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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF MAGNESIUM, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Powder, sheets, tubing, | ||||||||||||||||
| ribbons, wire, other forms, | ||||||||||||||||
| Waste and scrap | Metal | Alloys, magnesium content | magnesium content | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||||
| 2010: | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 10,100 | $25,300 | 30 | $117 | 835 | $2,840 | 306 | $1,530 | ||||||||
| China | 196 | 292 | 93 | 560 | 1,270 | 3,370 | 335 | 2,740 | ||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 15,800 | 73,200 | 2,510 | 13,200 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Kazakhstan | -- | -- | 875 | 3,520 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Mexico | 687 | 1,650 | -- | -- | 1,130 | 4,830 | 63 | 1,250 | ||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | 618 | 1,820 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | 3,280 | 7,370 | -- | -- | 807 | 11,400 | 40 | 1,920 | ||||||||
| Other | 7,850 | 22,000 | 807 | 4,310 | 5,080 | 18,800 | 44 | 1,730 | ||||||||
| Total | 22,100 | 56,500 | 18,200 | 83,500 | 11,600 | 54,400 | 788 | 9,160 | ||||||||
| 2011: | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 11,400 | 21,200 | 9 | 50 | 975 | 4,220 | 74 | 3,100 | ||||||||
| China | 1 | 5 | 65 | 449 | 2,960 | 8,440 | 400 | 3,150 | ||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 12,100 | 58,400 | 2,560 | 13,700 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Kazakhstan | -- | -- | 409 | 1,740 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Mexico | 1,680 | 3,160 | -- | -- | 3 | 16 | 444 | 3,690 | ||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | 470 | 1,720 | -- | -- | (2) | 10 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | 1,640 | 4,440 | -- | -- | 888 | 13,200 | 15 | 1,040 | ||||||||
| Other | 7,240 | 20,000 | 1,250 | 6,560 | 3,790 | 14,900 | 41 | 1,840 | ||||||||
| Total | 22,000 | 48,700 | 14,300 | 68,900 | 11,200 | 54,600 | 974 | 12,800 | ||||||||
| -- 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
See also: Mineral commodity prices
