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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF GOLD, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ores and concentrates2 | Dore and precipitates | Refined bullion3 | Total | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| � Year and country | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | ||||||||
| 2005 | 1,630 | $18,900 | 234,000 | $2,060,000 | 105,000 | $1,520,000 | 341,000 | $3,590,000 | ||||||||
| 2006: | ||||||||||||||||
| Aruba� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 837 | 12,000 | 837 | 12,000 | ||||||||
| Australia� | 31 | 486 | 8 | 127 | 41 | 729 | 80 | 1,340 | ||||||||
| Belgium | -- | -- | -- | -- | 15 | 199 | 15 | 199 | ||||||||
| Bolivia | -- | -- | 55 | 1,060 | 11 | 246 | 66 | 1,300 | ||||||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6,820 | 127,000 | 6,820 | 127,000 | ||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 46 | 537 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 46 | 537 | ||||||||
| Canada | 1,020 | 11,600 | 19 | 370 | 69,600 | 1,340,000 | 70,600 | 1,350,000 | ||||||||
| Chile | -- | -- | 26,100 | 274,000 | 5,180 | 98,900 | 31,300 | 373,000 | ||||||||
| China | -- | -- | -- | -- | (4) | 3 | (4) | 3 | ||||||||
| Colombia | -- | -- | 6,340 | 107,000 | 2,350 | 37,000 | 8,690 | 144,000 | ||||||||
| Costa Rica | -- | -- | 117 | 1,770 | 141 | 1,040 | 258 | 2,810 | ||||||||
| Ecuador | -- | -- | 666 | 12,200 | -- | -- | 666 | 12,200 | ||||||||
| El Salvador | -- | -- | -- | -- | 188 | 2,100 | 188 | 2,100 | ||||||||
| France | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||
| French Polynesia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 85 | 951 | 85 | 951 | ||||||||
| Germany | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||
| Ghana | -- | -- | (4) | 4 | 45 | 684 | 45 | 688 | ||||||||
| Guatemala | -- | -- | 11,100 | 31,400 | -- | -- | 11,100 | 31,400 | ||||||||
| Guyana | -- | -- | 22 | 412 | 48 | 518 | 70 | 930 | ||||||||
| Honduras | -- | -- | 4,190 | 71,500 | 890 | 14,400 | 5,080 | 85,800 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | -- | -- | -- | -- | 346 | 6,210 | 346 | 6,210 | ||||||||
| Jamaica | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | 92 | 7 | 92 | ||||||||
| Japan | -- | -- | -- | -- | 38 | 507 | 38 | 507 | ||||||||
| Mali | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40 | 480 | 40 | 480 | ||||||||
| Mexico� | -- | -- | 1,830 | 38,400 | 44,900 | 853,000 | 46,800 | 891,000 | ||||||||
| Netherlands Antilles | -- | -- | 256 | 4,970 | -- | -- | 256 | 4,970 | ||||||||
| Nicaragua | -- | -- | 1,760 | 27,600 | 2 | 18 | 1,760 | 27,600 | ||||||||
| Oman | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 55 | 4 | 55 | ||||||||
| Panama | -- | -- | 668 | 9,610 | 441 | 4,930 | 1,110 | 14,500 | ||||||||
| Peru� | -- | -- | 72,100 | 1,410,000 | -- | -- | 72,100 | 1,410,000 | ||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 61 | 1,000 | 61 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| Slovakia | -- | -- | -- | -- | (4) | 8 | (4) | 8 | ||||||||
| Spain | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Sweden | -- | -- | -- | -- | 47 | 847 | 47 | 847 | ||||||||
| Switzerland | -- | -- | -- | -- | 571 | 7,820 | 571 | 7,820 | ||||||||
| Taiwan | -- | -- | -- | -- | 34 | 615 | 34 | 615 | ||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | -- | -- | -- | -- | 20 | 420 | 20 | 420 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3,300 | 36,300 | 3,300 | 36,300 | ||||||||
| Uruguay | -- | -- | -- | -- | 74 | 1,400 | 74 | 1,400 | ||||||||
| Total | 1,090 | 12,600 | 125,000 | 1,990,000 | 136,000 | 2,550,000 | 263,000 | 4,550,000 | ||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes base metal ores, concentrates, and matte destined for refining. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Bullion also moves in both directions between U.S. markets and foreign stocks on deposit in the Federal Reserve Bank.� Monetary gold is | ||||||||||||||||
| excluded. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4Less than � unit. | ||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program