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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL GRAPHITE, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||||
| Natural3 | Artificial4 | Total� | |||||||||||
| � Quantity | Value5 | � Quantity | Value5 | � Quantity | Value5 | ||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||||
| 2006: | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 1,960 | $1,630 | 8,900 | $14,500 | 10,900 | $16,100 | |||||||
| China | 308 | 282 | 2,500 | 9,250 | 2,810 | 9,530 | |||||||
| France | 69 | 244 | 3,900 | 25,200 | 3,970 | 25,500 | |||||||
| Germany | 118 | 144 | 1,230 | 3,240 | 1,340 | 3,380 | |||||||
| Hong Kong | 1,450 | 504 | 180 | 691 | 1,630 | 1,200 | |||||||
| Italy | 683 | 484 | 723 | 2,210 | 1,410 | 2,700 | |||||||
| Japan | 6,440 | 3,040 | 2,830 | 11,800 | 9,260 | 14,800 | |||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 1,620 | 998 | 2,440 | 8,310 | 4,060 | 9,310 | |||||||
| Mexico | 597 | 909 | 4,610 | 6,420 | 5,200 | 7,330 | |||||||
| Taiwan | 759 | 523 | 1,330 | 3,460 | 2,090 | 3,980 | |||||||
| United Kingdom | 4,830 | 3,010 | 1,020 | 2,930 | 5,850 | 5,930 | |||||||
| Other | 3,410 | 4,190 | 6,760 | 19,800 | 10,200 | 24,000 | |||||||
| Total | 22,200 | 16,000 | 36,400 | 108,000 | 58,600 | 124,000 | |||||||
| 2007: | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 1,210 | 1,140 | 7,780 | 11,800 | 8,990 | 13,000 | |||||||
| China | 533 | 687 | 5,600 | 19,200 | 6,130 | 19,900 | |||||||
| France | 10 | 27 | 4,220 | 23,000 | 4,230 | 23,000 | |||||||
| Germany | 193 | 401 | 1,250 | 3,890 | 1,450 | 4,290 | |||||||
| Italy | 269 | 395 | 1,100 | 4,020 | 1,370 | 4,410 | |||||||
| Japan | 3,840 | 2,780 | 3,030 | 13,100 | 6,870 | 15,900 | |||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 1,470 | 1,800 | 2,700 | 8,550 | 4,170 | 10,300 | |||||||
| Mexico | 1,280 | 1,400 | 4,990 | 6,250 | 6,270 | 7,650 | |||||||
| Netherlands | 276 | 224 | 936 | 2,430 | 1,210 | 2,660 | |||||||
| Taiwan | 181 | 261 | 1,840 | 4,760 | 2,020 | 5,020 | |||||||
| United Kingdom | 3,090 | 3,840 | 1,260 | 3,870 | 4,350 | 7,710 | |||||||
| Other | 3,310 | 6,190 | 9,420 | 26,700 | 12,700 | 32,900 | |||||||
| Total | 15,700 | 19,100 | 44,100 | 128,000 | 59,800 | 147,000 | |||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Numerous countries for which data were reported have been combined in "Other." | |||||||||||||
| 3Amorphous, crystalline flake, lump and chip, and natural, not elsewhere classified. The applicable Harmonized Tariff | |||||||||||||
| Schedule of the United States (HTS) nomenclatures are "Natural graphite in powder or in flakes" and "Other," codes | |||||||||||||
| 2504.10.0000 and 2504.90.0000. | |||||||||||||
| 4Includes data from the applicable HTS nomenclatures "Artificial graphite" and "Colloidal or semicolloidal graphite," | |||||||||||||
| codes 3801.10.0000 and 3801.20.0000. | |||||||||||||
| 5Values are free alongside ship. | |||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program