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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF TUNGSTEN ORES AND CONCENTRATES, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||
| Bolivia | -- | -- | -- | 33 | 17 | $432 | ||||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | 54 | ||||||
| Canada | 1 | (3) | $11 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| China | 210 | 108 | 3,160 | 29 | 15 | 372 | ||||||
| Czech Republic | (3) | (3) | 7 | �-- | �-- | �-- | ||||||
| France | (3) | (3) | 3 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 47 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Indonesia | (3) | (3) | 3 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Ireland | �-- | �-- | �-- | (3) | (3) | 6 | ||||||
| Japan | �-- | �-- | �-- | 1 | (3) | 8 | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 2 | 1 | 28 | �-- | �-- | �-- | ||||||
| Malaysia | �-- | �-- | �-- | (3) | (3) | 10 | ||||||
| Mexico | �-- | �-- | �-- | 4 | 2 | 60 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 37 | 19 | 269 | 119 | 61 | 1,270 | ||||||
| Portugal | �-- | �-- | �-- | (3) | (3) | 3 | ||||||
| Singapore | (3) | (3) | 10 | �-- | �-- | �-- | ||||||
| Sweden | (3) | (3) | 3 | 18 | 9 | 444 | ||||||
| Taiwan | (3) | (3) | 5 | (3) | (3) | 3 | ||||||
| Thailand | �-- | �-- | �-- | (3) | (3) | 3 | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | �-- | �-- | �-- | (3) | (3) | 5 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | �-- | �-- | �-- | 4 | 2 | 52 | ||||||
| Total | 252 | 130 | 3,550 | 210 | 109 | 2,720 | ||||||
| -- 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