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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) | ||||||||
| 2005: | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 8,910 | $12,400 | 4,810 | $15,000 | 24,500 | $83,200 | 833 | $7,280 | ||||||||
| China | 693 | 995 | 19 | 32 | 693 | 2,310 | 26 | 276 | ||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 9,040 | 29,700 | 5,560 | 23,300 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Kazakhstan | -- | -- | 974 | 2,670 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | 11,800 | 27,400 | 768 | 1,710 | 143 | 599 | ||||||||
| Other | 5,060 | 9,320 | 2,120 | r | 5,880 | r | 8,720 | 28,100 | 40 | 1,910 | ||||||
| Total | 14,700 | 22,700 | 28,700 | 80,700 | 40,300 | 139,000 | 1,040 | 10,100 | ||||||||
| 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | 13,000 | 26,300 | -- | -- | 9 | 185 | ||||||||
| Other | 5,480 | 9,180 | 912 | 2,340 | 3,420 | 14,300 | 95 | 3,280 | ||||||||
| Total | 17,200 | 23,700 | 31,900 | 74,900 | 25,200 | 88,200 | 927 | 10,100 | ||||||||
| 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