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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF IRON OXIDE AND IRON HYDROXIDE PIGMENTS,� BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Natural | Synthetic | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity | �Value2 | Quantity | �Value2 | Quantity | �Value2 | Quantity | �Value2 | ||||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||||||
| Austria | 219 | $212 | 211 | $218 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Belgium� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,730 | $612 | 907 | $354 | |||||||||
| Brazil� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4,070 | 3,740 | 5,070 | 4,970 | |||||||||
| Canada� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4,580 | 5,610 | 2,890 | 5,510 | |||||||||
| China� | 16 | 63 | 32 | 14 | 117,000 | 70,100 | 123,000 | 77,100 | |||||||||
| Colombia� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,680 | 2,040 | 2,450 | 2,980 | |||||||||
| Cyprus� | 3,480 | 1,510 | 4,340 | 1,830 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Egypt | -- | -- | -- | -- | 156 | 130 | 136 | 125 | |||||||||
| France� | 253 | 167 | 379 | 205 | 196 | 830 | 239 | 1,230 | |||||||||
| Germany� | 106 | 136 | 98 | 123 | 42,200 | 33,100 | 41,300 | 41,900 | |||||||||
| Hong Kong� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 343 | 239 | 691 | 602 | |||||||||
| India� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 831 | 469 | 384 | 100 | |||||||||
| Italy� | 18 | 11 | -- | -- | 9,270 | 11,200 | 10,000 | 12,200 | |||||||||
| Japan� | 79 | 135 | 40 | 68 | 3,310 | 5,970 | 3,110 | 5,930 | |||||||||
| Korea, Repubilc of | -- | -- | -- | -- | 112 | 216 | 340 | 562 | |||||||||
| Mexico� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,550 | 1,530 | 755 | 801 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 18 | 11 | -- | -- | 103 | 32 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Singapore | 1,060 | 362 | -- | -- | 21 | 32 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Spain� | -- | -- | 1,170 | 433 | 145 | 75 | 236 | 190 | |||||||||
| Sweden� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 327 | 117 | 677 | 259 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom� | -- | -- | -- | -- | 211 | 1,690 | 275 | 1,020 | |||||||||
| Other | -- | -- | -- | -- | 38 | 23 | 76 | 109 | |||||||||
| Total� | 5,240 | r | 2,610 | r | 6,270 | 2,890 | 188,000 | 138,000 | 193,000 | 156,000 | |||||||
| rRevised.� -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2Customs value. | |||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program