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TABLE 5
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY1
    2005   2006
Gross weight Gross weight
Category2 and country   (kilograms)   Value   (kilograms)   Value
Cerium compounds, including oxides, hydroxides, nitrates, sulfate chlorides,
oxalates (2846.10.0000):
Austria 18,300 $188,000 36,400 $235,000
China 2,840,000 4,890,000 3,540,000 6,350,000
France 83,700 1,000,000 73,600 884,000
Hong Kong 36,000 77,500 64,000 127,000
Ireland 13,900 350,000 -- --
Japan 211,000 3,850,000 135,000 3,090,000
Korea, Republic of 25,900 59,500 2,760 26,700
Netherlands 449 13,400 -- --
United Kingdom��� 17,200 175,000 159 20,700
Other 1,220 11,100 10,700 86,800
Total 3,250,000   10,600,000   3,870,000   10,800,000
Total estimated equivalent rare-earth oxide (REO) content 2,170,000   10,600,000   2,590,000   10,800,000
Yttrium compounds content by weight greater than 19% but less than 85%
oxide equivalent (2846.90.4000):
China 360,000 1,630,000 273,000 1,090,000
France 535 33,800 420 26,000
Japan 11,600 1,800,000 5,850 1,180,000
Other 140 26,000 34 30,000
Total 372,000   3,480,000   279,000   2,320,000
Total estimated equivalent REO content 223,000   3,480,000   168,000   2,320,000
Rare-earth compounds, including oxides, hydroxides, nitrates, other compounds
except chlorides (2846.90.8000):
Austria 126,000 5,460,000 85,200 3,510,000
Canada 18,000 58,200 76 36,800
China 9,430,000 25,500,000 12,500,000 37,100,000
Estonia 76,000 80,000 -- --
France 518,000 9,290,000 618,000 11,700,000
Germany 8,000 521,000 551 145,000
Hong Kong 400 104,000 37,000 257,000
Japan 695,000 12,200,000 685,000 11,800,000
Russia 377,000 680,000 145,000 721,000
South Africa 10,600 63,600 -- --
United Kingdom��� 147,000 5,540,000 5,780 749,000
Other 366 92,300 600 213,000
Total 11,400,000   59,600,000   14,100,000   66,300,000
Total estimated equivalent REO content 8,550,000   59,600,000   10,600,000   66,300,000
Mixtures of REOs except cerium oxide (2846.90.2010):
Austria 7,760 157,000 9,320 154,000
China 578,000 1,960,000 1,520,000 4,340,000
Germany 3,380 448,000 407 14,900
Ireland 1,270 141,000 -- --
Italy 34,500 3,720,000 30,800 4,110,000
Japan 3,540 140,000 6,480 60,700
Russia 51 10,800 46 17,000
United Kingdom��� 10,100 43,600 10,300 47,400
Other 1,780 103,000 -- --
Total 640,000   6,320,000   1,570,000   8,740,000
Total estimated equivalent REO content   640,000   6,320,000   1,570,000   8,740,000
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 5�Continued
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY1
    2005   2006
Gross weight Gross weight
Category2 and country   (kilograms)   Value   (kilograms)   Value
Rare-earth metals, whether intermixed or alloyed (2805.30.0000):
Austria 28,500 $1,530,000 159 $29,800
China 664,000 2,880,000 672,000 4,700,000
Germany 62 3,560 3 6,610
Japan 31,100 206,000 30,900 701,000
Russia 979 117,000 402 56,900
United Kingdom��� 7,660 164,000 19,100 434,000
Other 600 2,390 221 51,700
Total 733,000   4,900,000   723,000   5,980,000
Total estimated equivalent REO content 880,000   4,900,000   867,000   5,980,000
Mixtures of rare-earth chlorides, except cerium chloride (2846.90.2050):
Belgium 10,000 26,200 10,000 26,200
China 5,760,000 6,420,000 5,950,000 7,030,000
Germany 138 92,700 425 157,000
Japan 22,700 6,990,000 3,410 132,000
Mexico 960 28,800 80 2,640
Russia 54 98,700 87 122,000
United Kingdom��� 13,600 92,300 6,840 61,200
Other 19 17,800 10,000 134,000
Total 5,810,000   13,800,000   5,980,000   7,670,000
Total estimated equivalent REO content 2,670,000   6,330,000   2,750,000   7,670,000
Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys (3606.90.3000):
Austria 14,300 289,000 16,100 405,000
China 12,300 86,100 3,350 37,900
France��� 119,000 1,640,000 120,000 1,650,000
South Africa 522 23,100 -- --
Other 392 7,520 3,210 21,900
Total 147,000   2,050,000   143,000   2,110,000
Total estimated equivalent REO content   130,000   2,050,000   127,000   2,110,000
-- 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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