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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | Gross weight | ||||||||||||
| (kilograms) | Value2 | (kilograms) | Value2 | ||||||||||
| Strontium carbonate, precipitated: | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 7,490 | $8,450 | 64,800 | $63,100 | |||||||||
| Germany | 8,890 | 57,700 | 6,450 | 56,800 | |||||||||
| Hong Kong | 30,100 | 28,600 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Italy� | -- | -- | 5,420 | 5,150 | |||||||||
| Japan | -- | -- | 11,500 | 14,700 | |||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 626 | 13,000 | 10,400 | 9,900 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 102,000 | 44,000 | 17,300 | 23,700 | |||||||||
| Panama | 929 | 5,360 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Total | 150,000 | 157,000 | 116,000 | 173,000 | |||||||||
| Strontium oxide, hydroxide, peroxide: | |||||||||||||
| Argentina� | -- | -- | 25,100 | 13,800 | |||||||||
| Australia | 16,900 | 9,280 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Belgium | 166,000 | 91,400 | 13,900 | 7,660 | |||||||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | 39,000 | 35,100 | |||||||||
| Canada | 126,000 | 54,200 | 93,300 | 45,400 | |||||||||
| China | 4,570 | 2,510 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Colombia | -- | -- | 76,000 | 52,800 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 21,000 | 11,600 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| France | 113,000 | 177,000 | 222,000 | 217,000 | |||||||||
| Germany | 9,640 | 5,300 | 99,400 | 55,500 | |||||||||
| Israel | 19,200 | 10,600 | 55,600 | 30,600 | |||||||||
| Italy� | -- | -- | 43,100 | 177,000 | |||||||||
| Jamaica� | 4,590 | 2,520 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Japan | -- | -- | 19,000 | 11,200 | |||||||||
| Korea | 353,000 | 194,000 | 44,200 | 24,300 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 4,920 | 4,330 | 99,800 | 64,800 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 12,500 | 6,850 | 7,850 | 4,320 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 12,900 | 20,200 | 13,500 | 7,430 | |||||||||
| Taiwan� | -- | -- | 40,000 | 51,800 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 7,310 | 4,020 | 11,800 | 13,700 | |||||||||
| Total | 871,000 | 594,000 | 904,000 | 812,000 | |||||||||
| -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits: may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Free alongside ship value. | |||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau; data adjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program