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TABLE 15
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF CLAY, BY TYPE 1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)
 
    2009   2010    
Material   Quantity   Value   Quantity   Value   Principal sources in 2010
China clay or kaolin   281   68,700   239   56,300   Brazil, 94%.
Fire clay (2) 133 (2) 179 Canada, 50%; Germany, 48%.
Decolorizing earths and fuller-s earth 1 96 2 160 Japan, 79%; China, 21%.
Bentonite- 8 2,460 16 4,670 Greece, 46%; Mexico, 23%; Canada, 17%.
Common blue clay and other ball clay -- -- 1 138 United Kingdom, 70%; Canada, 30%.
Other clay 8 3,940 7 4,560 Peru, 41%; Canada, 38%.
Chamotte or Dina-s Earth (2) 165 (2) 110 Czech Republic, 69%; Sweden, 21%.
Artificially activated clay and earth 27 28,800 19 25,800 Mexico, 70%; Germany, 17%.
Total 325   104,000   284   92,000
-- Zero.                    
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Less than - unit.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; as adjusted by U.S. Geological Survey.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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