|
| TABLE 16 | ||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL IN 2006, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
| Sand | Gravel | |||||||||
| Value, | Value, | |||||||||
| Country or Territory | Quantity� | f.a.s.2 | Quantity� | f.a.s.2 | ||||||
| North America: | ||||||||||
| Canada | 57 | 3,760 | 368 | 3,410 | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 156 | (3) | 6 | ||||||
| Guatemala | (3) | 157 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Mexico | 10 | 2,290 | (3) | 28 | ||||||
| Other4 | 7 | 905 | 18 | 539 | ||||||
| Total | 76 | 7,260 | 387 | 3,980 | ||||||
| South America: | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | 1,350 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Colombia | 1 | 224 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Peru | (3) | 4 | (3) | 6 | ||||||
| Venezuela | (3) | 222 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Other5 | 4 | 1,620 | -- | -- | ||||||
| �Total | 7 | 3,410 | (3) | 6 | ||||||
| Europe: | ||||||||||
| Belgium | (3) | 112 | (3) | 9 | ||||||
| Denmark | 1 | 927 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Finland | -- | -- | 2 | 61 | ||||||
| France | (3) | 20 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Germany | 1 | 334 | (3) | 17 | ||||||
| Norway | (3) | 6 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Sweden | (3) | 32 | -- | -- | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 1 | 611 | 1 | 79 | ||||||
| Other6 | (3) | 737 | 10 | 46 | ||||||
| Total | 5 | 2,780 | 14 | 212 | ||||||
| Asia: | ||||||||||
| China | 2 | 662 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Japan | (3) | 115 | 1 | 69 | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of | (3) | 61 | (3) | 5 | ||||||
| Taiwan | 20 | 3,630 | (3) | 4 | ||||||
| Other7 | 1 | 271 | (3) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 22 | 4,740 | 1 | 84 | ||||||
| Oceania8 | (3) | 80 | (3) | 92 | ||||||
| Middle East9 | 1 | 255 | (3) | 35 | ||||||
| Africa10 | 2 | 1,130 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Grand total | 113 | 19,700 | 402 | 4,410 | ||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Free alongside ship. Value of material at U.S. port of export; based on transaction price, | ||||||||||
| including all charges incurred in placing material alongside ship. | ||||||||||
| 3Less than � unit. | ||||||||||
| 4Includes Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin� | ||||||||||
| Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica, Martinique, the Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Christopher, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago,� | ||||||||||
| and Turks and Caicos Islands. | ||||||||||
| 5Includes Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, and Guyana. | ||||||||||
| 6Includes Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lativa, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland,� | ||||||||||
| Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine. | ||||||||||
| 7Includes Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore,� | ||||||||||
| and Thailand. | ||||||||||
| 8Includes Australia and New Zealand.�� | ||||||||||
| 9Includes Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. | ||||||||||
| 10Includes Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Guinea, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, and the Republic of� | ||||||||||
| South Africa. | ||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program