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| TABLE 20 | |||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PIG IRON, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||
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| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||
| Argentina | 27,200 | $7,210 | -- | -- | |||||
| Australia | 204 | 214 | 36,000 | $8,640 | |||||
| Brazil | 4,460,000 | 1,180,000 | 4,210,000 | 1,100,000 | |||||
| Canada | 105,000 | 34,000 | 101,000 | 30,000 | |||||
| China | 57,200 | 13,900 | 20 | 17 | |||||
| Colombia | 238 | 147 | -- | -- | |||||
| Germany | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| Hong Kong | 3 | 5 | -- | -- | |||||
| Italy | 498 | 236 | -- | -- | |||||
| Mexico | 27 | 15 | -- | -- | |||||
| Russia� | 918,000 | 218,000 | 1,910,000 | 504,000 | |||||
| South Africa | 141,000 | 44,000 | 147,000 | 39,800 | |||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 26,200 | 816 | 142,000 | 29,100 | |||||
| Ukraine | 274,000 | 76,700 | 188,000 | 48,400 | |||||
| Venezuela | 22,400 | 988 | 2,600 | 794 | |||||
| Total | 6,030,000 | 1,580,000 | 6,730,000 | 1,760,000 | |||||
| -- Zero.� | |||||||||
| 1Data 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. | |||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program