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| TABLE 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF COPPER SEMIMANUFACTURES, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipes and tubing | Plates, sheets, foil, bars | Bare wire, including wire rod2 | Wire and cable, stranded | Copper sulfate | ||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | Quantity | Quantity | Quantity | ||||||||||||||||
| (metric tons, | Value | (metric tons, | Value | (metric tons, | Value | (metric tons, | Value | (metric tons, | Value | |||||||||||
| Country | copper) | (thousands) | copper) | (thousands) | copper) | (thousands) | copper) | (thousands) | copper) | (thousands) | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 24,800 | $102,000 | 29,600 | $120,000 | 148,000 | $464,000 | 32,400 | $175,000 | 1,440 | $1,710 | ||||||||||
| 2005: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 26 | 103 | 25 | 109 | 3 | 58 | 91 | 2,540 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 38 | 207 | 36 | 910 | 4 | 85 | 69 | 1,160 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Canada | 7,140 | 36,400 | 14,500 | 70,300 | 16,200 | 67,700 | 5,870 | 28,400 | 1,530 | 2,040 | ||||||||||
| China | 71 | 267 | 615 | 3,530 | 3,110 | 6,110 | 2,960 | 7,540 | 353 | 525 | ||||||||||
| Denmark | -- | -- | 9 | 58 | 16 | 147 | 38 | 495 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| France | 19 | 66 | 65 | 805 | 179 | 2,020 | 192 | 2,220 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Germany | 50 | 133 | 136 | 1,310 | 206 | 3,570 | 154 | 3,520 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 43 | 195 | 1,060 | 5,890 | 64 | 779 | 245 | 3,100 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Italy | -- | -- | 6 | 142 | 4 | 105 | 85 | 391 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Japan | 8 | 76 | 501 | 3,370 | 34 | 265 | 430 | 3,780 | 38 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 10 | 53 | 1,670 | 4,990 | 374 | 1,040 | 270 | 3,100 | 20 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | 258 | 1,690 | 263 | 1,810 | 83 | 452 | 10 | 289 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 20,100 | 88,100 | 7,710 | 28,400 | 132,000 | 517,000 | 18,700 | 98,200 | 79 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 20 | 159 | 201 | 1,130 | 30 | 408 | 104 | 1,390 | 105 | 187 | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 362 | 1,820 | -3 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 72 | 423 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Singapore | 40 | 415 | 158 | 1,230 | 14 | 245 | 328 | 3,470 | 25 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Sweden | -- | -- | 20 | 257 | 22 | 355 | 17 | 644 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Taiwan | 20 | 106 | 121 | 1,530 | 19 | 214 | 383 | 1,880 | 11 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Thailand | -3 | 13 | 352 | 2,090 | 68 | 486 | 26 | 972 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 56 | 312 | 91 | 1,200 | 153 | 1,060 | 82 | 2,460 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Other | 954 | 4,510 | 920 | 7,110 | 1,600 | 6,200 | 8,680 | 46,100 | 1,050 | 1,540 | ||||||||||
| Total | 29,200 | 135,000 | 28,500 | 136,000 | 154,000 | 608,000 | 38,800 | 212,000 | 3,220 | 4,520 | ||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Total revised exports of wire rod in 2004 were 128,563 metric tons (t) valued at $389 million, and in 2005, wire rod exports were 137,515 t valued at $530 million. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Less than � unit. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau, adjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey for misclassified wire rod shipments to Mexico. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program