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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF SILVER, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Silver ores and concentrates | Ash and residues | Bullion | Dore | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Silver | Silver | Silver | Silver | Silver | ||||||||||||||||
| content | Value | content | Value | content | Value | content | Value | content | Value | |||||||||||
| Year and country | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 433 | $318 | 2,630 | $769 | 3,880,000 | $902,000 | 300,000 | $89,500 | 4,180,000 | $993,000 | ||||||||||
| 2006: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Argentina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 461 | 114 | 461 | 114 | ||||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 42,000 | 12,200 | -- | 4 | 42,000 | 12,200 | ||||||||||
| Belgium | -- | -- | -- | -- | 17 | 5 | -- | -- | 17 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Canada | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,470,000 | 497,000 | 4,300 | 1,160 | 1,480,000 | 499,000 | ||||||||||
| Chile | -- | -- | -- | -- | 34,400 | 11,000 | 72,900 | 31,300 | 107,000 | 42,200 | ||||||||||
| Colombia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 751 | 217 | 3,080 | 958 | 3,830 | 1,180 | ||||||||||
| France | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,100 | 368 | 1,100 | 368 | ||||||||||
| Honduras | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 646 | 256 | 646 | 256 | ||||||||||
| India | -- | -- | -- | -- | 54 | 11 | -- | 3 | 54 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Italy | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 | 4 | 32 | 13 | 41 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2,300,000 | 850,000 | 110,000 | 65,800 | 2,410,000 | 916,000 | ||||||||||
| Panama | -- | -- | -- | -- | 336 | 99 | 97 | 28 | 433 | 127 | ||||||||||
| Peru | -- | -- | -- | -- | 411,000 | 146,000 | 93,900 | 33,700 | 505,000 | 180,000 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | (2) | 14 | (2) | 14 | ||||||||||
| Poland | -- | -- | -- | -- | 20,000 | 6,120 | -- | -- | 20,000 | 6,120 | ||||||||||
| Taiwan | -- | -- | 4,800 | 1,110 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4,800 | 1,110 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | -- | -- | -- | -- | 171 | 67 | -- | -- | 171 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Total | -- | -- | 4,800 | 1,110 | 4,280,000 | 1,520,000 | 286,000 | 134,000 | 4,570,000 | 1,660,000 | ||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Less than � unit. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program