U.S. Imports For Consumption Of Direct-Reduced Iron, By Country

TABLE 18
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF DIRECT-REDUCED IRON, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}
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	2005		2006
	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
Country	(metric tons)	(thousands)	(metric tons)	(thousands)
Brazil	238,000	$17,900	331,000	$30,100
Canada	532,000	50,300	642,000	48,900
China	425	53	--	--
Mexico	--	--	14,200	1,500
South Africa	--	--	10,000	2,600
Trinidad and Tobago	92,100	20,300	156,000	39,300
Venezuela	1,310,000	272,000	1,430,000	289,000
Vietnam	--	--	31,300	5,660
Total	2,170,000	361,000	2,610,000	417,000
-- 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.