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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF GOLD, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||
| Waste and scrap | Metal powder | Gold compounds | ||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||
| � Year and country | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | ||||||
| 2005 | 563,000 | $670,000 | 687 | $9,280 | 1,310,000 | $30,900 | ||||||
| 2006: | ||||||||||||
| Armenia | -- | -- | 118 | 2,450 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Aruba | 1 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 1 | 10 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Austria | 17 | 286 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Belgium | 4,760 | 12,600 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Canada� | 270,000 | 1,010,000 | 18 | 232 | 340,000 | 6,120 | ||||||
| China | 163 | 30 | (2) | 3 | 178,000 | 3,230 | ||||||
| Costa Rica� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3,100 | 56 | ||||||
| Cote d'Ivoire | -- | -- | -- | -- | 15,200 | 273 | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | -- | -- | -- | -- | 106,000 | 1,910 | ||||||
| France | -- | -- | 9 | 136 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Germany | 85,500 | 138,000 | 14 | 142 | 6,050 | 103 | ||||||
| Guatemala | 966 | 7,770 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 1,680 | 113 | 4 | 75 | 11,600 | 210 | ||||||
| India | -- | -- | 11 | 127 | 4,060 | 73 | ||||||
| Ireland | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2,180 | 39 | ||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 2 | 33 | 47,100 | 847 | ||||||
| Italy | 5,510 | 650 | 3 | 16 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Japan | 497 | 8,890 | 16 | 245 | 4,940 | 89 | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 105 | 19 | 6 | 92 | 2,420 | 45 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 80 | 283 | -- | -- | 6,350 | 114 | ||||||
| Mexico� | -- | -- | 20 | 350 | 21,800 | 414 | ||||||
| Netherlands | -- | -- | -- | -- | 487 | 9 | ||||||
| New Zealand | -- | -- | -- | -- | 766 | 15 | ||||||
| Panama | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4,930 | 89 | ||||||
| Senegal | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6,700 | 121 | ||||||
| Singapore | 3,070 | 147 | 1 | 10 | 593,000 | 12,500 | ||||||
| South Africa | -- | -- | -- | -- | 336 | 6 | ||||||
| Spain | -- | -- | 1 | 21 | 167 | 3 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 1,030 | 13,100 | 326 | 6,600 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Taiwan | 32 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 78,500 | 1,420 | ||||||
| Thailand | -- | -- | 19 | 269 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Tunisia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4,510 | 81 | ||||||
| Turkey� | -- | -- | 639 | 12,700 | -- | -- | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 85 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| United Kingdom� | 193,000 | 75,700 | 102 | 1,810 | 18,900 | 340 | ||||||
| Vietnam | -- | -- | 9 | 100 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Total | 567,000 | 1,270,000 | 1,320 | 25,400 | 1,460,000 | 28,100 | ||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Less than � unit. | ||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program