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| TABLE 14 | ||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF IRON ORE, BY CUSTOMS DISTRICT1, 2 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| Customs district | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||
| Baltimore, MD | 3,440 | 156,000 | 3,930 | 221,000 | ||||||
| Buffalo, NY | 6 | 110 | 1 | 18 | ||||||
| Charleston, SC | 2 | 81 | 1 | 57 | ||||||
| Chicago, IL | 1,400 | 39,400 | 1,740 | 67,100 | ||||||
| Cleveland, OH | 3,080 | 123,000 | 3,040 | 164,000 | ||||||
| Detroit, MI | 258 | 13,900 | 131 | 7,460 | ||||||
| Houston, TX | 78 | 3,950 | 50 | 2,650 | ||||||
| Mobile, AL | 66 | 2,480 | 5 | 153 | ||||||
| New Orleans, LA | 4,610 | 191,000 | 2,550 | 147,000 | ||||||
| Nogales, AZ | 18 | 438 | 25 | 569 | ||||||
| Philadelphia, PA | 22 | 1,560 | 9 | 331 | ||||||
| Other | 11 | 411 | (3) | 22 | ||||||
| Total� | 13,000 | 532,000 | 11,500 | 611,000 | ||||||
| 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