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| TABLE 20 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PIG IRON, BY COUNTRY OR LOCALITY1, 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||||||
| Country or locality | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||||||
| Brazil | 1,190,000 | $409,000 | 813,000 | $252,000 | |||||||||
| Canada | 52,400 | 22,700 | 77,300 | 29,000 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 173 | 197 | 256 | 295 | |||||||||
| Germany | 6,840 | 2,930 | 1,110 | 461 | |||||||||
| Italy | 50,500 | 16,900 | 54,500 | 19,500 | |||||||||
| Russia- | 2,150,000 | 753,000 | 1,580,000 | 540,000 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 104,000 | 42,500 | 101,000 | 34,500 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 1,370,000 | 493,000 | 1,870,000 | 607,000 | |||||||||
| Other3 | 146 | 117 | 152 | 204 | |||||||||
| Total | 4,920,000 | 1,740,000 | 4,500,000 | 1,480,000 | |||||||||
| 1Table includes data available through September 22, 2021. Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Includes the following grades of pig iron: less than or equal to 0.5% phosphorus content, greater than 0.5% phosphorus content, and alloy grade. Import valuation is customs value. | |||||||||||||
| 3All countries and (or) localities importing less than 50 metric tons to the United States in 2019 and 2020 included in -Other.- | |||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
