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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||||
| VALUE OF U.S. EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS OF ASBESTOS FIBERS AND ASBESTOS-BASED PRODUCTS, | ||||||||||||
| BY COUNTRY1,2 | ||||||||||||
| (Thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||||
| Unmanufactured | Manufactured | Unmanufactured | Manufactured | |||||||||
| Country | fiber3 | products | Total | fiber3 | products | Total | ||||||
| Australia4 | -- | 298 | 298 | 3 | 40 | 43 | ||||||
| Brazil | -- | 141 | 141 | -- | 86 | 86 | ||||||
| Canada | -- | 1,760 | r | 1,760 | r | 4 | 2,560 | 2,560 | ||||
| China | -- | 475 | 475 | -- | 634 | 634 | ||||||
| France4 | -- | 21 | 21 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Germany4 | -- | 775 | 775 | -- | 111 | 111 | ||||||
| Guatemala | -- | 1,170 | 1,170 | -- | 401 | 401 | ||||||
| Italy4 | -- | 574 | 574 | -- | 83 | 83 | ||||||
| Japan4 | -- | 534 | 534 | -- | 258 | 258 | ||||||
| Korea, Republic of 4 | -- | 3,850 | 3,850 | -- | 3,920 | 3,920 | ||||||
| Mexico | 54 | 6,390 | r | 6,440 | r | 14 | 4,370 | 4,390 | ||||
| Netherlands4 | -- | 10 | 10 | -- | 61 | 61 | ||||||
| Philippines | -- | 2,440 | 2,440 | -- | 4,190 | 4,190 | ||||||
| United Kingdom4 | -- | 260 | r | 260 | r | 4 | 1,620 | 1,630 | ||||
| Venezuela | -- | 1,170 | 1,170 | 88 | 999 | 1,090 | ||||||
| Other4 | -- | 9,920 | r | 9,920 | r | 4 | 6,640 | 6,640 | ||||
| Total | 54 | 29,800 | r | 29,800 | 116 | 26,000 | 26,100 | |||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Free alongside ship value. | ||||||||||||
| 3Includes exports of crudes, fibers, stucco, sand, and refuse. May also include nonasbestos materials. Asbestos is no longer | ||||||||||||
| mined in the United States. | ||||||||||||
| 4Destination country has banned the use of asbestos. Data may include some nonasbestos products. | ||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
