U.S. Imports For Consumption Of White Cement, By Country

TABLE 20
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF WHITE CEMENT, BY COUNTRY¹-

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)

	2012				2013
			Value			Value
Country	Quantity		Customs²	C.i.f.^{3, 4}	Quantity	Customs²	C.i.f.^{3, 4}
Canada-	305		41,564	42,650	329	43,800	44,875
China-	29		2,970	4,141	39	4,340	5,568
Colombia-	6		787	1,057	(5)	44	53
Denmark-	96		12,163	15,604	36	3,748	6,756
Egypt-	84		8,468	11,741	89	10,209	13,472
Hong Kong	--		--	--	1	134	174
Mexico-	199		24,243	26,399	222	27,858	30,097
Spain-	16	⁶	1,279	1,749	(5)	4	5
Thailand-	13		1,911	2,809	14	1,837	2,882
Turkey-	9		1,153	1,952	26	3,262	5,475
United Kingdom	2		230	375	4	119	180
Other	(5)		24	28	(5)	111	136
Total⁷	759	⁶	94,792	108,506	761	95,465	109,672
Puerto Rico:
Colombia	4		431	541	(5)	54	71
Guatemala	(5)		12	16	(5)	32	43
Mexico	16		1,944	2,771	11	1,241	1,843
Portugal	--		--	--	4	699	763
Total⁷	20		2,387	3,327	15	2,026	2,720
Grand total⁷	779	⁶	97,179	111,833	776	97,491	112,392
-- Zero.
¹Data are unrounded but are thought to be accurate to no more than three significant digits.
²The price actually paid or payable for merchandise when sold for exportation to the United States, excluding U.S. import
duties, freight, insurance, and other charges incurred in bringing the merchandise to the United States.
³Cost, insurance, and freight. The value represents the customs value plus insurance, freight, and other delivery charges to the first port-
of entry, but excludes costs of offloading, other U.S. port handling charges, and demurrage.
⁴Values of less than $90.00 (c.i.f.) per metric ton likely indicate the mistaken total or partial inclusion of data for gray portland or-
similar cement or clinker. This error happens when the importer records the wrong tariff number with the U.S. Customs Service.-
Values that exceed $200 per ton likely indicate misidentified specialty cement, not white cement.
⁵Less than - unit.
⁶Includes 16,499 metric tons of white cement clinker from Spain that was misregistered as white cement by the importer.
⁷May not add to totals shown because of independent rounding.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.