.3%); Israel (0.8%); Poland (.8%).�� | ||||||||||||
| Total oxides | 14,600,000 | 32,600 | 11,400,000 | 26,000 | ||||||||
| 2833.23.0000 | Sulfates of chromium | 288,000 | 438 | 422,000 | 823 | United Kingdom (86.3%); China (8.1%); India (5.6%).�� | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||
| TABLE 6�Continued | ||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF CHROMIUM MATERIALS, BY TYPE1 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Value3 | Quantity | Value3 | |||||||||
| HTS2 code | Type | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | Principal sources in 2006 | ||||||
| Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids: | ||||||||||||
| 2841.20.0000 | Chromates of lead and zinc | 614,000 | 1,440 | 416,000 | 1,060 | Republic of Korea (73.7%); Colombia (20.1%); Austria (2.4%); Japan (2.4%);�� | ||||||
| China (1.5%).�� | ||||||||||||
| 2841.30.0000 | Sodium dichromate | 8,980,000 | 5,360 | 16,100,000 | 11,000 | United Kingdom (98.4%); China (1.0%).�� | ||||||
| 2841.50.0000 | Other chromates and dichromates; | |||||||||||
| Peroxochromates: | ||||||||||||
| 2841.50.1000 | Potassium dichromate | 84,000 | 156 | 4,450 | 32 | India (44.9%); Mexico (37.1%); Japan (18.0%).�� | ||||||
| 2841.50.9000 | Other | 212,000 | 507 | 299,000 | 676 | Austria (76.5%); China (23.1%).�� | ||||||
| Total salts: | 9,890,000 | 7,460 | 16,800,000 | 12,700 | ||||||||
| 2849.90.2000 | Chromium carbide | 131,000 | $2,150 | 126,000 | $2,000 | Japan (46.2%); Canada (18.0%); Germany (13.5%); Austria (12.0%);�� | ||||||
| United Kingdom (9.9%).�� | ||||||||||||
| Pigments and preparations based on chromium, | ||||||||||||
| gross weight: | ||||||||||||
| 3206.20.0010 | Chrome yellow� | 4,770,000 | 13,600 | 4,080,000 | 12,600 | Canada (39.2%); Republic of Korea (28.1%); China (12.7%); Mexico (12.3%);���� | ||||||
| Czech Republic (2.2%); Germany (1.6%); Colombia (1.2%); Japan (1.2%);�� | ||||||||||||
| Venezuela (1.2%).�� | ||||||||||||
| 3206.20.0020 | Molybdenum orange | 983,000 | 4,780 | 822,000 | 5,110 | Canada (87.3%); Mexico (8.5%); India (1.7%); Germany (1.5%).�� | ||||||
| 3206.20.0030 | Zinc yellow� | 11,000 | 28 | 31,000 | 78 | Germany (54.9%); China (25.8%); Mexico (19.3%).�� | ||||||
| 3206.20.0050 | Other� | 1,750,000 | 3,700 | 1,620,000 | 3,880 | France (60.0%); Canada (23.0%); China (6.5%); Poland (3.5%); Japan (2.8%);�� | ||||||
| Total pigments: | 7,510,000 | 22,100 | 6,550,000 | 21,600 | ||||||||
| XX Not applicable.� -- Zero.�� | ||||||||||||
| 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 code.�� | ||||||||||||
| 3Customs import value generally represents a value in the foreign country and therefore excludes U.S. import duties, freight, insurance, and other charges incurred in bringing the merchandise into the��������� | ||||||||||||
| United States. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program