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| TABLE 12 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF WORKED MICA IN 2006, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| Plates, sheets | Other | |||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| Australia | 6 | $131 | -- | -- | ||||
| Austria | 108 | 2,350 | 21 | $652 | ||||
| Belgium | 329 | 4,160 | -- | -- | ||||
| Brazil | 273 | 944 | (2) | 8 | ||||
| Canada | 1 | 38 | (2) | 4 | ||||
| China | 297 | 711 | 44 | 323 | ||||
| Czech Republic | (2) | 9 | -- | -- | ||||
| France | 8 | 62 | 2 | 85 | ||||
| Germany | 27 | 571 | (2) | 4 | ||||
| Hong Kong | -- | -- | 6 | 39 | ||||
| India | 32 | 473 | 168 | 1,060 | ||||
| Indonesia | -- | -- | (2) | 3 | ||||
| Italy | 1 | 18 | 1 | 5,030 | ||||
| Japan | 14 | 321 | 2 | 38 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | 14 | 22 | 30 | ||||
| Netherlands | 6 | 103 | -- | -- | ||||
| Romania | 1 | 11 | -- | -- | ||||
| Singapore | 1 | 15 | -- | -- | ||||
| Switzerland | 22 | 409 | -- | -- | ||||
| Taiwan | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 1 | 28 | 18 | 540 | ||||
| Vietnam | -- | -- | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 1,130 | 10,400 | 288 | 7,830 | ||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Less than � unit. | ||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program