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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) | ||||||||
| 2009 | 46,600 | $33,100 | 146,000 | $4,260,000 | 127,000 | $3,580,000 | 320,000 | $7,870,000 | ||||||||
| 2010: | ||||||||||||||||
| Argentina | -- | -- | 86 | 5,010 | 924 | 38,800 | 1,010 | 43,800 | ||||||||
| Australia- | 10 | 161 | 8 | 133 | 736 | 23,100 | 754 | 23,400 | ||||||||
| Bahamas, The | -- | -- | 50 | 1,180 | -- | -- | 50 | 1,180 | ||||||||
| Bolivia | -- | -- | 114 | 3,930 | 108 | 3,370 | 223 | 7,300 | ||||||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | 121 | 4,890 | 3,830 | 149,000 | 3,950 | 154,000 | ||||||||
| Burkina Faso | -- | -- | 2 | 82 | 63 | 1,470 | 65 | 1,550 | ||||||||
| Canada | 83 | 971 | 662 | 25,300 | 102,000 | 4,200,000 | 103,000 | 4,230,000 | ||||||||
| Chile | -- | -- | 1,520 | 64,100 | 3,940 | 151,000 | 5,460 | 215,000 | ||||||||
| China | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 | 432 | 11 | 432 | ||||||||
| Colombia | -- | -- | 24,700 | 801,000 | 19,000 | 629,000 | 43,800 | 1,430,000 | ||||||||
| Costa Rica | -- | -- | 588 | 11,100 | 19 | 377 | 608 | 11,500 | ||||||||
| Dominican Republic | -- | -- | 373 | 7,680 | 45 | 903 | 418 | 8,580 | ||||||||
| Ecuador | -- | -- | 161 | 5,130 | 108 | 2,680 | 268 | 7,810 | ||||||||
| El Salvador | -- | -- | -- | -- | 35 | 516 | 35 | 516 | ||||||||
| France | -- | -- | -- | -- | 834 | 17,400 | 834 | 17,400 | ||||||||
| Germany | -- | -- | 7 | 152 | 632 | 20,100 | 639 | 20,200 | ||||||||
| Ghana | -- | -- | 104 | 2,660 | 227 | 8,270 | 331 | 10,900 | ||||||||
| Guatemala | -- | -- | 5,370 | 198,000 | 11 | 130 | 5,380 | 198,000 | ||||||||
| Guinea | -- | -- | -- | -- | 25 | 275 | 25 | 275 | ||||||||
| Guyana | -- | -- | 4,120 | 154,000 | 1,260 | 49,700 | 5,380 | 204,000 | ||||||||
| Honduras | -- | -- | 363 | 11,700 | 5,100 | 70,800 | 5,460 | 82,500 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | -- | -- | -- | -- | 413 | 16,400 | 413 | 16,400 | ||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | -- | -- | 23 | 975 | 23 | 975 | ||||||||
| Jamaica | -- | -- | 137 | 3,480 | 136 | 1,690 | 273 | 5,170 | ||||||||
| Mali | -- | -- | 20 | 628 | 32 | 1,120 | 53 | 1,750 | ||||||||
| Mexico- | 257,000 | 56,900 | 91,000 | 2,640,000 | 49,300 | 1,320,000 | 397,000 | 4,010,000 | ||||||||
| Netherlands Antilles | -- | -- | 845 | 30,600 | 95 | 3,810 | 940 | 34,400 | ||||||||
| Nicaragua | -- | -- | 1,470 | 50,700 | 84 | 1,310 | 1,560 | 52,000 | ||||||||
| Panama | -- | -- | 373 | 8,760 | 449 | 14,000 | 822 | 22,700 | ||||||||
| Peru- | -- | -- | 14,100 | 469,000 | 361 | 9,050 | 14,400 | 478,000 | ||||||||
| South Africa | -- | -- | 3 | 102 | 1,990 | 73,900 | 1,990 | 74,000 | ||||||||
| Sweden | -- | -- | -- | -- | 28 | 831 | 28 | 831 | ||||||||
| Switzerland | -- | -- | 149 | 5,380 | 3,540 | 142,000 | 3,690 | 148,000 | ||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 224 | 6 | 224 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom- | -- | -- | 1,520 | 15,300 | 3,770 | 65,000 | 5,290 | 80,200 | ||||||||
| Other | -- | -- | 6 | 203 | 28 | 821 | 33 | 1,030 | ||||||||
| Total | 257,000 | 58,000 | 148,000 | 4,520,000 | 199,000 | 7,020,000 | 604,000 | 11,600,000 | ||||||||
| -- 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. | ||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
