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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF MAGNESIUM, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Powder, sheets, tubing, | ||||||||||||||||
| Waste and scrap | Metal | Alloys | ribbons, wire, other forms | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||||
| 2006: | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | 19 | $41 | 1,230 | $3,220 | 5 | $161 | ||||||||
| Canada | 3,450 | $7,860 | 3,490 | 7,810 | 481 | 1,720 | 507 | 4,770 | ||||||||
| Mexico | 207 | 502 | 498 | 1,150 | 74 | 249 | 978 | 5,800 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | -- | -- | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 269 | 6,150 | ||||||||
| Other | 17 | 44 | 168 | 504 | 505 | 3,000 | 422 | 8,640 | ||||||||
| Total | 3,680 | 8,410 | 4,170 | 9,520 | 2,290 | 8,200 | 2,180 | 25,500 | ||||||||
| 2007: | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 19 | 59 | -- | -- | 1,210 | 3,760 | 5 | 180 | ||||||||
| Canada | 1,210 | 2,930 | 3,420 | 8,580 | 4,660 | 13,000 | 359 | 5,270 | ||||||||
| Mexico | 423 | 722 | 825 | 1,630 | 1,160 | 3,770 | 140 | 1,350 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | -- | -- | -- | -- | 36 | 139 | 272 | 7,290 | ||||||||
| Other | 143 | 290 | 38 | 83 | 512 | 2,920 | 394 | 8,700 | ||||||||
| Total | 1,800 | 4,000 | 4,290 | 10,300 | 7,570 | 23,600 | 1,170 | 22,800 | ||||||||
| -- 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