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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF TALC,� BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Not crushed or powdered | Crushed or powdered | Cut and sawed | Total unmanufactured | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||||
| 2005: | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 91 | $45 | 67 | $17 | 931 | $939 | 1,090 | $1,000 | ||||||||
| Canada | 27 | 31 | 55,800 | 17,200 | 20,300 | 16,200 | 76,200 | 33,400 | ||||||||
| China | 95,200 | 13,900 | 1,150 | 374 | 1,160 | 1,190 | 97,500 | 15,500 | ||||||||
| France | 19 | 10 | 17,400 | 1,340 | 536 | 699 | 17,900 | 2,050 | ||||||||
| Japan | -- | -- | 15,100 | 809 | 32 | 70 | 15,200 | 879 | ||||||||
| Other2 | 127 | 84 | 28,000 | 885 | 807 | 1,750 | 28,900 | 2,720 | ||||||||
| Total | 95,500 | 14,100 | 118,000 | 20,700 | 23,800 | 20,800 | 237,000 | 55,600 | ||||||||
| 2006: | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 15 | 14 | 153 | 41 | 931 | 939 | 1,100 | 994 | ||||||||
| Canada | 42 | 34 | 85,200 | 19,000 | 16,900 | 13,900 | 102,000 | 33,000 | ||||||||
| China | 139,000 | 20,700 | 1,600 | 814 | 1,880 | 1,720 | 142,000 | 23,300 | ||||||||
| France | -- | -- | 28,900 | 679 | 530 | 656 | 29,400 | 1,340 | ||||||||
| Japan | -- | -- | 30,500 | 1,130 | 407 | 311 | 30,900 | 1,440 | ||||||||
| Other2 | 4,950 | 2,460 | 934 | 573 | 2,140 | 3,670 | 8,020 | 6,700 | ||||||||
| Total | 144,000 | 23,300 | 147,000 | 22,300 | 22,800 | 21,200 | 314,000 | 66,700 | ||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes 26 countries in 2005 and 25 countries in 2006. | ||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program