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| TABLE 11 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF TUNGSTEN ORES AND | ||||||||
| CONCENTRATES, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| Quantity, | Quantity, | |||||||
| tungsten content | Value | tungsten content | Value | |||||
| Country of origin | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 24 | $551 | ||||
| Austria | -- | -- | (2) | 5 | ||||
| Bolivia | 547 | $10,200 | 845 | 20,400 | ||||
| Canada | 270 | 1,300 | 205 | 1,780 | ||||
| China | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | ||||
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 57 | 500 | 34 | 439 | ||||
| Hong Kong | (2) | 5 | -- | -- | ||||
| Mexico | 30 | 221 | 35 | 426 | ||||
| Mongolia | 13 | 76 | 43 | 367 | ||||
| Peru | �-- | �-- | 18 | 455 | ||||
| Portugal | 764 | 16,200 | 713 | 20,700 | ||||
| Russia | 97 | 593 | -- | -- | ||||
| Rwanda | 140 | 871 | 228 | 1,740 | ||||
| Thailand | 146 | 1,430 | 108 | 1,410 | ||||
| Uganda | -- | -- | 32 | 811 | ||||
| United Kingdom | -- | -- | 9 | 290 | ||||
| Vietnam | 19 | 74 | -- | -- | ||||
| Total | 2,080 | 31,400 | 2,290 | 49,500 | ||||
| -- 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