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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF TUNGSTEN ORES AND CONCENTRATES, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||
| Tungsten | Tungsten | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | content2 | Value | Gross weight | content2 | Value | |||||||
| Country of destination | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Argentina | (3) | (3) | $3 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Bulgaria | (3) | (3) | 6 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Canada | -- | -- | -- | 1 | (3) | $11 | ||||||
| China | 63 | 33 | 861 | 210 | 108 | 3,160 | ||||||
| Czech Republic | -- | -- | -- | (3) | (3) | 7 | ||||||
| France | (3) | (3) | 4 | (3) | (3) | 3 | ||||||
| Germany | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 47 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | (3) | (3) | 6 | �-- | �-- | �-- | ||||||
| Indonesia | -- | -- | -- | (3) | (3) | 3 | ||||||
| Ireland | (3) | (3) | 17 | �-- | �-- | �-- | ||||||
| Japan | (3) | (3) | 12 | �-- | �-- | �-- | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 28 | ||||||
| Malaysia | (3) | (3) | 3 | �-- | �-- | �-- | ||||||
| Netherlands | 28 | 14 | 552 | 37 | 19 | 269 | ||||||
| Singapore | -- | -- | -- | (3) | (3) | 10 | ||||||
| Sweden | -- | -- | -- | (3) | (3) | 3 | ||||||
| Switzerland | (3) | (3) | 6 | �-- | �-- | �-- | ||||||
| Taiwan | -- | -- | -- | (3) | (3) | 5 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 7 | 4 | 106 | �-- | �-- | �-- | ||||||
| Total | 102 | 52 | 1,600 | 252 | 130 | 3,550 | ||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Content estimated from reported gross weight. | ||||||||||||
| 3Less than � unit. | ||||||||||||
| Source:� U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program