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


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