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| TABLE 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF COPPER SCRAP, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Unalloyed copper scrap | Copper-alloy scrap | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | 2005 | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||||
| (metric tons, | Value | (metric tons, | Value | (metric tons, | Value | (metric tons, | Value | |||||||||
| Country | gross weight) | (thousands) | gross weight) | (thousands) | gross weight) | (thousands) | gross weight) | (thousands) | ||||||||
| Belgium | 3,850 | $4,490 | 644 | $1,250 | 8,200 | � | $8,930 | � | 6,890 | $10,500 | ||||||
| Canada | 33,300 | 43,500 | 27,900 | 33,300 | 15,000 | 27,000 | 13,900 | 28,900 | ||||||||
| China | 222,000 | 257,000 | 265,000 | 440,000 | 239,000 | 220,000 | 182,000 | 236,000 | ||||||||
| Germany | 8,830 | 15,300 | 10,600 | 16,400 | 13,800 | 20,600 | 9,990 | 15,900 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 3,910 | 9,480 | 9,200 | 7,650 | 11,000 | 9,800 | � | 12,800 | 13,300 | |||||||
| India | 4,160 | 5,900 | 4,460 | 4,930 | 45,100 | 45,000 | 15,800 | 27,200 | ||||||||
| Japan | 7,930 | 15,800 | 6,710 | 21,900 | 9,660 | 25,900 | 7,950 | 20,400 | ||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 22,400 | 40,900 | 27,200 | 69,900 | 16,300 | 40,000 | 10,200 | 20,500 | ||||||||
| Mexico | 4,560 | 12,300 | 1,010 | 3,070 | 1,570 | 4,720 | 1,570 | 5,140 | ||||||||
| Taiwan | 11,300 | 21,000 | 11,600 | 32,500 | 13,700 | 26,300 | 10,600 | 20,100 | ||||||||
| Other | 3,060 | 4,210 | 2,410 | 6,410 | 15,800 | 23,600 | 19,700 | 21,100 | ||||||||
| Total | 325,000 | 430,000 | 366,000 | 637,000 | 389,000 | 451,000 | 291,000 | 419,000 | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program