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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||
| IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF CRUDE GYPSUM, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||
| ��� | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Country | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||
| Austria | -- | -- | (2) | 12 | ||||
| Bahrain | (2) | 11 | -- | -- | ||||
| Brazil | 17 | 155 | 14 | 2,740 | ||||
| Canada3 | 7,650 | 79,800 | 7,380 | 80,700 | ||||
| China | (2) | 2 | 39 | 6,140 | ||||
| Denmark | (2) | 24 | -- | -- | ||||
| Dominica | (2) | 13 | -- | -- | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 166 | 1,290 | 93 | 1,120 | ||||
| France | (2) | 20 | 1 | 52 | ||||
| Germany | (2) | 50 | 14 | 1,990 | ||||
| Greece | -- | -- | (2) | 3 | ||||
| India | -- | -- | (2) | 15 | ||||
| Italy | (2) | 3 | -- | -- | ||||
| Jamaica | 64 | 434 | 4 | 30 | ||||
| Jordan | (2) | 2 | (2) | 30 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | -- | -- | (2) | 3 | ||||
| Mexico | 2,500 | 21,500 | 2,930 | 26,300 | ||||
| Morocco | (2) | 2 | (2) | 4 | ||||
| Peru | (2) | 8 | -- | -- | ||||
| Spain | 782 | 10,600 | 899 | 10,300 | ||||
| Sweden | (2) | 42 | (2) | 8 | ||||
| United Kingdom | (2) | 9 | (2) | 33 | ||||
| Total | 11,200 | 114,000 | 11,400 | 130,000 | ||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Less than � unit. | ||||||||
| 3Includes anhydrite. | ||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program