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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. FOREIGN TRADE IN NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM METAL AND ALLOYS, BY CLASS1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| � | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gross mass | Value | Gross mass | Value | Principal destinations and sources, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| HTS code | Class | (kilograms) | (thousands)� | (kilograms) | (thousands)� | (gross mass in kilograms and values in thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||
| Exports:2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Niobium | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2615.90.6030 | Ores and concentrates | 43,400 | $398 | 68,600 | $914 | South Africa 28,500, $462; United Kingdom 17,400, $261; Germany 8,580, $63; | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland 6,570, $46; Italy 4,860, $34. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2825.90.1500 | Oxide | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||||
| 7202.93.0000 | Ferroniobium | 410,000 | 4,210 | 706,000 | 6,680 | Canada 415,000, $4,320; Mexico 174,000, $1,583; France 79,900, $428;� | |||||||||||||
| South Africa 15,300, $168; Netherlands 19,400, $139; Taiwan 1,820, $29. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8112.92.4000 | Unwrought | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||||
| ��� Tantalum: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2615.90.3000 | Synthetic concentrates | 66,500 | 156 | 213,000 | $2,010 | Germany 20,000, $1,670; Brazil 185,000, $287; Mexico 4,010, $11. | |||||||||||||
| 2615.90.6060 | Ores and concentrates | 479,000 | 9,140 | 571,000 | 11,400 | NA. | |||||||||||||
| 8103.20.0030 | Unwrought, powders | 242,000 | 112,000 | 112,000 | 52,300 | Israel 41,300, $27,100; El Salvador 11,000, $5,000; Germany 12,000, $4,420; | |||||||||||||
| �Sweden 16,000, $2,550, Japan 4,850, $2,090. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8103.20.0090 | Unwrought, alloys and metal | 9,990 | 2,690 | 313,000 | 12,900 | Belgium 291,000, $7,700; Japan 9,350, $3,480; France 2,480, $947;� | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands 5,020, $704. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8103.30.0000 | Waste and scrap | 447,000 | 21,200 | 186,000 | 8,240 | United Kingdom 62,300, $2,950; Kazakhstan 44,700, $1,960;� | |||||||||||||
| Hong Kong 60,300, $1,520; Austria 10,200, $764;� Canada 5,430, $508. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8103.90.0000 | Wrought | 110,000 | 49,000 | 90,800 | 39,100 | Japan 29,400, $11,600; Israel 7,010, $4,980; Thailand 8,890, $3,010;� | |||||||||||||
| Germany 21,200, $7,500; Kazakhstan 5,760, $2,950; France 7,160, $3,370. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total, exports | XX | 199,000 | XX | 133,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Niobium: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2615.90.6030 | Ores and concentrates | 9,770 | 118 | 5,170 | 98 | Brazil 3,600, $56; China 1,090, $31; Singapore 250, $7. | |||||||||||||
| 2825.90.1500 | Oxide | 946,000 | 13,400 | 1,090,000 | 15,300 | Brazil 515,000, $6,780; Germany 71,010, $2,710; China 217,000, $2,470. | |||||||||||||
| Ferroniobium: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7202.93.4000 | Silicon < 0.4% | 1,100,000 | 12,800 | 1,090,000 | 14,800 | Brazil 646, $9,390; Canada 326, $3,450; Germany 122, $1,960. | |||||||||||||
| 7202.93.8000 | Other | 7,260,000 | 58,900 | 11,400,000 | 99,500 | Brazil 11,100, $96,100; Canada 654, $6,510; Germany 6, $378. | |||||||||||||
| Total, ferroniobium | 8,350,000 | 71,700 | 12,500,000 | 114,000 | |||||||||||||||
| 8112.92.4000 | Unwrought, alloys, metal, powder | 1,380,000 | 26,700 | 1,450,000 | 30,900 | Brazil 1,190,000 $24,300; Estonia 148,000, $4,080, Germany 55,200, $1,560; | |||||||||||||
| China 46,500, $5,850. | |||||||||||||||||||
| ��� Tantalum: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2615.90.3000 | Synthetic concentrates | -- | -- | 630 | 14 | All from China. | |||||||||||||
| 2615.90.6060 | Ores and concentrates | 1,250,000 | 43,800 | 1,060,000 | 42,300 | Australia 808,800, $35,300; Canada 226,000, $6,330; Nigeria 25,000, $633. | |||||||||||||
| 8103.20.0030 | Unwrought powders | 233,000 | 63,100 | 302,000 | 78,900 | Thailand 95,000*, $22,900; Germany 89,400, $19,700; Japan 72,000, $27,600;� | |||||||||||||
| China 43,000, $8,440. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8103.20.0090 | Unwrought, alloys and metal� | 174,000 | 24,700 | 191,000 | 26,900 | Kazakhstan 109,000, $15,000; Estonia 25,100, $3,620; China 21,700, $6,880;� | |||||||||||||
| Germany 18,480, $1,880; Hong Kong 8,770, $1,870. | |||||||||||||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||||||||||
| TABLE 5�Continued | |||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. FOREIGN TRADE IN NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM METAL AND ALLOYS, BY CLASS1 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gross mass | Value | Gross mass | Value | Principal destinations and sources, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| HTS code | Class | (kilograms) | (thousands)� | (kilograms) | (thousands)� | (gross mass in kilograms and values in thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||
| Imports�Conitnued:2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tantalum�Continued: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8103.30.0000 | �Waste and scrap | 758,000 | 17,500 | 304,000 | 14,100 | Austria 30,900, $3,580; China 24,420, $2,410; Germany 35,640, $2,040; | |||||||||||||
| � Japan 41,600, $14,100; United Kingdom 74,900, $1,950.� | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8103.90.0000 | �Wrought | 78,500 | 17,100 | 37,800 | 11,200 | China 21,700, $6,880; Kazakhstan 11,900, $2,990; Germany 1,030, $381;�� | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom 236, $167. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total, imports | XX | 278,000 | XX | 334,000 | |||||||||||||||
| NA Not available. XX Not applicable.� -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2For niobium, data on exports of metal and alloys in unwrought and wrought form, including waste and scrap, are not available; included in nonspecific tariff classification. | |||||||||||||||||||
| *Correction posted March 31, 2008. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; data adjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey. | |||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program