U.S. Imports For Consumption Of Magnesia And Crude Magnesite, By Country

TABLE 6
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF MAGNESIA AND CRUDE MAGNESITE, BY COUNTRY¹

	2014				2015
	Quantity		Value		Quantity	Value
Material and country	(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)	(thousands)
Caustic-calcined magnesia:
Australia	18,100		$5,830		23,000	$5,170
Brazil	11,300		2,960		14,800	3,790
Canada	40,900		18,500		35,900	16,200
China	78,400		17,800		101,000	23,000
Hong Kong	--		--		307	76
Israel	1,280		234		2,060	375
Japan	1,150		2,540		2,290	4,670
Russia	--		--		3,040	777
Slovakia	127		70		--	--
Other	162		102		132	72
Total	151,000		48,100		183,000	54,100
Dead-burned and fused magnesia:
Australia	--		--		4,520	2,990
Austria	18		37		3	2
Brazil	60,900		27,700		47,800	29,600
China	160,000		99,200		128,000	71,500
France	201		1,570		181	1,460
Germany	42		93		76	179
Greece	978		560		2,480	1,140
Israel	2,060		6,690		2,130	7,110
Japan	1,450		3,730		1,230	3,680
Mexico	1,020		1,100		1,490	1,430
Netherlands	110		111		703	522
Russia	57		60		1,500	626
Spain	5,170		1,720		4,040	1,460
Turkey	7,700		3,550		12,600	7,540
Ukraine	--		--		50,600	7,870
United Kingdom	859		1,480		680	1,180
Other	625		260		670	309
Total	241,000		148,000		259,000	139,000
Other magnesia:
Australia	761		374		7,080	4,350
Brazil	13,000		3,610		11,400	3,500
Canada	96		53		2,840	1,440
China	11,700		4,560		8,290	2,810
France	149		505		247	854
Israel	1,940		5,200		1,880	5,310
Japan	1,130		2,690		905	2,070
Mexico	4,340		4,530		3,760	4,180
Russia	--		--		12,800	3,540
Slovakia	1,710		645		654	287
United Kingdom	379		691		508	884
Other	392	^r	318	^r	665	566
Total	35,600		23,200		51,000	29,800
Crude magnesite:
Brazil	340		516		367	583
China	17,300		2,010		76,900	8,630
Israel	114		359		--	--
Italy	119		32		188	50
Japan	236		707		310	916
United Kingdom	--		--		29	84
Other	230		169		169	155
Total	18,400		3,790		77,900	10,400
^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.