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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||
| U.S. FOREIGN TRADE IN THORIUM AND THORIUM-BEARING MATERIALS1 | ||||||||||
| ���� | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||
| (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | Principal destinations/sources and quantities, 2007 | ||||||
| Exports: | ||||||||||
| Thorium ore, monazite concentrate | -- | -- | 1,000 | $34,900 | United Kingdom, 1,000. | |||||
| Compounds | 1,090 | 424,000 | 1,630 | 500,000 | Australia, 732; Singapore, 719; Austria, 53; Senegal, 41. | |||||
| Imports: | ||||||||||
| Thorium ore, monazite concentrate | 10,000 | 4,800 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Compounds | 48,630 | 1,560,000 | 6,370 | 318,000 | France, 5,370; Canada, 998. | |||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program