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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) | |||||||||
| 2006: | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 11,500 | $14,200 | 8,780 | $21,500 | 18,800 | $64,800 | 580 | $5,200 | |||||||||
| China | 216 | 353 | 1 | 7 | 335 | 730 | 243 | 1,430 | |||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 7,920 | 22,000 | 2,610 | 8,410 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | -- | -- | 1,300 | 2,850 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Mexico | 1,090 | 1,470 | -- | -- | 483 | 1,050 | 26 | 38 | |||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | 13,000 | 26,300 | -- | -- | 9 | 185 | |||||||||
| Other | 4,390 | r | 7,710 | r | 912 | 2,340 | 2,940 | r | 13,300 | r | 69 | r | 3,240 | r | |||
| Total | 17,200 | 23,700 | 31,900 | 74,900 | 25,200 | 88,200 | 927 | 10,100 | |||||||||
| 2007: | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 11,100 | 17,100 | 1,070 | 3,950 | 13,100 | 48,600 | 805 | 3,090 | |||||||||
| China | 334 | 628 | 3,450 | 9,940 | 64 | 187 | 625 | 4,560 | |||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 14,500 | 41,500 | 2,420 | 7,560 | -- | 6 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | -- | -- | 974 | 2,570 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Mexico | 2,750 | 2,360 | -- | -- | 1,990 | 4,820 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | 6,110 | 12,200 | -- | -- | 20 | 488 | |||||||||
| Other | 7,050 | 14,400 | 1,010 | 3,380 | 4,360 | 18,400 | 37 | 1,510 | |||||||||
| Total | 21,200 | 34,500 | 27,200 | 73,500 | 21,900 | 79,600 | 1,490 | 9,650 | |||||||||
| 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