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| TABLE 4 | ||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | |||||||||
| Gross weight | Gross weight | |||||||||
| Category2 and country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||||
| Cerium compounds (2846.10.0000): | ||||||||||
| Australia | 5,830 | $7,090 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Austria | 130,000 | 746,000 | 104,000 | $633,000 | ||||||
| Belgium | 3,000 | 27,900 | 2,400 | 23,600 | ||||||
| Brazil | 55,700 | 311,000 | 123,000 | 661,000 | ||||||
| Canada | 47,800 | 270,000 | 22,900 | 263,000 | ||||||
| China | 25,800 | 254,000 | 78,600 | 582,000 | ||||||
| Egypt | 468,000 | 2,420,000 | 378,000 | 1,700,000 | ||||||
| France | 8,390 | 74,500 | 41,700 | 248,000 | ||||||
| Germany | 168,000 | 832,000 | 98,700 | 494,000 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 91,200 | 782,000 | 92,100 | 793,000 | ||||||
| India | 295,000 | 1,760,000 | 508,000 | 2,690,000 | ||||||
| Japan | 180,000 | 1,350,000 | 165,000 | 1,410,000 | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of� | 342,000 | 1,130,000 | 197,000 | 594,000 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 80,200 | 252,000 | 55,800 | 199,000 | ||||||
| Mexico | 203,000 | 1,080,000 | 141,000 | 964,000 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 16,000 | 142,000 | 13,900 | 164,000 | ||||||
| Singapore | 10,600 | 63,300 | 4,290 | 26,900 | ||||||
| Taiwan | 7,110 | 72,500 | 17,800 | 141,000 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 38,700 | 375,000 | 54,100 | 582,000 | ||||||
| Other | 99,200 | r | 695,000 | r | 116,000 | 1,390,000 | ||||
| Total | 2,280,000 | 12,600,000 | 2,220,000 | 13,600,000 | ||||||
| Total estimated equivalent rare-earth oxide (REO) content | 2,280,000 | 12,600,000 | 2,220,000 | 13,600,000 | ||||||
| Rare-earth compounds3 (2846.90.0000): | ||||||||||
| Argentina | -- | -- | 17,600 | 117,000 | ||||||
| Austria | 17,000 | 454,000 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Brazil | 5,330 | 146,000 | 51,100 | 363,000 | ||||||
| Canada | 1,960,000 | 3,860,000 | 266,000 | 719,000 | ||||||
| China | 23,100 | 155,000 | 273,000 | 1,170,000 | ||||||
| Colombia | 2,840 | 18,400 | 3,730 | 56,100 | ||||||
| Estonia | 1,800,000 | 1,030,000 | 846,000 | 406,000 | ||||||
| France | 38,100 | 1,100,000 | 47,900 | 1,190,000 | ||||||
| Germany | 255,000 | 775,000 | 20,400 | 497,000 | ||||||
| Guatemala | -- | -- | 63,900 | 30,900 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 29,000 | 661,000 | 28,900 | 818,000 | ||||||
| India | 3,520 | 17,200 | 6,160 | 37,000 | ||||||
| Italy | 29,900 | 600,000 | 2,720 | 24,500 | ||||||
| Japan | 80,200 | 3,850,000 | 28,400 | 5,740,000 | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 145,000 | 1,150,000 | 63,200 | 508,000 | ||||||
| Mexico | 23,800 | 160,000 | 20,400 | 146,000 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 12,400 | 830,000 | 570 | 22,900 | ||||||
| Poland | 34,600 | 1,230,000 | 21,300 | 439,000 | ||||||
| Russia | 45,800 | 35,200 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Singapore | 5,290 | 165,000 | 523 | 71,600 | ||||||
| Taiwan | 83,900 | 1,660,000 | 30,400 | 712,000 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 29,800 | 482,000 | 184,000 | 643,000 | ||||||
| Other | 184,000 | 530,000 | 92,900 | 389,000 | ||||||
| Total | 4,800,000 | 18,900,000 | 2,070,000 | 14,100,000 | ||||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 4,800,000 | 18,900,000 | 2,070,000 | 14,100,000 | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||
