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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||
| U.S IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF TANTALUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 2013 | |||||||
| Gross quantity | Value | Gross quantity | Value | |||||
| Country | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | ||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 25,100 | $2,090 | ||||
| Bolivia | 23,400 | $423 | 9,380 | 602 | ||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | 324,000 | 28,600 | ||||
| Canada | 35,100 | 481 | 159,000 | 14,200 | ||||
| China | 3,740 | 283 | 20 | 7 | ||||
| Colombia | 4,160 | 221 | -- | -- | ||||
| Congo | -- | -- | 25,400 | 1,690 | ||||
| Ethiopia | 69,000 | 4,510 | -- | -- | ||||
| Germany | -- | -- | 20 | 5 | ||||
| Indonesia | 37,600 | 1,760 | -- | -- | ||||
| Mexico | -- | -- | 120 | 19 | ||||
| Mozambique | -- | -- | 30,200 | 1,110 | ||||
| Nigeria | 2,010 | 182 | -- | -- | ||||
| Rwanda | 63,900 | 3,520 | 37,000 | 2,520 | ||||
| Sierra Leone | -- | -- | 12,600 | 468 | ||||
| South Africa | 9,060 | 620 | 26,300 | 1,680 | ||||
| Tanzania | 13,200 | 962 | 4,080 | 999 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 6 | 7 | -- | -- | ||||
| Total | 261,000 | 13,000 | 653,000 | 54,000 | ||||
| --- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Geological Survey. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
