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| TABLE 15 | ||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF PELLETS, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| Country | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||
| Brazil | 1,900 | 106,000 | 1,650 | 107,000 | ||||||
| Canada | 4,730 | 223,000 | 4,940 | 299,000 | ||||||
| Russia | 99 | 8,550 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | -- | -- | 15 | 965 | ||||||
| Venezuela | -- | -- | 23 | 439 | ||||||
| Total | 6,730 | 337,000 | 6,620 | 407,000 | ||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program