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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF CADMIUM PRODUCTS, BY COUNTRY AND TYPE1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||||
| (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | |||||||||||
| Unwrought metal and powders: | ||||||||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 37,500 | $100,000 | ||||||||||
| Belgium | 4,350 | $130,000 | 4,000 | 111,000 | ||||||||||
| Canada- | 103,000 | 206,000 | 101,000 | 163,000 | ||||||||||
| China | 452 | 7,210 | 62,300 | 338,000 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 19,300 | 46,100 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Peru | 6,000 | 10,200 | 32,000 | 57,200 | ||||||||||
| Total | 133,000 | 399,000 | 237,000 | 769,000 | ||||||||||
| Waste and scrap: | - | |||||||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 41,000 | 92,300 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | -- | -- | 29,500 | 459,000 | ||||||||||
| Total | -- | -- | 70,500 | 551,000 | ||||||||||
| Cadmium oxide: | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 52,100 | 595,000 | 50,000 | 624,000 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom- | 1,540 | 14,700 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Total | 53,600 | 610,000 | 50,000 | 624,000 | ||||||||||
| Cadmium sulfide: | ||||||||||||||
| Canada | -- | -- | 14 | 7,250 | ||||||||||
| Russia | 9,000 | 1,680,000 | 1,860 | 336,000 | ||||||||||
| Total | 9,000 | 1,680,000 | 1,870 | 343,000 | ||||||||||
| Cadmium pigments: | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 1,300 | 19,300 | 1,000 | 14,900 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 11,300 | 390,000 | 9,040 | 300,000 | ||||||||||
| Canada | 62,300 | 338,000 | 30,100 | 400,000 | ||||||||||
| China | 55,400 | 4,230,000 | 152,000 | 6,550,000 | ||||||||||
| France | -- | -- | 60 | 2,550 | ||||||||||
| Georgia | 180 | 10,900 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Germany | 137,000 | 925,000 | 1,090 | 34,100 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 3,570 | 292,000 | 3,330 | 314,000 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 1,710 | 86,600 | 1,680 | 87,000 | ||||||||||
| Spain | -- | -- | 2,940 | 18,300 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 78,100 | 1,480,000 | 80,100 | 1,540,000 | ||||||||||
| Total | 351,000 | 7,770,000 | 281,000 | 9,260,000 | ||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. International Trade Commission. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
