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| TABLE 9 | ||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF IRON ORE, BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION1, 2 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| Country | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||
| Algeria | -- | -- | 340 | 14,900 | ||||||
| Canada | 11,200 | 555,000 | 7,610 | 604,000 | ||||||
| China | 282 | 16,500 | 100 | 5,440 | ||||||
| Colombia | 3 | 370 | 9 | 1,050 | ||||||
| Mexico | 30 | 2,610 | 214 | 10,600 | ||||||
| Slovakia | 237 | 6,630 | -- | -- | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 78 | 2,730 | (3) | 25 | ||||||
| Other4 | 5 | r | 378 | r | 2 | 301 | ||||
| Total� | 11,800 | 584,000 | 8,270 | 636,000 | ||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Includes agglomerates. | ||||||||||
| 3Less than � unit. | ||||||||||
| 4"Other" represents 16 countries in 2005 and 14 countries in 2006. | ||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program