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TABLE 1
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF INDUSTRIAL DIAMOND STONES, BY COUNTRY1
(Thousand carats and thousand dollars)
    Natural industrial diamond stones2   Miners' diamond, natural and synthetic3
2005 2006 2005 2006
Country   Quantity   Value4   Quantity   Value4   Quantity   Value4   Quantity   Value4
Australia 69 456 36 366 5 108 1 56
Belgium 49 321 158 193 32 198 28 178
Bhutan -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 23
Botswana 794 14,100 797 14,700 (5) 5 32 761
Brazil 8 130 -- -- 5 16 1 4
Canada (5) 11 1 74 1 42 1 24
Central African Republic -- -- 1 2 -- -- -- --
Congo (Kinshasa) 87 403 113 530 4 169 2 86
Ghana 97 721 121 221 68 144 1 53
Guinea -- -- 3 29 -- -- 3 63
Guyana (5) 23 (5) 7 (5) 13 -- --
India 81 37 138 62 33 82 89 64
Ireland -- -- 1 3 -- -- -- --
Israel -- -- (5) 76 -- -- -- --
Namibia 261 1,360 297 1,630 1 7 1 16
Russia 134 2,890 115 3,020 -- -- -- --
Saudi Arabia -- -- 3 15 -- -- 1 3
South Africa 356 7,710 216 4,850 4 215 10 140
Switzerland 5 11 -- -- 6 16 -- --
Tanzania 2 39 2 35 -- -- -- --
United Kingdom 4   121   --   --   14   118   1   147
Total   1,950   28,300   2,000   25,800   172   1,130   171   1,620
-- Zero.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Includes glazers' and engravers' diamond unset, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) codes
7102.21.3000 and 7102.21.4000.
3HTS codes 7102.21.1010 and 7102.21.1020.
4Customs value.
5Less than � unit.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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