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| TABLE 19 | |||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF COPPER SCRAP, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||
| Unalloyed copper scrap | Copper-alloy scrap | ||||||||||
| Quantity | Value2 | Gross weight | Copper contente, 3 | Value2 | |||||||
| Country or territory | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | � (metric tons) | (thousands)� | ||||||
| 2005 | 30,100 | � | $73,000 | � | 83,700 | � | 60,200 | $203,000 | |||
| 2006: | |||||||||||
| Canada | 7,740 | 43,400 | 43,900 | 31,600 | 184,000 | ||||||
| Chile | 4,040 | 29,800 | 6,110 | 4,400 | 47,000 | ||||||
| Costa Rica | 1,760 | 1,560 | 1,740 | 1,250 | 6,100 | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | 255 | 379 | 620 | 446 | 2,020 | ||||||
| Guatemala | 190 | 870 | 2,310 | 1,660 | 11,200 | ||||||
| Honduras | 1,700 | 3,280 | 821 | 591 | 2,260 | ||||||
| Jamaica | 364 | 361 | 167 | 120 | 253 | ||||||
| Mexico | 6,920 | 14,200 | 29,600 | 21,300 | 94,000 | ||||||
| Nicaragua | 874 | 2,000 | 443 | 319 | 689 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 183 | 1,470 | 646 | 465 | 3,850 | ||||||
| Other | 908 | 2,060 | 6,270 | 4,510 | 30,400 | ||||||
| Total | 24,900 | � | 99,300 | � | 92,600 | � | 66,700 | � | 382,000 | ||
| eEstimated.� | |||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Cost, insurance, freight value at U.S. port. | |||||||||||
| 3Content is estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey to be 72% of gross weight. | |||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program