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| TABLE 4 | ||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| Gross weight | Gross weight | |||||||
| Category2 and country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||
| Cerium compounds (2846.10.0000): | ||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 20 | $7,040 | ||||
| Austria | 104,000 | $633,000 | 139,000 | 739,000 | ||||
| Belgium | 2,400 | 23,600 | 2,400 | 25,200 | ||||
| Brazil | 123,000 | 661,000 | 78,700 | 419,000 | ||||
| Canada | 22,900 | 263,000 | 8,790 | 105,000 | ||||
| China | 78,600 | 582,000 | 26,900 | 365,000 | ||||
| Egypt | 378,000 | 1,700,000 | 270,000 | 1,220,000 | ||||
| France | 41,700 | 248,000 | 35,100 | 274,000 | ||||
| Germany | 98,700 | 494,000 | 56,200 | 289,000 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 92,100 | 793,000 | 58,300 | 657,000 | ||||
| India | 508,000 | 2,690,000 | 580,000 | 3,050,000 | ||||
| Japan | 165,000 | 1,410,000 | 144,000 | 1,060,000 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of� | 197,000 | 594,000 | 19,100 | 76,700 | ||||
| Malaysia | 55,800 | 199,000 | -- | -- | ||||
| Mexico | 1,410,000 | 964,000 | 178,000 | 739,000 | ||||
| Netherlands | 13,900 | 164,000 | 92,100 | 398,000 | ||||
| Singapore | 4,290 | 26,900 | 13,700 | 99,000 | ||||
| Taiwan | 17,800 | 141,000 | 19,100 | 156,000 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 54,100 | 582,000 | 14,700 | 200,000 | ||||
| Other | 116,000 | 1,390,000 | 269,000 | 9,960,000 | ||||
| Total | 2,220,000 | 13,600,000 | 2,010,000 | 19,800,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent rare-earth oxide (REO) content | 2,220,000 | 13,600,000 | 2,010,000 | 19,800,000 | ||||
| Rare-earth compounds3 (2846.90.0000): | ||||||||
| Argentina | 17,600 | 117,000 | 3,220 | 17,600 | ||||
| Austria | -- | -- | 4,640 | 78,000 | ||||
| Brazil | 51,100 | 363,000 | 100,000 | 1,080,000 | ||||
| Canada | 266,000 | 719,000 | 428,000 | 1,080,000 | ||||
| China | 273,000 | 1,170,000 | 125,000 | 1,350,000 | ||||
| Colombia | 3,730 | 56,100 | -- | -- | ||||
| Estonia | 846,000 | 406,000 | 1,310,000 | 577,000 | ||||
| France | 47,900 | 1,190,000 | 43,500 | 732,000 | ||||
| Germany | 20,400 | 497,000 | 5,320 | 152,000 | ||||
| Guatemala | 63,900 | 30,900 | 600 | 24,000 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 28,900 | 818,000 | 5,490 | 66,800 | ||||
| India | 6,160 | 37,000 | 6,910 | 45,900 | ||||
| Italy | 2,720 | 24,500 | 38,600 | 140,000 | ||||
| Japan | 28,400 | 5,740,000 | 59,900 | 7,580,000 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 63,200 | 508,000 | 117,000 | 1,690,000 | ||||
| Mexico | 20,400 | 146,000 | 108,000 | 869,000 | ||||
| Netherlands | 570 | 22,900 | 20,700 | 218,000 | ||||
| Poland | 21,300 | 439,000 | 2,500 | 34,000 | ||||
| Singapore | 523 | 71,600 | 12,000 | 114,000 | ||||
| Taiwan | 30,400 | 712,000 | 14,300 | 345,000 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 184,000 | 643,000 | 126,000 | 385,000 | ||||
| Other | 92,900 | 389,000 | 169,000 | 681,000 | ||||
| Total | 2,070,000 | 14,100,000 | 2,700,000 | 17,300,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 2,070,000 | 14,100,000 | 2,700,000 | 17,300,000 | ||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||
| TABLE 4�Continued | ||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| Gross weight | Gross weight | |||||||
| Category2 and country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||
| Rare-earth metals, including scandium and yttrium (2805.30.0000): | ||||||||
| Belgium | 750 | $29,300 | 2,010 | $99,800 | ||||
| Brazil | 300 | 10,800 | -- | -- | ||||
| China | 24,700 | 340,000 | 19,100 | 123,000 | ||||
| Germany | 5,970 | 326,000 | 6,990 | 544,000 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 660 | 17,300 | -- | -- | ||||
| India | 1,790 | 87,300 | 4,450 | 204,000 | ||||
| Indonesia | 17,200 | 26,700 | ||||||
| Japan | 475,000 | 3,910,000 | 569,000 | 5,380,000 | ||||
| Mexico | 1,660 | 70,100 | 875 | 51,900 | ||||
| Switzerland | 305 | 69,600 | 17 | 14,000 | ||||
| Taiwan | 955 | 67,600 | -- | -- | ||||
| Other | 485 | 224,000 | 8,590 | 536,000 | ||||
| Total | 530,000 | 5,180,000 | 611,000 | 6,960,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 636,000 | 5,180,000 | 733,000 | 6,960,000 | ||||
| Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys (3606.90.0000): | ||||||||
| Argentina | 24,600 | $37,700 | 43,600 | $65,800 | ||||
| Australia | 19,600 | 2,630,000 | 12,600 | 997,000 | ||||
| Bahrain | 36,600 | 38,300 | 23,900 | 26,100 | ||||
| Canada | 762,000 | 1,950,000 | 827,000 | 2,010,000 | ||||
| Cyprus | 18,300 | 21,100 | 17,200 | 26,600 | ||||
| Egypt | 105,000 | 104,000 | 140,000 | 154,000 | ||||
| France | 115,000 | 474,000 | 78,100 | 201,000 | ||||
| Germany | 1,510,000 | 2,080,000 | 1,430,000 | 2,020,000 | ||||
| Greece | 52,000 | 113,000 | 57,500 | 99,300 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 144,000 | 624,000 | 142,000 | 483,000 | ||||
| Israel | 68,000 | 73,300 | 98,800 | 112,000 | ||||
| Japan | 135,000 | 4,830,000 | 24,900 | 571,000 | ||||
| Jordan | 60,800 | 60,100 | 18,100 | 18,500 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 35,200 | 605,000 | 91,400 | 1,190,000 | ||||
| Kuwait | 166,000 | 150,000 | -- | -- | ||||
| Mexico | 23,900 | 146,000 | 34,600 | 146,000 | ||||
| Morocco | 24,600 | 23,500 | 39,400 | 40,500 | ||||
| Netherlands | 585,000 | 1,870,000 | 303,000 | 1,080,000 | ||||
| New Zealand | 24,700 | 40,700 | -- | -- | ||||
| Portugal | 21,500 | 42,500 | -- | -- | ||||
| Russia | 46,200 | 73,300 | 81,800 | 119,000 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 306,000 | 518,000 | 45,000 | 70,600 | ||||
| Singapore | 7,560 | 90,000 | 2,470 | 80,200 | ||||
| Taiwan | 8,840 | 60,600 | 308 | 88,700 | ||||
| Thailand | 22,900 | 116,000 | -- | -- | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | 195,000 | 223,000 | 218,000 | 283,000 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 301,000 | 613,000 | 310,000 | 620,000 | ||||
| Other | 32,000 | 422,000 | 144,000 | 524,000 | ||||
| Total | 4,860,000 | 10,000,000 | 4,180,000 | 11,000,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 4,320,000 | 18,000,000 | 3,710,000 | 11,000,000 | ||||
| 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