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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF AMALGAMS1 OF PRECIOUS METALS,� | ||||||||
| WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED, BY COUNTRY2 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||
| Quantity, | Quantity, | |||||||
| gross weight | Value | gross weight | Value | |||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| Imports | -- | r | -- | r | -- | -- | ||
| Exports: | ||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | $33 | (3) | $16 | ||||
| Australia | 3 | 12,500 | 4 | 16,500 | ||||
| Brazil | 2 | 420 | 2 | 1,860 | ||||
| Canada | 242 | 116,000 | 260 | 95,300 | ||||
| China | 24 | 1,230 | r | 1 | 10,200 | |||
| Colombia | (3) | 10 | 1 | 95 | ||||
| France | 1 | 601 | 1 | 2,700 | ||||
| Germany | 22 | 1,350 | 19 | 2,760 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 37 | 334 | 26 | 1,120 | ||||
| India | 6 | 39,100 | 5 | 34,300 | ||||
| Ireland | (3) | 37 | (3) | 45 | ||||
| Italy | (3) | 212 | 1 | 764 | ||||
| Japan | 2 | 2,260 | 2 | 18,900 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | 2,270 | 3 | 6,010 | ||||
| Malaysia | (3) | 815 | (3) | 841 | ||||
| Mexico | 12 | 210,000 | 16 | 272,000 | ||||
| Netherlands | 9 | 11,900 | 9 | 14,400 | ||||
| New Zealand | -- | -- | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Nigeria | -- | -- | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Singapore | 2 | 5,130 | 1 | 5,900 | ||||
| Suriname | -- | -- | 118 | 265 | ||||
| Switzerland | 1 | 801 | 1 | 4,010 | ||||
| Taiwan | 2 | 1,260 | 2 | 18,800 | ||||
| Thailand | -- | -- | 9 | 182 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 8 | r | 23,600 | 11 | 20,700 | |||
| Other | (3) | 677 | 2 | 793 | ||||
| Total | 378 | r | 430,000 | r | 498 | 529,000 | ||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1An alloy of mercury with one or more other metals. | ||||||||
| 2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 3Less than � unit. | ||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau.�� | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program