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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF NICKEL PRODUCTS, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons, contained Ni)2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cathodes, | ||||||||||||||||||||
| pellets, and | Powder | Wrought | ||||||||||||||||||
| briquets | and | Metallurgical- | Waste | Stainless | Total | nickel | ||||||||||||||
| Country | (unwrought) | flakes | Ferronickel | grade oxide3 | and scrap | steel scrap | Chemicals | Total | in 2004 | in 20054 | ||||||||||
| Australia | -- | 10 | -- | (5) | 500 | 6 | 21 | 537 | 123 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Belgium | 17 | 39 | -- | -- | 19 | 53 | 126 | 254 | 256 | (5) | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 20 | 16 | -- | -- | -- | 7 | 9 | 52 | 167 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Canada | 124 | 467 | 10 | 77 | 8,990 | 1,790 | 1,190 | #### | ##### | r | 96 | |||||||||
| China | -- | 143 | 7 | 2 | 157 | 18,100 | 190 | #### | ##### | 180 | ||||||||||
| Colombia | 2 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | (5) | 5 | 17 | 123 | 254 | ||||||||||
| Finland | -- | 38 | -- | -- | 113 | 4,830 | 229 | 5,210 | 5,670 | r | -- | |||||||||
| France | -- | 111 | -- | -- | 12 | 11 | 18 | 152 | 170 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Germany | (5) | 199 | 1 | 113 | 339 | 79 | 37 | 768 | 848 | 30 | ||||||||||
| India | -- | 9 | -- | -- | 30 | 2,560 | 102 | 2,700 | 1,940 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Italy | -- | 35 | -- | (5) | -- | 1,370 | 45 | 1,450 | 85 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 16 | 87 | 7 | 14 | 246 | 451 | 372 | 1,190 | 1,100 | 132 | ||||||||||
| Korea, Republic | -- | 57 | -- | -- | -- | 3,740 | 228 | 4,020 | 7,000 | 130 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 986 | 121 | -- | 1 | 1 | 2,320 | 196 | 3,620 | 1,240 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | -- | 16 | -- | -- | 69 | 874 | 82 | 1,040 | 1,260 | 8 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | -- | 10 | -- | -- | 19 | -- | 62 | 91 | 72 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Spain | (5) | 24 | -- | -- | -- | 771 | -- | 795 | 696 | (5) | ||||||||||
| Sweden | -- | (5) | -- | -- | 347 | 4 | 57 | 408 | 351 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Taiwan | 7 | 47 | -- | 1 | 41 | 5,280 | 86 | 5,470 | 3,400 | 23 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 1 | 125 | 37 | 18 | 695 | 221 | 133 | 1,230 | 1,270 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Other | 18 | 345 | 10 | 7 | 162 | 1,350 | 1,040 | 2,930 | 4,150 | r | 256 | |||||||||
| Total | 1,190 | 1,910 | 72 | 233 | 11,700 | 43,800 | 4,230 | #### | ##### | 1,340 | ||||||||||
| rRevised.� -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2The nickel contents are assumed to be as follows: metallurgical-grade oxide, 77%; waste and scrap, 50%; and stainless steel scrap, 7.5%. The chemicals category | ||||||||||||||||||||
| contains the following: chemical-grade oxide, sesquoxide, and hydroxide, 65%; chlorides, 25%; and sulfate, 22%. Other salts and various catalysts are assumed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| to be 22% nickel. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Chemical-grade oxide is included in the "Chemicals" category. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4Excluded from "2005, total." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5Less than � unit. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program