IndexMundi Home

U.S. Imports For Consumption Of Principal Minerals And Products, Excluding Mineral Fuels

Home > Minerals > Statistical Summary >

TABLE 8
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
    2004   2005
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value     Quantity   Value
Metals:  
Aluminum:  
Crude and semicrude metric tons ####### ####### ####### #######
Manufactures do. 288,000 756,000 337,000 964,000
Antimony:  
Metal do. 8,270 19,100 6,370 20,400
Ore and concentrate, antimony content do. 1,750 4,900 204 622
Oxide, antimony content do. 23,500 67,200 22,700 81,600
Arsenic:  
Acid do. 22 32 9 50
Metal do. 872 3,030 812 3,410
Sulfide do. (2) 2 -- --
Trioxide do. 8,090 4,080 11,000 5,280
Bauxite and alumina:  
Alumina, calcined equivalent   1,650 533,000 1,860 639,000
Bauxite:  
Calcined, refractory and other grade   341 36,900 337 37,300
Crude and dried   10,000 186,000 9,850 246,000
Speciality aluminum compounds, sulfate, chloride, fluoride-based metric tons 11,900 6,360 14,800 7,620
Beryllium, ore, concentrates, oxide, hydroxide, unwrought including powders,  
waste and scrap, other, beryllium-copper master alloys, beryllium-copper plates,
sheets, strip3 kilograms ####### 14,200 ####### 16,300
Bismuth, metallic do. ####### 14,500 ####### 20,500
Cadmium:  
Metal do. 38,000 127 81,300 1,040
Sulfide, gross weight do. 1,810 23 8,760 75
Chromium:  
Chromite ore metric tons 153,000 17,500 165,000 23,100
Metals and� alloys:  
Ferrochromium-silicon do. 30,600 31,500 33,700 31,600
Metal, unwrought powders, waste and scrap, other do. 9,630 56,000 11,000 87,700
Chemicals:  
Oxides, hydroxides, trioxides and other do. 9,960 18,900 14,600 32,600
Sulfates do. 111 161 288 438
Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, zinc and lead chromate, sodium  
dichromate, potassium dichromate, other do. 1,880 3,430 9,890 7,460
Carbide do. 138 1,630 131 2,150
Pigments and preparations based on chromium do. 7,540 20,200 7,510 22,100
Cobalt:  
Metal:  
Alloys, unwrought, waste and scrap, wrought, cobalt articles do. 1,330 29,500 1,170 28,300
Unwrought, excluding alloys and waste and scrap, includes cathode and metal  
powder, may include intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy do. 7,250 311,000 9,350 312,000
Oxide and hydroxides do. 1,300 45,100 1,310 35,100
Other forms, includes acetates, carbonates, chlorides, sulfates do. 1,720 22,100 2,200 24,800
Columbium (niobium) and tantalum:  
Columbium:  
Ores and concentrates do. 5 41 10 119
Oxide do. 906 13,900 946 13,400
Ferrocolumbium do. 7,950 69,000 8,360 71,700
Unwrought, alloys, metal, powder do. 940 18,500 1,380 26,700
Tantalum:  
Ores and concentrates, includes synthetic concentrates do. 1,480 r 57,900 r 1,250 43,700
Unwrought, waste and scrap, powders, alloys, metal do. 1,060 138,000 1,160 105,000
Wrought do. 38 10,000 78 17,100
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 8�Continued
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
    2004   2005
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value     Quantity   Value
Metals�Continued:  
Copper:  
Unmanufactured, does not include unalloyed scrap, copper content metric tons 983,000 ####### ####### #######
Semimanufactures do. 390,000 ####### 524,000 #######
Scrap, alloyed and unalloyed do. 102,000 187,000 114,000 276,000
Ferroalloys not listed elsewhere:  
Ferrophosphorus do. 7,280 1,840 NA NA
Other do. 8,520 12,700 NA NA
Gallium:  
Unwrought and waste and scrap kilograms 19,400 4,130 15,800 4,900
Gallium arsenide wafers, doped and undoped do. 230,000 154,000 204,000 163,000
Germanium, wrought, unwrought, waste and scrap, gross weight do. 9,130 7,260 16,700 11,200
