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| TABLE 10 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF IRON ORE, BY TYPE OF PRODUCT1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Unit | Unit | |||||||||||
| Quantity | value3, 4 | Quantity | value3, 4 | |||||||||
| (thousand | Value | (dollars per | (thousand | Value | (dollars per | |||||||
| Type of product | metric tons) | (thousands) | metric ton) | metric tons) | (thousands) | metric ton) | ||||||
| Concentrates | 89 | $3,520 | 39.55 | 58 | $3,380 | 58.03 | ||||||
| Coarse ores | 1 | 62 | 114.07 | 6 | 158 | 27.57 | ||||||
| Fine ores | 60 | 1,980 | 33.00 | 42 | 1,800 | 43.29 | ||||||
| Pellets | 11,600 | 578,000 | 49.70 | 8,070 | 624,000 | 77.39 | ||||||
| Briquettes | 7 | 352 | 47.41 | 23 | 1,050 | 45.07 | ||||||
| Other agglomerates | 2 | 144 | 89.70 | 77 | 5,260 | 67.90 | ||||||
| Roasted pyrites | 1 | 87 | 58.10 | 1 | 93 | 72.83 | ||||||
| Total | 11,800 | 584,000 | 49.55 | 8,270 | 636,000 | 76.86 | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program