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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
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
2007:
Argentina 273 204 307 3 1,710 11 13 241 2,290 2,490
Brazil 8,990 76,500 96,900 7,090 302,000 67 5,200 63,400 475,000 551,000
Canada 3,780 962 903 3,870 13,900 9,100 4,320 4,540 36,600 37,500
China 8,510 36,600 22,300 23,200 140,000 10,300 17,600 67,900 281,000 318,000
Finland 29 -- 2 3 145 4 -- 3 157 157
India 9,890 47,600 20,900 6,500 94,000 7,230 4,010 25,200 158,000 205,000
Italy 2,580 26,500 38,700 3,120 148,000 124 5,570 49,400 245,000 272,000
Japan 6 2 -- -- -- -- -- 32 32 34
Mexico 313 1,300 20 -- 15 2 10 702 749 2,050
Norway 157 -- 25 -- 257 -- 3 26 311 311
Portugal 10 160 7 6 287 -- -- 189 489 649
Saudi Arabia -- 31 15 -- 1,260 -- 9 222 1,500 1,540
South Africa 1,920 26 283 3 2,010 -- 20 217 2,530 2,560
Spain 677 2,120 1,660 262 10,700 -- 227 2,120 14,900 17,100
Other 1,280   6,400   18,800   4,540   24,200   40   3,460   8,050   59,100   65,500
Total   38,400   198,000   201,000   48,600   738,000   26,900   40,500   222,000   1,280,000   1,480,000
-- 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


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