U.S. Imports Of Bromine And Bromine Compounds

TABLE 4
U.S. IMPORTS OF BROMINE AND BROMINE COMPOUNDS¹

		2013						2014
	HTS²	Gross weight		Br equivalent		Value³		Gross weight	Br equivalent	Value³
Compound	number	(metric tons)		(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)	(metric tons)	(thousands)	Principal sources in 2014
Elemental bromine	2801.30.2000	2,600		2,600		$7,850		2,050	2,050	$6,160	Israel, 99%.
Inorganic bromine compounds:
Ammonium bromide	2827.59.2500	31,500		25,700		47,900		52,300	42,700	69,500	Israel, 96%.
Calcium bromide⁴	2827.59.2500	418	^r	334	^r	788	^r	2,720	2,170	5,120	Brazil, 47%; Israel, 53%.
Potassium bromate	2829.90.0500	53		25		330		34	16	213	China, 100%.
Potassium bromide^{4, 5}	2827.51.0000	644		432		1,330		1,380	926	2,380	China, 99%.
Sodium bromate	2829.90.2500	895		474		3,350		1,140	601	4,540	China, 99%.
Sodium bromide^{4, 5}	2827.51.0000	4,960		3,850		7,860		11,200	8,690	19,300	Israel, 78%; China, 17%.
Organic bromine compounds:
Decabromodiphenyl oxide and
octabromodiphenyl oxide	2909.30.0700	662		546		2,930	^r	506	417	2,260	China, 92%.
Dibromoneopentyl glycol	2905.59.3000	942		557		5,340	^r	935	553	4,950	Israel, 79%; China, 21%.
Ethylene dibromide	2903.31.0000	7		6		145		36	31	255	China, 94%.
Hydrobromic acid	2811.19.3000	986		974		2,740		1,050	1,040	2,810	Israel, 90%.
Methyl bromide	2903.39.1520	394		332		2,240		172	145	859	Israel, 100%.
Tetrabromobisphenol A	2908.19.2500	1,490		873		5,950		889	523	4,540	Israel, 84%; China, 16%.
Grand total-		45,500	^r	36,700	^r	88,800	^r	74,400	59,800	123,000
^-rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
³Declared cost, insurance, and freight valuation.
⁴Source: PIERS.
⁵Potassium bromide and sodium bromide import data are reported under a common HTS number.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.