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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) | ||||||||
| 2005: | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | -- | -- | 420 | $1,010 | 9 | $246 | ||||||||
| Canada | 4,790 | $10,800 | 701 | $2,340 | 205 | 1,730 | 365 | 3,800 | ||||||||
| Mexico | 458 | 1,280 | 13 | 45 | 302 | 849 | 1,070 | 4,760 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | 24 | 69 | -- | -- | 58 | 269 | 244 | 6,170 | ||||||||
| Other | 360 | 895 | 18 | 87 | 214 | 2,020 | 396 | 7,460 | ||||||||
| Total | 5,630 | 13,100 | 732 | 2,470 | 1,200 | 5,870 | 2,080 | 22,400 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| -- 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