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| TABLE 14 | |||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF CLAYS, BY TYPE1 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||
| Material | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Principal destinations, 2006 | ||||||
| Ball clay | ��� 141 | �� 8,840 | ��� 140 | ����� 7,890 | Mexico, 35%; United Kingdom, 19%; Venezuela, 1 | ||||||
| Bentonite | ��� 847 | �98,500 | �1,270 | � 132,000 | Canada, 36%; Japan, 33%; Saudi Arabia, 7%. | ||||||
| Fire clay | ��� 368 | �34,400 | ��� 348 | ��� 38,100 | Mexico, 52%; Luxembourg, 24%. | ||||||
| Fuller�s earth | ����� 55 | �13,500 | ����� 69 | ��� 16,400 | Netherlands, 19%; Canada, 16%; United Kingdom, 14%. | ||||||
| Kaolin | �3,580 | ###### | �3,540 | � 626,000 | Japan, 21%; Canada, 17%; Finland, 10%; Mexico, 9%; | ||||||
| �China, 8%; Taiwan, 6%. | |||||||||||
| Clays, n.e.c. | ��� 634 | ###### | ��� 607 | � 181,000 | Canada, 43%; Japan, 17%; Mexico, 9%. | ||||||
| Total | �5,620 | ###### | �5,980 | ######## | |||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program