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U.S. IMPORTS OF IRON ORE IN 2006, BY COUNTRY AND TYPE OF PRODUCT1, 2
(Thousand metric tons)
 
                    Briquettes        
Coarse Fine and other Roasted
Country of origin   Concentrates   ores   ores   Pellets   agglomerates   pyrites   Total
Australia -- -- 8 -- -- -- 8
Brazil 1,100 -- 1,780 1,650 -- -- 4,530
Canada 996 -- 307 4,940 -- -- 6,240
Chile 283 -- -- -- -- -- 283
Finland -- -- -- -- -- 9 9
Greece -- -- 15 -- -- -- 15
Mexico -- -- -- -- 17 -- 17
Peru -- -- 52 -- -- 1 52
Trinidad and Tobago -- -- 284 15 -- -- 299
Venezuela -- -- -- 23 -- -- 23
Other (3)   --   --   --   --   (3)   1
Total   2,380   --   2,450   6,620   17   10   11,500
-- Zero.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Includes agglomerates.
3Less than � unit.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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