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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) | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 2007: | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 14 | 24 | 138 | 35 | 1,740 | 2,340 | 1,890 | 2,400 | |||||||||
| Canada | 27 | 12 | 59,900 | 21,400 | 14,100 | 11,400 | 74,000 | 32,900 | |||||||||
| China | 105,000 | 18,800 | 1,190 | 429 | 2,740 | 2,630 | 109,000 | 21,800 | |||||||||
| France | -- | -- | 976 | 953 | -- | -- | 976 | 953 | |||||||||
| Japan | -- | -- | 22,800 | 1,250 | 50 | 108 | 22,800 | 1,360 | |||||||||
| Other2 | 33 | 743 | 11,400 | 1,370 | 1,440 | 2,590 | 12,800 | 4,700 | |||||||||
| Total | 105,000 | 19,600 | 96,400 | 25,500 | 20,000 | 19,100 | 221,000 | 64,100 | |||||||||
| -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes 25 countries in 2006 and 2007. | |||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program