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TABLE 6
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF POTASH, BY COUNTRY1
                                                         
  Total
Potassium Value
Potassium chloride Potassium sulfate Potassium nitrate sodium nitrate Quantity (thousands)
(metric tons) (metric tons) (metric tons) (metric tons) (metric tons) Customs C.i.f.2
Country   2005   2006   2005   2006   2005   2006   2005   2006   2005   2006   2005   2006   2005   2006
Australia 2 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 20 $3 $38 $3 $40
Belarus 436,000 680,000 -- -- -- -- -- -- 436,000 680,000 73,500 102,000 82,400 114,000
Belgium -- -- 5,520 25,200 7 12 -- -- 5,520 25,200 1,530 2,650 2,250 2,850
Cameroon 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 17 -- 6 -- 6 --
Canada 7,030,000 6,240,000 13,000 9,160 -- -- 1,760 233 7,040,000 6,250,000 963,000 r 942,000 1,000,000 983,000
Chile -- -- 13,300 2,910 81,500 100,000 -- -- 94,800 103,000 30,500 38,900 32,700 42,100
China -- -- -- 185 18 57 -- -- 18 242 14 114 16 166
France -- -- 163 1,030 -- -- -- -- 163 1,030 190 261 215 314
Germany 29,800 69,300 72,400 60,400 2,500 2,080 -- -- 105,000 132,000 20,100 20,800 24,200 24,400
Iceland -- 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 -- 9 -- 12
India 1 2 4 2 393 620 -- -- 398 624 134 198 144 210
Israel 5,720 11,600 -- -- 34,300 45,600 3,860 21 43,900 57,200 14,000 15,000 17,800 19,400
Italy -- -- 36 187 -- -- -- -- 36 187 43 44 50 50
Japan -- -- 234 122 1,090 1,020 -- -- 1,320 1,140 554 419 646 484
Mexico 39 -- -- -- 7 6 -- -- 46 6 27 12 28 12
Netherlands 165 -- -- -- -- 1 1 2 166 3 14 12 15 14
Poland -- -- -- -- 160 200 -- -- 160 200 88 108 108 128
Romania -- -- -- -- -- 38 -- -- -- 38 -- 6 -- 11
Russia 382,000 136,000 -- -- -- -- 44 -- 382,000 136,000 63,300 22,900 75,000 25,000
Slovakia 19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 19 -- 3 -- 3 --
Spain -- -- 1,020 63 -- -- -- 3 1,020 66 112 156 117 177
Switzerland -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- 4 -- 4
United Kingdom 180   41   --   --   2   1   37   --   219   42   286   69   314   76
Total   7,880,000   7,130,000   106,000   99,200   120,000   150,000   5,700   259   8,110,000   7,380,000   1,170,000   1,150,000   1,240,000   1,210,000
rRevised. -- Zero.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Cost, insurance, and freight.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, as adjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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