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| TABLE 11 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF TUNGSTEN ORES AND CONCENTRATES, | ||||||||
| BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||
| Quantity, | Quantity, | |||||||
| tungsten content | Value | tungsten content | Value | |||||
| Country of origin | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| Australia | 24 | $551 | -- | -- | ||||
| Austria | (2) | 5 | -- | -- | ||||
| Bolivia | 845 | 20,400 | 1,150 | $26,100 | ||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | 216 | 5,670 | ||||
| Canada | 205 | 1,780 | 797 | 16,400 | ||||
| China | -- | -- | (2) | 3 | ||||
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 34 | 439 | -- | -- | ||||
| Germany | -- | -- | 1 | 44 | ||||
| Mexico | 35 | 426 | 25 | 255 | ||||
| Mongolia | 43 | 367 | 77 | 861 | ||||
| Netherlands | -- | -- | (2) | 4 | ||||
| Nigeria | -- | -- | 8 | 132 | ||||
| Peru | 18 | 455 | 410 | 10,300 | ||||
| Portugal | 713 | 20,700 | 733 | 20,300 | ||||
| Russia | -- | -- | 26 | 436 | ||||
| Rwanda | 228 | 1,740 | 270 | 4,200 | ||||
| Thailand | 108 | 1,410 | 157 | 1,970 | ||||
| Uganda | 32 | 811 | 14 | 340 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 9 | 290 | -- | -- | ||||
| Total | 2,290 | 49,500 | 3,880 | 87,000 | ||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Less than � unit. | ||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program