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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF MISCELLANEOUS VANADIUM CHEMICALS1, 2 | |||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||
| Quantity, | Quantity, | ||||||||
| V content | V content | ||||||||
| Material and country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | |||||
| Sulfates: | |||||||||
| India | -- | -- | 4,300 | $25,800 | |||||
| South Africa | 35,000 | $77,000 | -- | -- | |||||
| Total | 35,000 | 77,000 | 4,300 | 25,800 | |||||
| Vanadates: | |||||||||
| Austria | -- | -- | 299 | 5,370 | |||||
| China | 49 | 3,530 | -- | -- | |||||
| Germany� | 27,100 | 808,000 | 23,300 | 935,000 | |||||
| Japan | 118 | 22,800 | 2,220 | 42,500 | |||||
| Korea, Republic of | 11,800 | 76,800 | 4,640 | 25,500 | |||||
| �� Netherlands | -- | -- | 2,460 | 78,600 | |||||
| Russia | 4 | 2,640 | -- | -- | |||||
| South Africa | 46,000 | 1,880,000 | 75,400 | 2,180,000 | |||||
| Switzerland | 1 | 2,010 | -- | -- | |||||
| United Kingdom | -- | -- | 6,690 | 68,200 | |||||
| Total | 85,100 | 2,800,000 | 115,000 | 3,330,000 | |||||
| -- Zero. | |||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||
| 2Comprises vanadium ore and miscellaneous vanadium chemicals. | |||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program