| TABLE 4�Continued | ||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 2004 | |||||||||
| Gross weight | Gross weight | |||||||||
| Category2 and country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||||
| Rare-earth metals, including scandium and yttrium (2805.30.0000): | ||||||||||
| Belgium | 739 | $28,800 | 750 | $29,300 | ||||||
| Brazil | 8,410 | 188,000 | 300 | 10,800 | ||||||
| China | 105,000 | 1,610,000 | 24,700 | 340,000 | ||||||
| Germany | 4,040 | 214,000 | 5,970 | 326,000 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 10 | 5,610 | 660 | 17,300 | ||||||
| India | 489 | 23,000 | 1,790 | 87,300 | ||||||
| Indonesia | 159,000 | 218,000 | 17,200 | 26,700 | ||||||
| Japan | 559,000 | 3,380,000 | 475,000 | 3,910,000 | ||||||
| Mexico | 699 | 58,500 | 1,660 | 70,100 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 226 | 31,300 | 305 | 69,600 | ||||||
| Taiwan | 1,460 | 58,600 | 955 | 67,600 | ||||||
| Other | 1,470 | r | 229,000 | r | 485 | 224,000 | ||||
| Total | 840,000 | 6,050,000 | 530,000 | 5,180,000 | ||||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 1,010,000 | 6,050,000 | 636,000 | 5,180,000 | ||||||
| Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys (3606.90.0000): | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 1,130 | $10,700 | 24,600 | $37,700 | ||||||
| Australia | 51,300 | 1,810,000 | 19,600 | 2,630,000 | ||||||
| Bahrain | 36,800 | 34,200 | 36,600 | 38,300 | ||||||
| Canada | 654,000 | 2,560,000 | 762,000 | 1,950,000 | ||||||
| Cyprus | 39,800 | 62,400 | 18,300 | 21,100 | ||||||
| Egypt | 115,000 | 106,000 | 105,000 | 104,000 | ||||||
| France | 56,900 | 181,000 | 115,000 | 474,000 | ||||||
| Germany | 1,110,000 | 5,780,000 | 1,510,000 | 2,080,000 | ||||||
| Greece | 57,100 | 65,400 | 62,000 | 113,000 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 166,000 | 346,000 | 144,000 | 624,000 | ||||||
| Israel | 102,000 | 149,000 | 68,000 | 73,300 | ||||||
| Japan | 151,000 | 2,760,000 | 135,000 | 4,830,000 | ||||||
| Jordan | 50,600 | 41,600 | 60,800 | 60,100 | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 1,090 | 69,300 | 35,200 | 605,000 | ||||||
| Kuwait | 97,000 | 77,500 | 166,000 | 150,000 | ||||||
| Mexico | 32,400 | 136,000 | 23,900 | 146,000 | ||||||
| Morocco | 11,000 | 9,380 | 24,600 | 23,500 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 437,000 | 908,000 | 585,000 | 1,870,000 | ||||||
| New Zealand | 12,300 | 21,400 | 24,700 | 40,700 | ||||||
| Portugal | 19,100 | 34,900 | 21,500 | 42,500 | ||||||
| Russia | 25,000 | 33,000 | 46,200 | 73,300 | ||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 83,900 | 128,000 | 306,000 | 518,000 | ||||||
| Singapore | 13,600 | 69,000 | 7,560 | 90,000 | ||||||
| Taiwan | 6,820 | 44,600 | 8,840 | 60,600 | ||||||
| Thailand | -- | -- | 22,900 | 116,000 | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 259,000 | 237,000 | 195,000 | 223,000 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 268,000 | 457,000 | 301,000 | 613,000 | ||||||
| Other | 326,000 | r | 708,000 | r | 32,000 | 422,000 | ||||
| Total | 4,190,000 | 16,800,000 | 4,860,000 | 18,000,000 | ||||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 3,720,000 | 16,800,000 | 4,320,000 | 18,000,000 | ||||||
| rRevised.� -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States category numbers. | ||||||||||
| 3Inorganic and organic. | ||||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program