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| TABLE 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S.� IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF DIMENSION GRANITE, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dressed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Worked granite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cut to size2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Monumental | Building | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rough | Simply | Not cut | Maximum 1.5 | 1.5-7.5 | minimum 7.5 | minimum 7.5 | Total | Total | ||||||||||||
| Country | granite3 | cut4 | to size5 | centimeters | centimeters� | centimeters� | centimeters� | Other | worked | dressed | ||||||||||
| 2005: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Argentina | -- | 269 | 219 | 21 | 1,700 | -- | 45 | 285 | 2,270 | 2,540 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 12,800 | 54,700 | 67,400 | 6,920 | 215,000 | 291 | 5,910 | 36,200 | 331,000 | 386,000 | ||||||||||
| Canada | 3,960 | 1,040 | 663 | 4,160 | 14,400 | 7,430 | 8,700 | 6,920 | 42,200 | 43,300 | ||||||||||
| China | 5,520 | 24,900 | 20,700 | 21,100 | 86,300 | 7,000 | 10,000 | 47,600 | 193,000 | 218,000 | ||||||||||
| Finland | -- | 8 | 33 | -- | 69 | -- | 6 | 392 | 500 | 508 | ||||||||||
| India | 7,170 | 31,900 | 21,000 | 11,200 | 86,300 | 7,350 | 6,500 | 24,100 | 156,000 | 188,000 | ||||||||||
| Italy | 6,050 | 29,500 | 42,900 | 4,920 | 154,000 | 313 | 7,260 | 53,700 | 263,000 | 311,000 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | 147 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 147 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 431 | 1,470 | 185 | 68 | 62 | -- | 2 | 275 | 592 | 2,060 | ||||||||||
| Norway | 199 | 25 | -- | -- | 111 | -- | -- | 49 | 160 | 185 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 8 | 54 | 54 | 3 | 269 | -- | 60 | 123 | 509 | 563 | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 337 | 163 | 123 | 49 | 2,620 | -- | 27 | 39 | 2,860 | 3,020 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 2,040 | 10 | 514 | 3 | 4,230 | -- | 29 | 265 | 5,040 | 5,050 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 515 | 3,910 | 3,130 | 840 | 16,800 | -- | 182 | 3,680 | 24,600 | 28,500 | ||||||||||
| Other | 2,110 | 4,870 | 21,100 | 770 | 19,400 | 233 | 1,700 | 6,310 | 49,500 | 54,400 | ||||||||||
| Total | 41,200 | 153,000 | 178,000 | 50,100 | 601,000 | 22,600 | 40,500 | 180,000 | 1,070,000 | 1,240,000 | ||||||||||
| 2006: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Argentina | -- | 244 | 151 | 18 | 1,360 | 16 | 66 | 487 | 2,090 | 2,340 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 9,800 | 81,400 | 85,800 | 7,880 | 295,000 | 87 | 5,710 | 58,300 | 453,000 | 534,000 | ||||||||||
| Canada | 4,250 | 825 | 442 | 3,650 | 17,200 | 8,630 | 4,600 | 6,330 | 40,800 | 41,700 | ||||||||||
| China | 7,410 | 39,500 | 19,000 | 25,900 | 126,000 | 6,700 | 13,600 | 62,400 | 254,000 | 293,000 | ||||||||||
| Finland | -- | -- | -- | 8 | 119 | -- | -- | 34 | 161 | 161 | ||||||||||
| India | 13,400 | 44,100 | 22,300 | 7,800 | 101,000 | 6,830 | 3,890 | 31,500 | 173,000 | 218,000 | ||||||||||
| Italy | 4,330 | 30,200 | 43,700 | 5,380 | 162,000 | -- | 7,180 | 62,900 | 281,000 | 311,000 | ||||||||||
| Japan | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 9 | -- | 3 | 18 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 303 | 1,600 | 101 | 26 | 45 | -- | 11 | 257 | 440 | 2,040 | ||||||||||
| Norway | 251 | 21 | -- | 5 | 189 | -- | -- | 6 | 200 | 221 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | -- | 17 | 45 | 14 | 324 | 2 | 48 | 200 | 633 | 650 | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 90 | 159 | 365 | 3 | 2,180 | -- | 26 | 203 | 2,780 | 2,940 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 1,520 | 108 | 88 | 79 | 4,190 | -- | 2 | 479 | 4,840 | 4,950 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1,080 | 3,500 | 4,110 | 568 | 14,000 | -- | 101 | 2,410 | 21,200 | 24,700 | ||||||||||
| Other | 2,230 | 5,530 | 23,800 | 2,330 | 25,700 | 73 | 4,160 | 7,470 | 63,500 | 69,000 | ||||||||||
| Total | 44,700 | 207,000 | 200,000 | 53,700 | 749,000 | 22,300 | 39,400 | 233,000 | 1,300,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.�� | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2One or more faces worked more than simply cut. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Normal quarry products.� Includes crude or roughly trimmed and roughly cut by sawing or otherwise; Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (HTS) codes 2516.11.0000, 2516.12.0030, and 2516.12.0060. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4Simply cut with a flat even surface;� HTS code 6802.23.0000. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5Only one face worked more than simply cut;� HTS code 6802.93.0010. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program