Gold:  
Ores and concentrates do. 1,860 19,200 1,630 18,900
Dore and precipitates do. 142,000 ####### 234,000 #######
Bullion, refined do. 139,000 ####### 105,000 #######
Waste and scrap do. 20,500 161,000 27,300 209,000
Metal powder do. 10,900 59,400 1,990 6,730
Compounds do. 60,000 1,530 29,500 935
Indium, unwrought and waste and scrap do. 143,000 58,800 142,000 94,300
Iron and steel:  
Steel mill products   32,500 ####### 29,200 NA
Fabricated steel products   4,740 ####### 5,120 NA
Cast iron and steel products   611 638,000 744 NA
Stainless steel metric tons 560,000 ####### 585,000 NA
Iron and steel scrap:  
Ferrous, includes tinplate and ternplate, excludes used rails for rerolling and other uses  
and ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping   4,660 ####### 3,840 909,000
Pig iron, all grades   6,400 ####### 6,030 #######
Direct-reduced iron, steelmaking grade   2,450 463,000 2,170 361,000
Ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping   (2) 128 (2) 208
Used rails for rerolling and other uses, includes mixed (used plus new) rails   131 r 44,100 164 62,800
Iron ore   11,800 371,000 13,000 532,000
Lead:  
Pigs and bars, Pb content metric tons 197,000 175,000 298,000 303,000
Pigments and compounds, Pb content� do. 33,200 48,000 32,500 55,500
Scrap, reclaimed, includes ash and residues, Pb content do. 4,780 3,510 3,340 2,880
Wrought, all forms, including wire and powders, gross weight do. 11,000 25,200 11,900 28,900
Magnesium:  
Waste and scrap, gross weight do. 11,700 17,600 14,700 22,700
Metal, gross weight do. 34,300 78,200 28,700 80,700
Alloys, Mg content do. 51,500 152,000 40,300 139,000
Powder, sheets, tubing, ribbons, wire, other forms, Mg content do. 1,180 r 10,200 1,040 10,100
Manganese:  
Ores and concentrates with 20% or manganese, all grades, Mn content do. 234,000 37,700 334,000 58,200
Ferromanganese, all grades, Mn content do. 335,000 r 414,000 r 202,000 200,000
Silicomanganese, Mn content do. 269,000 386,000 218,000 231,000
Metal, unwrought, other wrought, waste and scrap, gross weight do. 34,700 49,900 33,400 57,500
Chemicals, manganese dioxide and potassium permanganate, gross weight do. 27,600 33,000 32,600 41,600
Mercury:  
Metal do. 92 1,350 212 2,530
Amalgams of precious metals whether or not chemically defined do. 79 r 100,000 51 89,100
Molybdenum:  
Ores and concentrates, including roasted and other, Mo content do. 8,780 268,000 11,900 746,000
Chemicals, gross weight:  
Oxides and hydroxides do. 822 15,800 1,240 42,500
Molybdates, all do. 2,200 19,800 4,320 54,800
Orange do. 1,030 4,760 983 4,780
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 8�Continued
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
    2004   2005
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value     Quantity   Value
Metals�Continued:  
Molybdenum�Continued:  
Ferromolybdenum, Mo content metric tons 5,310 158,000 4,050 278,000
Other, includes powders, unwrought, bars and rods, waste and scrap, wire, other,
gross weight do. 896 34,300 879 72,900
Nickel, Ni content:  
Primary, chemicals and unwrought do. 136,000 ####### 143,000 #######
Secondary, stainless steel scrap and waste and scrap do. 18,800 250,000 15,500 223,000
Wrought, not alloyed, bars, rods, profiles, wire, sheets, strip, foil, tubes, pipes do. 797 20,300 1,060 26,000
Alloyed, unwrought ingot, bars, rods, profiles, wire, sheets, strip, foil, tubes, pipes,  
other alloyed articles do. 19,900 349,000 23,300 481,000
Platinum-group metals, metal content:  
Platinum, grains and nuggets, sponge, other unwrought, other, waste and scrap, coins   do. 86,400 ####### 106,000 #######
