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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF DIAMOND, BY KIND, WEIGHT, AND COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | |||||
| Kind, range, and country of origin | (carats) | (millions) | (carats) | (millions) | ||||
| Rough or uncut, natural:3 | ||||||||
| Angola | 19,400 | $57 | 42,600 | $34 | ||||
| Australia | 62,400 | 8 | 1,350 | 1 | ||||
| Botswana | 274,000 | 132 | 172,000 | 162 | ||||
| Brazil | 24,600 | 2 | 5,840 | 5 | ||||
| Canada | 57,600 | 62 | 45,300 | 41 | ||||
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 44,300 | 116 | 45,800 | 66 | ||||
| Ghana | 58,000 | 3 | 38,700 | 1 | ||||
| Guyana | 68,400 | 8 | 24,500 | 3 | ||||
| India | 29,200 | (4) | 12,300 | 1 | ||||
| Namibia | 10,700 | 1 | 4,050 | 2 | ||||
| Russia | 45,500 | 13 | 443,000 | 27 | ||||
| South Africa | 347,000 | 413 | 332,000 | 384 | ||||
| Other | 16,800 | 49 | 31,900 | 74 | ||||
| Total | 1,060,000 | 864 | 1,200,000 | 801 | ||||
| Cut but unset, not more than 0.5 carat: | ||||||||
| Belgium | 530,000 | 197 | 526,000 | 203 | ||||
| Canada | 7,890 | 9 | 10,500 | 14 | ||||
| China | 78,900 | 13 | 62,600 | 16 | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 57,100 | 5 | 64,200 | 6 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 228,000 | 58 | 390,000 | 70 | ||||
| India | 8,780,000 | 1,820 | 8,560,000 | 1,780 | ||||
| Israel | 843,000 | 425 | 843,000 | 426 | ||||
| Mauritius | 10,400 | 15 | 5,370 | 11 | ||||
| Mexico | 247,000 | 35 | 453,000 | 58 | ||||
| Singapore | 6,180 | 2 | 979 | 1 | ||||
| South Africa | 5,330 | 2 | 3,350 | 2 | ||||
| Switzerland | 33,600 | 18 | 53,800 | 25 | ||||
| Thailand | 71,500 | 18 | 102,000 | 21 | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | 91,600 | 23 | 131,000 | 35 | ||||
| Other | 28,600 | 13 | 65,000 | 26 | ||||
| Total | 11,000,000 | 2,650 | 11,300,000 | 2,690 | ||||
| Cut but unset, more than 0.5 carat: | ||||||||
| Belgium | 1,160,000 | 2,620 | 1,120,000 | 2,600 | ||||
| Canada | 15,200 | 50 | 18,800 | 66 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 83,400 | 162 | 65,600 | 154 | ||||
| India | 1,340,000 | 1,260 | 1,390,000 | 1,480 | ||||
| Israel | 3,070,000 | 7,670 | 2,870,000 | 8,140 | ||||
| Mexico | 49,900 | 37 | 9,480 | 1 | ||||
| Russia | 57,600 | 126 | 53,600 | 132 | ||||
| South Africa | 46,300 | 336 | 78,200 | 559 | ||||
| Switzerland | 16,600 | 138 | 11,000 | 191 | ||||
| Thailand | 21,200 | 20 | 16,900 | 24 | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | 50,300 | 64 | 82,500 | 111 | ||||
| Other | 67,000 | 235 | 83,000 | 298 | ||||
| Total | 5,980,000 | 12,700 | 5,790,000 | 13,800 | ||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Customs value. | ||||||||
| 3Includes some natural advanced diamond. | ||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program