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TABLE 18
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF DIRECT-REDUCED IRON, BY COUNTRY1, 2
    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.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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