Palladium, unwrought and other do. 127,000 931,000 139,000 855,000
Iridium, unwrought and other forms kilograms 3,230 18,000 3,010 16,700
Osmium, unwrought do. 75 421 39 362
Ruthenium, unwrought do. 18,800 35,900 23,200 49,800
Rhodium, unwrought and other forms do. 13,200 397,000 13,600 821,000
Rare earths, estimated equivalent rare-earth oxide (REO) content:  
Cerium compounds, including oxides, hydroxides, nitrates, sulfate chlorides, oxalates   do. ####### 13,200 r ####### 10,600
Yttrium compounds content by weight greater than 19% but less than 85%  
oxide equivalent do. 136,000 3,510 223,000 3,480
Compounds, including oxides, hydroxides, nitrates, other compounds except chlorides   do. ####### 64,100 ####### 59,600
Mixtures of REO's except cerium oxide do. ####### 4,930 640,000 6,320
Metals, whether intermixed or alloyed do. 804,000 3,500 880,000 4,900
Mixtures of rare-earth chlorides, except cerium chloride do. ####### 6,870 ####### 6,330
Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys do. 105,000 1,770 130,000 2,050
Rhenium:  
Metal do. 11,800 12,900 21,800 23,300
Ammonium perrhenate do. 12,100 7,560 10,300 7,040
Selenium and tellurium:  
Selenium, Se content:  
Selenium do. 402,000 16,000 575,000 33,900
Dioxide do. 10,300 293 14,100 1,190
Tellurium, Te content do. 62,800 2,620 42,200 4,650
Silicon, gross weight:  
Ferrosilicon metric tons 247,000 201,000 290,000 215,000
Metal do. 167,000 314,000 157,000 366,000
Silver:  
Ash and residues, Ag content kilograms 6,710 1,530 2,630 769
Bullion, Ag content do. ####### 728,000 ####### 902,000
Dore, Ag content do. 346,000 117,000 300,000 89,500
Metal powder, gross weight do. 27,400 6,920 28,400 6,840
Nitrate, gross weight do. -- -- 201 30
Ores and concentrates, Ag content do. 2,220 1,410 433 318
Semimanufactured forms containing 99.5% or more by weight of silver, gross weight   do. 52,300 11,900 181,000 39,800
Waste and scrap, gross weight do. ####### 160,000 ####### 126,000
Unwrought, other, gross weight do. 342,000 69,600 357,000 80,400
Thallium, unwrought powders, waste and scrap, other do. 325 117 235 33
Thorium and thorium-bearing materials, compounds do. 5,320 170 4,930 145
Tin, gross weight:  
Compounds metric tons 635 6,030 564 5,720
Dross, skimmings, scrap, residues, alloys, n.s.p.f. do. 5,790 24,500 9,930 28,500
Metal, unwrought do. 47,600 390,000 37,500 285,000
Miscellaneous, includes tinfoil, tin powder, flitters, metallics, manufactures, n.s.p.f.   do. NA 7,080 NA 8,010
Tinplate and terneplate do. 328,000 215,000 391,000 300,000
Tinplate scrap do. 9,650 2,020 16,800 3,160
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 8�Continued
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
    2004   2005
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value     Quantity   Value
Metals�Continued:  
Titanium:  
Concentrate:  
Ilmenite metric tons 244,000 40,900 154,000 20,400
Rutile, natural and synthetic do. 360,000 165,000 366,000 158,000
Metal:3  
Waste and scrap do. 8,830 53,600 12,400 162,000
Unwrought do. 11,900 79,900 r 15,800 120,000
Ingots do. 1,530 14,800 2,450 38,700
Billets, bloom, sheet, bar, slab do. XX XX XX XX
Powder do. 142 2,840 126 4,060
Other do. 959 8,350 1,330 22,900
Wrought products and castings, includes bar, castings, foil, pipe, plate, profile,  
rod, sheet, strip, tube, wire, other do. 3,540 r 91,500 3,660 111,000
Ferrotitanium and ferrosilicon titanium do. 6,940 21,200 16,900 76,700
Pigment, dioxide and oxide do. 264,000 413,000 341,000 578,000
Titaniferous iron ore do. 68,700 3,650 61,100 3,560
Titaniferous slag do. 457,000 192,000 667,000 254,000
Tungsten, W content: