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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF GERMANIUM, BY CLASS AND COUNTRY1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | Gross weight | |||||||||||
| Class and country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||||||
| Wrought, unwrought, waste, and scrap: | ||||||||||||
| Belgium | 9,060 | $4,930,000 | 11,400 | $5,900,000 | ||||||||
| Canada | 282 | 191,000 | 426 | 354,000 | ||||||||
| China | 3,110 | 2,080,000 | 3,770 | 2,770,000 | ||||||||
| Germany | 2,300 | 2,350,000 | 4,810 | 5,330,000 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | -- | -- | 595 | 405,000 | ||||||||
| India | 184 | 134,000 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Israel | 16 | 17,700 | 7 | 6,330 | ||||||||
| Japan | 45 | 32,100 | 254 | 168,000 | ||||||||
| Russia | 1,740 | 1,490,000 | 2,610 | 2,870,000 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5,810 | 19 | 27,100 | ||||||||
| Other | -- | -- | 137 | 116,000 | ||||||||
| Total | 16,700 | 11,200,000 | 24,100 | 17,900,000 | ||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.� | ||||||||||||
| 2Does not include germanium dioxide imports. | ||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program