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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF SELENIUM1 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | ||||||||
| (kilograms, | (kilograms, | ||||||||
| Class and country | contained Se) | Value | contained Se) | Value | |||||
| Selenium: | |||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 998 | $5,500 | |||||
| Belgium | 149,000 | $6,960,000 | 260,000 | 10,600,000 | |||||
| Canada | 56,500 | 3,010,000 | 49,900 | 2,720,000 | |||||
| China | 17,000 | 751,000 | 24,900 | 1,090,000 | |||||
| France | 6,080 | 223,000 | -- | -- | |||||
| Germany | 41,500 | 2,090,000 | 78,900 | 5,620,000 | |||||
| Japan | 57,100 | 1,940,000 | 54,200 | 3,180,000 | |||||
| Korea, Republic of | 5,000 | 242,000 | 8,190 | 83,800 | |||||
| Mexico | -- | -- | 4,030 | 209,000 | |||||
| Netherlands | 3,330 | 136,000 | 8,750 | 268,000 | |||||
| Peru | 600 | 22,300 | -- | -- | |||||
| Philippines | 41,400 | 1,590,000 | 30,800 | 1,370,000 | |||||
| United Kingdom | 20,400 | 1,070,000 | 15,400 | 886,000 | |||||
| Total | 398,000 | 18,000,000 | 536,000 | 26,000,000 | |||||
| Selenium dioxide:2 | |||||||||
| Germany | 8,850 | r | 695,000 | 7,460 | 594,000 | ||||
| Japan | 354 | r | 36,600 | 709 | 62,000 | ||||
| Liechtenstein | -- | -- | 12 | 2,500 | |||||
| Philippines | 1,420 | r | 73,800 | -- | -- | ||||
| Total | 10,600 | 805,000 | 8,180 | 658,000 | |||||
| Grand total | 409,000 | 18,800,000 | r | 544,000 | 26,600,000 | ||||
| rRevised . -- Zero, | |||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||
| 2Calcualted as 71% of gross weight of material. | |||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program