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| TABLE 11 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF IRON ORE, BY COUNTRY AND TYPE OF PRODUCT1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Unit | Unit | |||||||||||
| Quantity | value3, 4 | Quantity | value3, 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 | 1 | $11 | 18.00 | 8 | $135 | 18.00 | ||||||
| Bahamas, The | 140 | 4,850 | 34.70 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Brazil | 4,180 | 178,000 | 42.65 | 4,530 | 228,000 | 50.29 | ||||||
| Canada | 7,510 | 299,000 | 39.88 | 6,240 | 359,000 | 57.44 | ||||||
| Chile | 270 | 10,700 | 39.56 | 283 | 14,000 | 49.35 | ||||||
| Finland | 9 | 383 | 41.03 | 9 | 331 | 36.78 | ||||||
| Greece | 49 | 963 | 19.69 | 15 | 386 | 25.73 | ||||||
| Mexico | 41 | 1,600 | 39.32 | 17 | 439 | 25.82 | ||||||
| Peru | 33 | 1,060 | 32.48 | 52 | 1,710 | 32.90 | ||||||
| Russia | 99 | 8,550 | 86.00 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Sweden | 133 | 6,710 | 50.42 | (5) | 6 | 35.29 | ||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 375 | 11,000 | 29.45 | 299 | 6,870 | 22.97 | ||||||
| Venezuela | 148 | 7,890 | 53.43 | 23 | 439 | 19.09 | ||||||
| Other | 11 | 309 | 27.05 | 1 | 58 | 58.00 | ||||||
| Total | 13,000 | 532,000 | 40.92 | 11,500 | 611,000 | 53.21 | ||||||
| Type of product: | ||||||||||||
| Concentrates | 1,250 | 36,400 | 29.06 | 2,380 | 96,400 | 40.54 | ||||||
| Coarse ores | 56 | 2,030 | 36.37 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Fine ores | 4,880 | 153,000 | 31.36 | 2,450 | 106,000 | 43.35 | ||||||
| Pellets | 6,730 | 337,000 | 50.12 | 6,620 | 407,000 | 61.49 | ||||||
| Briquettes | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Other agglomerates | 74 | 2,820 | 38.24 | 17 | 440 | 25.28 | ||||||
| Roasted pyrites | 8 | 335 | 39.61 | 10 | 387 | 37.58 | ||||||
| Total | 13,000 | 532,000 | 40.92 | 11,500 | 611,000 | 53.21 | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||
| TABLE 11�Continued | ||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF IRON ORE, BY COUNTRY AND TYPE OF PRODUCT1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| -- 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. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program