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| TABLE 14 | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF CLAYS, BY TYPE1, 2 | ||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Material | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Principal destinations in 2007 | |||||||||
| Ball clay | ������� 140 | ������� 7,890 | ��������� 83 | �������� 5,610 | Mexico, 47%; Venezuela, 9%; Guatemala, 6%. | |||||||||
| Bentonite | ���� 1,270 | ��� 132,000 | ���� 1,430 | ���� 158,000 | Canada, 36%; Japan, 23%; Netherlands, 17%. | |||||||||
| Fire clay | ������� 348 | ����� 38,100 | ������� 425 | ������ 47,700 | Mexico, 40%; Luxembourg, 37%; Japan, 6%. | |||||||||
| Fuller�s earth | ��������� 69 | ����� 16,400 | ������� 134 | ������ 37,700 | Japan, 25%; Belgium, 10%; Netherlands, 8%. | |||||||||
| Kaolin | ���� 3,540 | ��� 626,000 | ���� 3,300 | ���� 615,000 | Japan, 21%; Canada, 14%; Mexico, 11%; Finland, 10%.� | |||||||||
| Clays, n.e.c. | ������� 607 | ��� 181,000 | ������� 279 | ������ 63,600 | Canada, 57%; Japan, 7%; Mexico, 7%. | |||||||||
| Total | ���� 5,980 | # | �1,000,000 | # | ���� 5,650 | ���� 928,000 | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||
| 2 The Harmonized Tariff Scheudle of the United States (HTS) codes for ball clay, fuller's earth and clays, n.e.c. changed January 2007.� | ||||||||||||||
| Lower reported exports of ball clay and clays, n.e.c. in 2007 perhaps is do to accounting problems under the new HTS codes� | ||||||||||||||
| rather than an actual decrease in export tonnages. | ||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program