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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||
| U.S IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF TANTALUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES, | ||||||||
| BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | |||||||
| Gross weight | Value | Gross weight | Value | |||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| Australia | 1,920 | $71,600 | 1,330 | $55,700 | ||||
| Austria2 | -- | -- | (3) | 4 | ||||
| Bolivia | 3 | 77 | -- | -- | ||||
| Brazil | 66 | 1,150 | -- | -- | ||||
| Canada | 250 | 5,500 | 250 | 4,420 | ||||
| China | 2 | 224 | (3) | 17 | ||||
| Cote d'Ivoire | 1 | 46 | -- | -- | ||||
| Mozambique | 34 | 909 | -- | -- | ||||
| Netherlands2 | 1 | 50 | -- | -- | ||||
| Nigeria | 29 | 670 | -- | -- | ||||
| Russia | (3) | 11 | (3) | 5 | ||||
| Rwanda | 34 | 809 | -- | -- | ||||
| Sierra Leone | 10 | 40 | -- | -- | ||||
| South Africa | 1 | 79 | -- | -- | ||||
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 2,330 | -- | -- | ||||
| Total | 2,400 | 83,500 | 1,580 | 60,100 | ||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Presumably country of transshipment rather than original source. | ||||||||
| 3Less than 1/2 unit. | ||||||||
| Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Geological Survey. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program