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| TABLE 18 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF DIRECT-REDUCED IRON, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | ||||||||
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| 2004 | 2005 | |||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | 238,000 | $17,900 | ||||
| Canada | 435,000 | $45,300 | 532,000 | 50,300 | ||||
| China | -- | -- | 425 | 53 | ||||
| Italy | 709 | 75 | -- | -- | ||||
| Russia | 64,000 | 16,100 | -- | -- | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 220,000 | 58,100 | 92,100 | 20,300 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 62,500 | 15,600 | -- | -- | ||||
| Venezuela | 1,670,000 | 328,000 | 1,310,000 | 272,000 | ||||
| Total | 2,450,000 | 463,000 | 2,170,000 | 361,000 | ||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Data are for steelmaking-grade direct-reduced iron only. | ||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program