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

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

	2006				2007
	Quantity		Value		Quantity	Value
Material and country	(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)	(thousands)
Caustic-calcined magnesia:
Canada	18,700		$4,260		15,700	$4,580
China	127,000		16,000		117,000	14,900
Greece	3,000		824		--	--
Hong Kong	12,600		2,160		--	--
Turkey	936		387		1,220	530
Other	190	^r	273	^r	23	57
Total	163,000		23,900		134,000	20,100
Dead-burned and fused magnesia:
Australia	20,000		6,940		16,800	5,800
Austria	30,500		17,800		32,700	18,200
China	360,000		67,300		364,000	84,100
Greece	6,600		1,720		13,200	4,420
Israel	2,410		4,540		2,310	4,430
Japan	8,340		6,870		3,010	5,320
Korea, Republic of	1,140		587		--	--
Mexico	3,240		1,570		2,820	1,310
Other	1,070		521		1,860	1,120
Total	433,000		108,000		437,000	125,000
Other magnesia:
Canada	1,040		294		2,780	933
China	1,920		761		4,610	1,740
Israel	261		443		572	872
Japan	1,190		2,360		940	1,960
Mexico	11,800		5,480		9,910	4,790
Slovakia	1,650		478		1,390	386
Other	1,230		1,280		694	817
Total	19,000		11,100		20,900	11,500
Crude magnesite:
Brazil	759		188		575	238
China	7,900		996		4,070	652
Israel	2,820		588		2,120	619
Japan	2,790		579		1,960	629
Other	893		196		283	82
Total	15,200		2,550		9,000	2,220
^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.