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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