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| TABLE 9 | ||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF SALT, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||
| � | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
| Country | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | ||||
| Argentina | (3) | 203 | � | (3) | 222 | |||
| Bahamas, The | 1 | 311 | 1 | 393 | ||||
| Bahrain | 1 | 246 | 2 | 531 | ||||
| Belgium | 2 | 226 | 2 | 319 | ||||
| Canada | 775 | 37,500 | 588 | 38,000 | ||||
| Chile | (3) | 78 | 1 | 28 | ||||
| China | 12 | 772 | 17 | 692 | ||||
| Colombia | 13 | 787 | 7 | 545 | ||||
| Costa Rica | 2 | 365 | 4 | 294 | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 162 | 2 | 236 | ||||
| El Salvador | 1 | 269 | 1 | 152 | ||||
| Germany | 1 | 1,300 | 4 | 2,090 | ||||
| Honduras | 2 | 353 | 7 | 787 | ||||
| Hong Kong | (3) | 275 | (3) | 291 | ||||
| Israel | (3) | 56 | (3) | 57 | ||||
| Italy | (3) | 54 | (3) | 155 | ||||
| Japan | 31 | 2,420 | 40 | 2,970 | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 4 | 365 | 11 | 494 | ||||
| Kuwait | (3) | 59 | (3) | 133 | ||||
| Lebanon | (3) | 75 | (3) | 103 | ||||
| Malaysia | 12 | 562 | 5 | 140 | ||||
| Mexico | 82 | 4,040 | 67 | 4,140 | ||||
| Netherlands | 2 | 275 | 32 | 903 | ||||
| Norway | -- | -- | (3) | 84 | ||||
| Panama | 1 | 130 | 1 | 220 | ||||
| Philippines | 3 | 112 | 4 | 131 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 667 | 6 | 1,330 | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 297 | -- | -- | ||||
| United Kingdom | 3 | 491 | 1 | 273 | ||||
| Other | 20 | 2,500 | 30 | 3,880 | ||||
| Total | 973 | 54,900 | 833 | 59,600 | ||||
| �-- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to | ||||||||
| totals shown. (The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States code | ||||||||
| for salt is 2501.00.0000.) | ||||||||
| 2Free alongside ship value at U.S. ports. | ||||||||
| 3Less than � unit. | ||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program