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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF TIN IN VARIOUS FORMS1 | ||||||||||||
| Tin scrap and other tin-bearing | ||||||||||||
| Tinplate and terneplate | material except tinplate scrap2 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Ingots and pigs | Quantity | ||||||||||
| (metric tons, | Value | Quantity | Value | (metric tons, | Value | |||||||
| Year | gross weight) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | gross weight) | (thousands) | ||||||
| 2005 | 252,000 | $188,000 | 4,330 | $30,500 | 32,800 | $51,200 | ||||||
| 2006 | 198,000 | 137,000 | 5,490 | 40,500 | 23,500 | 63,000 | ||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||||
| 2Includes rods, profiles, flakes, tubes, and pipes. | ||||||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program