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| TABLE- 13 | ||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF CONSTRUCTION SAND | ||||||||||
| AND GRAVEL, BY COUNTRY 1 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||
| Value, | Value, | |||||||||
| Country or territory | Quantity- | c.i.f.2 | Quantity- | c.i.f.2 | ||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 4 | 94 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| Australia | 2 | 604 | 7 | 819 | ||||||
| Bahamas, The | 81 | 1,490 | 181 | 2,620 | ||||||
| Canada | 2,540 | 47,500 | 2,190 | 42,100 | ||||||
| China | 19 | 2,580 | 10 | 2,810 | ||||||
| Germany | (3) | 327 | 1 | 576 | ||||||
| Japan | (3) | 154 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Mexico | 228 | 5,680 | 226 | 37,000 | ||||||
| New Zealand | 4 | 755 | 5 | 1,490 | ||||||
| Peru | 3 | 683 | 4 | 820 | ||||||
| Philippines | (3) | 70 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Other | 95 | 6,120 | - | 48 | 7,580 | |||||
| Total- | 2,980 | 66,100 | 2,670 | 95,900 | ||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to | ||||||||||
| totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Cost, insurance, and freight. Value of material at U.S. port of entry; based on | ||||||||||
| -purchase price and includes all charges (except U.S. import duties) in bringing | ||||||||||
| material from foreign country to alongside carrier. | ||||||||||
| 3Less than - unit. | ||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
