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| TABLE 12 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF LEAD, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| Pigs and bars, lead content: | ||||||||
| Argentina | 113 | $120 | 75 | $101 | ||||
| Australia | 39,600 | 38,900 | 9,230 | 9,540 | ||||
| Belgium� | 51 | 334 | -- | -- | ||||
| Canada� | 190,000 | 199,000 | 222,000 | 284,000 | ||||
| China� | 22,700 | 22,500 | 41,700 | 50,100 | ||||
| Colombia | 302 | 270 | 535 | 576 | ||||
| Germany� | 107 | 488 | 275 | 1,640 | ||||
| Japan� | 228 | 229 | -- | -- | ||||
| Mexico� | 15,200 | 12,300 | 15,800 | 13,800 | ||||
| Panama | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Peru� | 23,900 | 24,400 | 34,600 | 45,500 | ||||
| Russia | -2 | 4 | 1,920 | 1,920 | ||||
| United Kingdom� | 5,460 | 4,830 | 4,490 | 4,890 | ||||
| Venezuela | -- | -- | 188 | 577 | ||||
| Other� | 25 | 64 | r | 560 | 764 | |||
| Total | 298,000 | 303,000 | 331,000 | 413,000 | ||||
| Reclaimed scrap, including ash and residues, lead content: | ||||||||
| Canada� | 1,070 | 1,050 | 309 | 467 | ||||
| Chile | 32 | 27 | -- | -- | ||||
| Colombia | 1,060 | 897 | 506 | 545 | ||||
| Guatemala | 110 | 116 | 25 | 97 | ||||
| Mexico� | 1,020 | 711 | 645 | 407 | ||||
| Russia | 22 | 20 | 21 | 25 | ||||
| Tunisia | 28 | 59 | -- | -- | ||||
| Other� | -- | -- | 50 | 107 | ||||
| Total | 3,340 | 2,880 | 1,560 | 1,650 | ||||
| Wrought lead, all forms, including wire and powders, gross weight: | ||||||||
| Argentina | 1,060 | 1,370 | 1,180 | 1,930 | ||||
| Australia | 28 | 105 | 18 | 68 | ||||
| Austria | 215 | 889 | 203 | 850 | ||||
| Canada� | 5,190 | 11,000 | 3,580 | 10,600 | ||||
| China� | 792 | 2,950 | 908 | 4,080 | ||||
| Colombia | 3 | 3 | -- | -- | ||||
| El Salvador | 120 | 185 | 815 | 1,540 | ||||
| France� | 78 | 242 | 180 | 399 | ||||
| Germany� | 982 | 3,980 | 1,030 | 4,770 | ||||
| Japan� | 7 | 163 | -- | -- | ||||
| Mexico� | 1,970 | 2,040 | 2,470 | 3,940 | ||||
| Netherlands | 334 | 1,780 | 268 | 1,460 | ||||
| New Zealand | 66 | 675 | 56 | 819 | ||||
| Peru� | 79 | 143 | 69 | 123 | ||||
| Russia | 59 | 352 | 556 | 1,050 | ||||
| Taiwan� | 136 | 529 | 216 | 784 | ||||
| Turkey | 40 | 65 | -- | -- | ||||
| United Kingdom� | 645 | 1,360 | 391 | 1,110 | ||||
| Other� | 92 | 993 | r | 154 | 1,940 | |||
| Total� | 11,900 | 28,900 | 12,100 | 35,500 | ||||
| rRevised. -- 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