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

TABLE 7
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF CRUDE AND PROCESSED MAGNESITE, BY COUNTRY¹

	2005				2006
	Quantity		Value		Quantity	Value
Material and country	(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)	(thousands)
Caustic-calcined magnesia:
Brazil	5,800		$638		8	$2
Canada	40,900		7,390		18,700	4,260
China	96,300		13,700		127,000	16,000
Greece	3,000		759		3,000	824
Hong Kong	--		--		12,600	2,160
Korea, Republic of	5,270		916		--	--
Other	837	^r	496	^r	1,120	659
Total	152,000		23,900		163,000	23,900
Dead-burned and fused magnesia:
Australia	13,300		6,910		20,000	6,940
Austria	28,000		14,200		30,500	17,800
China	390,000		82,900		360,000	67,300
Greece	6,050		1,290		6,600	1,720
Hong Kong	20,900		4,310		--	--
Israel	2,010		4,160		2,410	4,540
Japan	3,830		5,520		8,340	6,870
Korea, Republic of	6,200		1,380		1,140	587
Mexico	5,680		2,270		3,240	1,570
Other	1,860		909		1,070	521
Total	478,000		124,000		433,000	108,000
Other magnesia:
Canada	1,100		297		1,040	294
China	2,690		1,690		1,920	761
Israel	442		648		261	443
Japan	1,300		2,430		1,190	2,360
Mexico	8,120		3,150		11,800	5,480
Netherlands	1,490		1,230		--	--
Slovakia	1,890		654		1,650	478
Other	1,260		1,230		1,230	1,280
Total	18,300		11,300		19,000	11,100
Crude magnesite:
Brazil	920		241		759	188
China	5,310		297		7,900	996
Israel	2,360		450		2,820	588
Japan	4,330		887		2,790	579
Other	2,080	^r	388	^r	893	196
Total	15,000		2,260		15,200	2,550
^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.