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| TABLE 16 | |||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF USED RAILS FOR REROLLING | |||||||||
| AND OTHER USES, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||
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| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 6 | $14 | |||||
| Austria | 447 | $500 | 16 | 19 | |||||
| Canada | 29,000 | 8,700 | 47,000 | 13,400 | |||||
| China | -- | -- | 22 | 30 | |||||
| Columbia | -- | -- | (3) | 4 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 6 | 12 | -- | -- | |||||
| France | -- | -- | 39 | 25 | |||||
| Germany | 531 | 837 | 418 | 599 | |||||
| Italy | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |||||
| Japan | 72 | 15 | 8 | 17 | |||||
| Korea, Republic of | 110 | 74 | 119 | 79 | |||||
| Mexico | 619 | 410 | 1,180 | 844 | |||||
| Russia | 109,000 | 46,100 | 136,000 | 50,500 | |||||
| Switzerland | (3) | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Taiwan | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| Ukraine | 23,700 | 6,190 | -- | -- | |||||
| United Kingdom | 21 | 34 | -- | -- | |||||
| Total | 164,000 | 62,800 | 185,000 | 65,600 | |||||
| -- Zero. | |||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||
| 2Import valuation is customs value. | |||||||||
| 3Less than � unit. | |||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program