U.S. Imports Of Iron Ore, By Country And Type Of Product

TABLE 10
U.S. IMPORTS OF IRON ORE, BY COUNTRY AND TYPE OF PRODUCT^{1, 2}

	2004					2005
				Unit				Unit
	Quantity			value^{3, 4}		Quantity		value^{3, 4}
Country and	(thousand	Value		(dollars per		(thousand	Value	(dollars per
type of product	metric tons)	(thousands)		metric ton)		metric tons)	(thousands)	metric ton)
Country:
Australia	(5)	$24		54.15		1	$11	18.00
Bahamas, The	--	--		--		140	4,850	34.70
Brazil	5,020	140,000		27.97		4,180	178,000	42.65
Canada	5,830	190,000		32.53		7,510	299,000	39.88
Chile	244	6,380		26.15		270	10,700	39.56
Finland	76	6,190		81.18		9	383	41.03
Greece	--	--		--		49	963	19.69
Mexico	49	1,220		24.81		41	1,600	39.32
Peru	56	1,030	^r	18.58	^r	33	1,060	32.48
Russia	--	--		--		99	8,550	86.00
South Africa	104	4,100		39.29		--	--	--
Sweden	111	4,520		40.87		133	6,710	50.42
Trinidad and Tobago	--	--		--		375	11,000	29.45
Venezuela	262	17,000		64.72		148	7,890	53.43
Other	5	191	^r	42.30	^r	11	309	27.05
Total	11,800	371,000		31.53		13,000	532,000	40.92
Type of product:
Concentrates	1,060	24,700		23.38		1,250	36,400	29.06
Coarse ores	68	2,600		38.10		56	2,030	36.37
Fine ores	3,230	74,700		23.14		4,880	153,000	31.36
Pellets	7,270	256,000		35.20		6,730	337,000	50.12
Briquettes	56	10,500		188.39		--	--	--
Other agglomerates	75	2,070		27.48		74	2,820	38.24
Roasted pyrites	9	373		43.84		8	335	39.61
Total	11,800	371,000		31.53		13,000	532,000	40.92
^rRevised.� -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except unit value; may not add to totals shown.
²Includes agglomerates.
³Unit values shown are calculated from unrounded data.
⁴Weighted average calculated from unrounded data by dividing total value by total tonnage.
⁵Less than � unit.

Source:� U.S. Census Bureau.