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| �TABLE 5 | ||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF SELECTED IRON OXIDE PIGMENTS, BY TYPE1 | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Principal sources, 2006 | ||||||
| Type | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | |||||
| Natural: | ||||||||||
| Earth colors3 | 3,780 | $1,700 | 4,400 | $1,920 | Cyprus, 4,340. | |||||
| Micaceous� | 1,420 | 896 | 1,870 | 970 | Spain, 1,170; France, 379; Austria, 211. | |||||
| Total��� | 5,200 | 2,590 | 6,270 | 2,890 | ||||||
| Synthetic: | ||||||||||
| Black���� | 48,600 | 35,700 | 47,500 | 41,800 | China, 21,900; Germany, 16,200; Italy, 5,930; Japan, | |||||
| 1,630; Canada, 616; Mexico, 343; Republic of Korea,� | ||||||||||
| 340; Hong Kong, 185; India, 162; Egypt, 136. | ||||||||||
| Red��� | 74,400 | 47,400 | 67,500 | 47,800 | China, 44,300; Germany, 15,400; Italy, 2,140; | |||||
| �Canada, 1,250;� Japan, 938; Colombia, 914; | ||||||||||
| �Belgium, 907; Sweden, 677; Hong Kong, 212; Spain, | ||||||||||
| �202; Brazil, 194; India, 127. | ||||||||||
| Yellow�� | 61,500 | 49,400 | 73,900 | 61,600 | China, 54,400; Germany, 9,240; Brazil, 4,880;��� | |||||
| Italy, 1,950; Colombia, 1,500; Canada, 494; | ||||||||||
| Japan, 416; Mexico, 324; Hong Kong, 258, United | ||||||||||
| Kingdom, 183; France, 136. | ||||||||||
| Other4� | 3,360 | 5,030 | 3,600 | 4,700 | China, 2,300; Canada, 532; Germany, 499; Japan, 131. | |||||
| Total� | 188,000 | 138,000 | 193,000 | 156,000 | ||||||
| Grand total�� | 193,000 | 140,000 | 199,000 | 159,000 | ||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Customs value. | ||||||||||
| 3Includes those earth colors not elsewhere specified or included. | ||||||||||
| 4Includes synthetic brown oxides, transparent oxides, and magnetic and precursor oxides. | ||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program