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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
