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| TABLE 12 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | ||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | |||||||
| Country | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||
| Argentina | (3) | 681 | (3) | 201 | ||||
| Aruba | 7 | 1,610 | -- | -- | ||||
| Bahamas, The� | 5 | 275 | 3 | 351 | ||||
| Belgium | 3 | 14,700 | 36 | 9,780 | ||||
| Brazil | 5 | 1,540 | 1 | 774 | ||||
| Canada | 2,550 | 591,000 | 2,750 | 570,000 | ||||
| China | 2 | 1,100 | 2 | 978 | ||||
| Colombia | 1 | 1,160 | 1 | 118 | ||||
| Denmark | 138 | 31,600 | -- | -- | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 76 | 16,400 | 31 | 6,900 | ||||
| Ecuador | 1 | 712 | (3) | 102 | ||||
| Egypt | 1 | 1,070 | 1 | 732 | ||||
| Finland | 2 | 5,250 | 1 | 93 | ||||
| France | (3) | 60 | (3) | 358 | ||||
| Germany | 7 | 1,130 | 2 | 148 | ||||
| Italy | (3) | 29 | (3) | 72 | ||||
| Japan | 2 | 807 | 1 | 1,540 | ||||
| Malaysia | -- | -- | 2 | 264 | ||||
| Mexico | 126 | 57,700 | 145 | 61,000 | ||||
| Netherlands | 247 | 79,100 | 222 | 72,300 | ||||
| Netherlands Antilles | 17 | 1,630 | -- | -- | ||||
| Russia | 86 | 30,700 | 35 | 10,500 | ||||
| South Africa | 3 | 2,070 | 4 | 35 | ||||
| Suriname | 3 | 445 | -- | -- | ||||
| Sweden | 313 | 76,300 | 261 | 71,500 | ||||
| Taiwan | 30 | 419 | 1 | 396 | ||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||
| TABLE 12�Continued | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF IRON AND STEEL SCRAP, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | ||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | |||||||
| Country | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 2,630 | 1 | 647 | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | (3) | 16 | (3) | 170 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 1,020 | 300,000 | 338 | 97,200 | ||||
| Venezuela | 9 | 8,360 | 1 | 1,560 | ||||
| Other | 3 | 1,970 | 2 | 1,700 | ||||
| Total | 4,660 | 1,230,000 | 3,840 | 909,000 | ||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Excludes used rails for rerolling and other uses and ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping. | ||||||||
| Import valuation is customs value.� The United States imported scrap from 50 countries in | ||||||||
| 2004 and 43 countries in 2005. | ||||||||
| 3Less than � unit. | ||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program