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| TABLE 11 | ||||||||||||
| �U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF TITANIUM CONCENTRATE, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| Concentrate and country | HTS2 | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||||
| Ilmenite:�������� | 2614.00.6020 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 135,000 | $18,700 | 127,000 | $14,200 | ||||||||
| Ukraine | 19,000 | 1,670 | 60,100 | 5,890 | ||||||||
| Total� | 154,000 | 20,400 | 187,000 | 20,100 | ||||||||
| Titaniferous slag:� | 2620.99.5000 | |||||||||||
| Canada | 168,000 | 65,400 | 159,000 | 68,200 | ||||||||
| South Africa | 472,000 | 178,000 | 512,000 | 199,000 | ||||||||
| Other | 27,000 | 3 | 10,500 | 3 | 22,000 | 3 | 8,990 | 3 | ||||
| Total� | 667,000 | 254,000 | 693,000 | 276,000 | ||||||||
| Rutile, natural:� | 2614.00.6040 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 35,400 | 14,600 | 60,100 | 28,100 | ||||||||
| South Africa | 137,000 | 63,200 | 136,000 | 61,400 | ||||||||
| Ukraine | 5,440 | 2,510 | 5,530 | 2,610 | ||||||||
| Other | 5,970 | 3,580 | 49,300 | 3 | 22,400 | 3 | ||||||
| Total� | 184,000 | 83,800 | 251,000 | 114,000 | ||||||||
| Rutile, synthetic:����� | 2614.00.3000 | |||||||||||
| Australia | 158,000 | 64,100 | 73,000 | 33,400 | ||||||||
| Malaysia | 14,300 | 6,190 | 9,060 | 4,300 | ||||||||
| Other | 9,170 | 3 | 3,890 | 3 | 22,300 | 3 | 10,000 | 3 | ||||
| Total� | 182,000 | 74,200 | 104,000 | 47,800 | ||||||||
| Titaniferous iron ore, Canada4 | 2614.00.6020 | 61,100 | 3,560 | 49,800 | 3,240 | |||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.� | ||||||||||||
| 2Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. | ||||||||||||
| 3All or part of these data have been referred to the U.S. Census Bureau for verification. | ||||||||||||
| 4Includes materials consumed for purposes other than production of titanium commodities, principally heavy | ||||||||||||
| aggregate and steel-furnace flux.� Titaniferous iron ore from Canada is classified as ilmenite under the HTS. | ||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Data adjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey.�� | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program