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| TABLE 12 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF LEAD, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| Base bullion: | ||||||||
| Canada | 449 | $512 | -- | -- | ||||
| Colombia | 90 | 134 | 1,860 | $3,720 | ||||
| Netherlands | -- | -- | 60 | 118 | ||||
| Venezuela | -- | -- | 67 | 169 | ||||
| Total | 539 | 646 | 1,990 | 4,010 | ||||
| Pigs and bars, lead content: | ||||||||
| Argentina | 75 | 101 | 18 | 32 | ||||
| Australia | 9,230 | 9,540 | -- | -- | ||||
| Canada� | 222,000 | 284,000 | 208,000 | 457,000 | ||||
| China� | 41,700 | 50,100 | 613 | 2,400 | ||||
| Colombia | 535 | 576 | -- | -- | ||||
| Germany� | 275 | 1,640 | 121 | 1,670 | ||||
| Italy | 540 | 717 | -- | -- | ||||
| Mexico� | 15,800 | 13,800 | 35,600 | 60,300 | ||||
| Peru� | 34,600 | 45,500 | 16,500 | 43,300 | ||||
| Russia | 1,920 | 1,920 | 1,120 | 3,780 | ||||
| United Kingdom� | 4,490 | 4,890 | (2) | 9 | ||||
| Venezuela | 188 | 577 | 790 | 2,440 | ||||
| Other� | 20 | r | 47 | r | 38 | 66 | ||
| Total | 331,000 | 413,000 | 263,000 | 571,000 | ||||
| Reclaimed scrap, including ash and residues, lead content: | ||||||||
| Canada� | 309 | 467 | 609 | 1,200 | ||||
| Colombia | 506 | 545 | 157 | 381 | ||||
| Guatemala | 25 | 97 | -- | -- | ||||
| Mexico� | 645 | 407 | 584 | 540 | ||||
| Netherlands | -- | -- | 126 | 107 | ||||
| United Kingdom� | -- | -- | 918 | 352 | ||||
| Other� | 71 | r | 133 | r | 33 | 165 | ||
| Total | 1,560 | 1,650 | 2,430 | 2,740 | ||||
| Wrought lead, all forms, including wire and powders, gross weight: | ||||||||
| Argentina | 1,180 | 1,930 | 1,200 | 3,050 | ||||
| Australia | 18 | 68 | -- | -- | ||||
| Austria | 203 | 850 | -- | -- | ||||
| Canada� | 3,580 | 10,600 | 603 | 1,930 | ||||
| China� | 908 | 4,080 | 3 | 19 | ||||
| El Salvador | 815 | 1,540 | -- | -- | ||||
| France� | 180 | 399 | 266 | 611 | ||||
| Germany� | 1,030 | 4,770 | 872 | 4,540 | ||||
| Mexico� | 2,470 | 3,940 | 168 | 417 | ||||
| New Zealand | 56 | 819 | 133 | 892 | ||||
| Russia | 556 | 1,050 | 522 | 584 | ||||
| Taiwan� | 216 | 784 | 20 | 162 | ||||
| United Kingdom� | 391 | 1,110 | 289 | 1,020 | ||||
| Other� | 490 | r | 3,530 | r | 109 | 397 | ||
| Total� | 12,100 | 35,500 | 4,180 | 13,600 | ||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Less than � unit. | ||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program