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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 | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands)� | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 29,200 | $135,000 | 28,500 | $136,000 | 154,000 | $608,000 | 38,800 | $212,000 | 3,220 | $4,520 | |||||||||||
| 2006: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 32 | 298 | 66 | 368 | 47 | 410 | 27 | 463 | 177 | 1,150 | |||||||||||
| Brazil | 141 | 1,260 | 48 | 515 | 118 | 821 | 83 | 1,270 | 78 | 547 | |||||||||||
| Canada | 5,880 | 50,100 | 17,600 | 130,000 | 17,800 | 119,000 | 4,310 | 32,200 | 4,540 | 16,200 | |||||||||||
| China | 107 | 710 | 1,180 | 6,800 | 4,670 | 15,300 | 3,740 | 15,200 | 3,080 | 19,700 | |||||||||||
| Denmark | (3) | 9 | 9 | 157 | 2 | 59 | 47 | 449 | 92 | 608 | |||||||||||
| France | 3 | 46 | 121 | 1,500 | 154 | 1,830 | 188 | 3,700 | 90 | 647 | |||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | 32 | 296 | 3,400 | 256 | 2,180 | 188 | 5,290 | 353 | 2,270 | |||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 31 | 257 | 183 | 3,890 | 130 | 1,290 | 230 | 3,260 | 22 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Italy | 2 | 22 | 24 | 540 | 26 | 289 | 81 | 1,190 | 258 | 1,730 | |||||||||||
| Japan | 41 | 423 | 559 | 4,510 | 15 | 339 | 96 | 2,090 | 1,200 | 7,900 | |||||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 65 | 844 | 1,200 | 4,540 | 77 | 1,920 | 886 | 5,640 | 3,810 | 22,700 | |||||||||||
| Malaysia | 83 | 209 | 1,230 | 10,100 | 47 | 293 | 44 | 678 | 445 | 3,110 | |||||||||||
| Mexico | 23,600 | 172,000 | 7,240 | 43,100 | 139,000 | 959,000 | 14,400 | 93,000 | 182 | 646 | |||||||||||
| Netherlands | 83 | 882 | 131 | 730 | 42 | 483 | 152 | 2,040 | 620 | 4,450 | |||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 211 | 1,630 | 80 | 651 | 2 | 17 | 113 | 982 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Singapore | 8 | 72 | 185 | 1,590 | 32 | 270 | 234 | 3,230 | 591 | 4,080 | |||||||||||
| Sweden | (3) | 3 | 4 | 70 | 25 | 687 | 11 | 459 | 2,110 | 10,500 | |||||||||||
| Taiwan | 20 | 136 | 205 | 2,050 | 1,140 | 7,930 | 703 | 3,830 | 975 | 6,390 | |||||||||||
| Thailand | 7 | 56 | 399 | 3,200 | 110 | 460 | 65 | 773 | 38 | 164 | |||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 83 | 698 | 136 | 1,790 | 197 | 1,550 | 156 | 3,470 | 1,470 | 9,450 | |||||||||||
| Other | 851 | 7,100 | 917 | 8,390 | 1,100 | 10,500 | 8,110 | 52,400 | 1,580 | 11,100 | |||||||||||
| Total | 31,300 | 237,000 | 31,800 | 228,000 | 165,000 | 1,120,000 | 33,900 | 232,000 | 21,700 | 123,000 | |||||||||||
| -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Total exports of wire rod in 2005 were 138,000 metric tons (t) valued at $530 million, and in 2006, wire rod exports were 144,000 t valued at $992 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