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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 | Quantity | Quantity | Quantity | Quantity | ||||||||||||||||
| (metric tons, | Value3��� | (metric tons, | Value3��� | (metric tons, | Value3��� | (metric tons, | Value3��� | (metric tons, | Value3��� | |||||||||||
| Country | copper) | (thousands)� | copper) | (thousands)� | copper) | (thousands)� | copper) | (thousands)� | copper) | (thousands)� | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 957 | $5,090 | 83,600 | $335,000 | 242,000 | $842,000 | � | 7,920 | $34,100 | 56,100 | $55,100 | |||||||||
| 2005: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 248 | 879 | -- | -- | 1 | 21 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Belgium | 1 | 20 | 122 | 644 | -- | -- | (4) | 10 | 287 | 349 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 10 | 57 | 636 | 3,230 | 36,800 | 139,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Canada | 167 | 939 | 6,080 | 31,400 | 156,000 | 597,000 | 377 | 2,410 | 8,290 | 9,230 | ||||||||||
| Chile | 7 | 37 | 6,130 | 27,000 | -- | -- | 44 | 163 | 541 | 625 | ||||||||||
| China | 124 | 632 | 1,700 | 8,970 | 201 | 849 | 4,400 | 7,810 | 6,460 | 6,930 | ||||||||||
| Finland | 9 | 160 | 3,500 | 20,900 | 496 | 2,400 | 42 | 253 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| France | 2 | 223 | 3,470 | 15,900 | 362 | 4,290 | 27 | 420 | 37 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 104 | 539 | 24,800 | 112,000 | 897 | 5,530 | 433 | 3,060 | 3 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 5 | 100 | 5 | 43 | 2,210 | 13,900 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Italy | (4) | 12 | 1,940 | 8,540 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 13 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Japan | 4 | 49 | 2,920 | 17,000 | 227 | 2,020 | 5 | 57 | 33 | 180 | ||||||||||
| Luxembourg | -- | -- | 928 | 8,120 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 45 | 326 | 1,810 | 8,620 | 77,800 | 286,000 | 2,780 | 10,000 | 34,600 | 40,900 | ||||||||||
| Norway | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Peru | -- | -- | 4,720 | 19,900 | 743 | 3,140 | 190 | 802 | 1,050 | 1,230 | ||||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | (4) | 7 | 102,000 | 392,000 | -- | -- | 196 | 258 | ||||||||||
| Sweden | (4) | 7 | 9,500 | 48,400 | 67 | 357 | (4) | 2 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Taiwan | 2 | 38 | 26 | 255 | 128 | 610 | 24 | 437 | 3,950 | 3,760 | ||||||||||
| Turkey | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8,120 | 40,000 | 652 | 3,340 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 14 | 86 | 401 | 1,760 | 556 | 2,620 | 14 | 155 | (4) | 4 | ||||||||||
| Other | 15 | 183 | 2,780 | 13,500 | 301 | 2,580 | 365 | 2,740 | 442 | 450 | ||||||||||
| Total | 505 | 3,310 | 71,800 | 347,000 | 385,000 | 1,480,000 | 11,600 | 45,600 | 55,900 | 64,000 | ||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Total revised imports of wire rod in 2004 were 227,791 metric tons (t) valued at $709 million, and in 2005, wire rod imports were 365,901 t valued at $1.38 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