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| TABLE 10 | ||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF SULFURIC ACID (100% H2SO4), BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||
| Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | |||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Bulgaria | 29,100 | $481 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Canada | 821,000 | 118,000 | 1,150,000 | $79,100 | ||||||
| China | 392 | 386 | 91,000 | 8,880 | ||||||
| Egypt | -- | -- | 11,500 | 1,560 | ||||||
| Finland | 39,300 | 4,040 | 1,000 | 657 | ||||||
| Germany | -- | -- | 133,000 | 3,920 | ||||||
| Japan | 20,000 | 477 | 60,900 | 3,640 | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 37,000 | 4,160 | 17,000 | 2,040 | ||||||
| Mexico | 108,000 | 4,750 | 199,000 | 11,100 | ||||||
| Peru | 66,700 | 2,300 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Poland | 30,200 | 434 | 79,300 | 4,200 | ||||||
| Sweden | 15,600 | 742 | 27,600 | 696 | ||||||
| Other | 98,200 | 10,300 | 336,000 | 23,100 | ||||||
| Total | 1,260,000 | 146,000 | 2,110,000 | 139,000 | ||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Declared cost, insurance, and freight paid by shipper valuation. | ||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||
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Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
