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| TABLE 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF COPPER SEMIMANUFACTURES, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipes and tubing | Plates, sheets, foil, bars | Bare wire, including wire rod2 | Wire and cable, stranded | Copper sulfate | |||||||||||||||||
| Quantity��� | Value3��� | Quantity��� | Value3� | Quantity��� | Value3 �� | Quantity��� | Value3��� | Quantity��� | Value3��� | ||||||||||||
| Country | (metric tons)� | (thousands)� | (metric tons)� | (thousands)� | (metric tons)� | (thousands)� | (metric tons)� | (thousands)� | (metric tons)� | (thousands)� | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 505 | $3,310 | 71,800 | $347,000 | 385,000 | $1,480,000 | � | 11,600 | $45,600 | 55,900 | $64,000 | ||||||||||
| 2006: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 6 | 12 | 116 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Belgium | -- | -- | 97 | 1,150 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 137 | 308 | |||||||||||
| Brazil | 15 | 98 | 1,300 | 10,000 | 29,500 | 189,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Canada | 53 | 561 | 6,100 | 45,900 | 169,000 | 1,160,000 | 232 | 2,900 | 10,700 | 12,200 | |||||||||||
| Chile | 22 | 175 | 6,860 | 52,700 | 20 | 91 | -- | -- | 1,970 | 3,830 | |||||||||||
| China | 177 | 1,300 | 1,860 | 12,700 | 283 | 1,840 | 10,500 | 18,500 | 10,900 | 16,900 | |||||||||||
| Finland | 15 | 231 | 3,370 | 29,300 | 979 | 9,360 | (4) | 17 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| France | 20 | 723 | 3,000 | 21,600 | 499 | 6,770 | 26 | 423 | 19 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Germany | 541 | 5,270 | 24,100 | 170,000 | 1,010 | 8,790 | 572 | 5,660 | 232 | 376 | |||||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 4 | 42 | -- | -- | 3,140 | 28,200 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Italy | 15 | 121 | 2,240 | 15,500 | 46 | 198 | 195 | 1,030 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | 41 | 3,650 | 32,100 | 412 | 4,210 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 228 | |||||||||||
| Luxembourg | -- | -- | 2,090 | 26,900 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Mexico | 169 | 1,550 | 2,440 | 19,300 | 44,000 | 286,000 | 1,280 | 5,430 | 24,200 | 50,200 | |||||||||||
| Norway | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Peru | -- | -- | 3,750 | 25,800 | 269 | 1,910 | 189 | 1,210 | 981 | 1,730 | |||||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | 2,020 | 10,900 | 106,000 | 725,000 | (4) | 38 | 20 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Sweden | (4) | 4 | 8,740 | 69,800 | 30 | 189 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Taiwan | (4) | 3 | 173 | 2,160 | 119 | 565 | 15 | 458 | 4,300 | 5,890 | |||||||||||
| Turkey | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7,630 | 56,900 | 4,680 | 37,900 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 3 | 52 | 394 | 2,280 | 93 | 562 | 4 | 64 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
| Other | 5 | 171 | 3,480 | 25,200 | 762 | 4,150 | 880 | 6,760 | 83 | 142 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1,040 | 10,300 | 75,700 | 574,000 | 360,000 | 2,460,000 | 21,700 | 109,000 | 53,600 | 91,900 | |||||||||||
| -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Total imports of wire rod in 2005 were 366,000 metric tons (t) valued at $138 million, and in 2006, wire rod imports were 350,000 t valued at $237 million.� | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Cost, insurance, freight value at U.S. port. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4Less than � unit. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program