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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | |||||||
| Gross weight | Gross weight | |||||||
| Category2 and country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||
| Cerium compounds, including oxides, hydroxides, nitrates, sulfate chlorides, | ||||||||
| oxalates (2846.10.0000): | ||||||||
| Austria� | 39,000 | $371,000 | 18,300 | $188,000 | ||||
| China� | 2,260,000 | 4,450,000 | 2,840,000 | 4,890,000 | ||||
| France� | 190,000 | 2,500,000 | 83,700 | 1,000,000 | ||||
| Hong Kong� | -- | -- | 36,000 | 77,500 | ||||
| Ireland | 13,900 | 350,000 | 13,900 | 350,000 | ||||
| Japan� | 270,000 | 5,050,000 | 211,000 | 3,850,000 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 41,400 | 369,000 | 25,900 | 59,500 | ||||
| Netherlands | 8 | 4,660 | 449 | 13,400 | ||||
| United Kingdom��� | 386 | 13,000 | 17,200 | 175,000 | ||||
| Other | 931 | r | 40,100 | r | 1,220 | 11,100 | ||
| Total | 2,820,000 | 13,200,000 | 3,250,000 | 10,600,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent rare-earth oxide (REO) content | 1,880,000 | 13,200,000 | r | 2,170,000 | 10,600,000 | |||
| Yttrium compounds content by weight greater than 19% but less than 85% | ||||||||
| oxide equivalent (2846.90.4000): | ||||||||
| China | 211,000 | 1,350,000 | 360,000 | 1,630,000 | ||||
| France | 3,470 | 204,000 | 535 | 33,800 | ||||
| Japan | 10,900 | 1,950,000 | 11,600 | 1,800,000 | ||||
| Other | 462 | 16,700 | 140 | 26,000 | ||||
| Total | 226,000 | 3,510,000 | 372,000 | 3,480,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 136,000 | 3,510,000 | 223,000 | 3,480,000 | ||||
| Rare-earth compounds, including oxides, hydroxides, nitrates, other compounds | ||||||||
| except chlorides (2846.90.8000): | ||||||||
| Austria� | 91,300 | 3,230,000 | 126,000 | 5,460,000 | ||||
| Canada | 17 | 34,300 | 18,000 | 58,200 | ||||
| China� | 11,100,000 | 29,400,000 | 9,430,000 | 25,500,000 | ||||
| Estonia | 440,000 | 428,000 | 76,000 | 80,000 | ||||
| France� | 1,990,000 | 13,600,000 | 518,000 | 9,290,000 | ||||
| Germany� | 23,600 | 714,000 | 8,000 | 521,000 | ||||
| Hong Kong� | 24,600 | 382,000 | 400 | 104,000 | ||||
| Japan� | 789,000 | 9,640,000 | 695,000 | 12,200,000 | ||||
| Russia� | 672,000 | 1,220,000 | 377,000 | 680,000 | ||||
| South Africa | -- | -- | 10,600 | 63,600 | ||||
| United Kingdom��� | 45,800 | 5,090,000 | 147,000 | 5,540,000 | ||||
| Other | 25,200 | 315,000 | r | 366 | 92,300 | |||
| Total | 15,200,000 | 64,100,000 | 11,400,000 | 59,600,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 11,400,000 | 64,100,000 | 8,550,000 | 59,600,000 | ||||
| Mixtures of REOs except cerium oxide (2846.90.2010): | ||||||||
| Austria� | 6,300 | 307,000 | 7,760 | 157,000 | ||||
| China� | 1,630,000 | 3,860,000 | 578,000 | 1,960,000 | ||||
| Germany� | -- | -- | 3,380 | 44,900 | ||||
| Ireland | -- | -- | 1,270 | 141,000 | ||||
| Italy | -- | -- | 34,500 | 3,720,000 | ||||
| Japan� | 9,540 | 524,000 | 3,540 | 140,000 | ||||
| Russia� | 143 | 91,000 | 51 | 10,800 | ||||
| United Kingdom��� | 12,900 | 84,300 | 10,100 | 43,600 | ||||
| Other | 248 | 67,100 | 1,780 | 103,000 | ||||
| Total | 1,660,000 | 4,930,000 | 640,000 | 6,320,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 1,660,000 | 4,930,000 | 640,000 | 6,320,000 | ||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||
| TABLE 5�Continued | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | |||||||
| Gross weight | Gross weight | |||||||
| Category2 and country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||
| Rare-earth metals, whether intermixed or alloyed (2805.30.0000): | ||||||||
| Austria� | 5,350 | $115,000 | 28,500 | $1,530,000 | ||||
| China� | 632,000 | 2,780,000 | 664,000 | 2,880,000 | ||||
| Germany� | 2,000 | 24,500 | 62 | 3,560 | ||||
| Italy | 5,900 | 30,100 | -- | -- | ||||
| Japan� | 13,200 | 216,000 | 31,100 | 206,000 | ||||
| Russia� | 1,010 | 119,000 | 979 | 117,000 | ||||
| United Kingdom��� | 10,400 | 177,000 | 7,660 | 164,000 | ||||
| Other | 233 | 36,400 | 600 | 2,390 | ||||
| Total | 670,000 | 3,500,000 | 733,000 | 4,900,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 804,000 | 3,500,000 | 880,000 | 4,900,000 | ||||
| Mixtures of rare-earth chlorides, except cerium chloride (2846.90.2050): | ||||||||
| Belgium | 13,000 | 122,000 | 10,000 | 26,200 | ||||
| China� | 2,750,000 | 2,670,000 | 5,760,000 | 6,420,000 | ||||
| France� | 10,900 | 83,400 | -- | -- | ||||
| Germany | 247 | 158,000 | 138 | 92,700 | ||||
| Israel | 1,000 | 879,000 | -- | -- | ||||
| Japan� | 24,500 | 483,000 | 22,700 | 6,990,000 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 37,800 | 2,140,000 | -- | -- | ||||
| Mexico | -- | -- | 960 | 28,800 | ||||
| Netherlands | 15,000 | 83,100 | -- | -- | ||||
| Russia | 1,140 | 222,000 | 54 | 98,700 | ||||
| United Kingdom��� | 2,400 | 15,400 | 13,600 | 92,300 | ||||
| Other | 12 | r | 6,570 | r | 19 | 17,800 | ||
| Total | 2,850,000 | 6,870,000 | 5,810,000 | 13,800,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 1,310,000 | 6,870,000 | 2,670,000 | 6,330,000 | ||||
| Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys (3606.90.3000): | ||||||||
| Austria� | 18,800 | 402,000 | 14,300 | 289,000 | ||||
| Belgium | 2,300 | 39,200 | -- | -- | ||||
| China� | -- | -- | 12,300 | 86,100 | ||||
| France��� | 97,100 | 1,330,000 | 119,000 | 1,640,000 | ||||
| Japan� | 211 | 5,430 | -- | -- | ||||
| South Africa | -- | -- | 522 | 23,100 | ||||
| Other | -- | -- | 392 | 7,520 | ||||
| Total | 118,000 | 1,770,000 | 147,000 | 2,050,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 105,000 | 1,770,000 | 130,000 | 2,050,000 | ||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program