U.S. Exports Of Natural And Synthetic Graphite, By Country

TABLE 5
U.S. EXPORTS OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC GRAPHITE, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}

	Natural³				Synthetic⁴				Total
	Quantity		Value⁵		Quantity		Value⁵		Quantity		Value⁵
Country	(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)		(thousands)
2013:
Canada	3,200	^r	$2,650	^r	2,960		$10,600		6,160	^r	$13,300
China	251		862		2,350		19,200		2,600		20,000
France	17		66		2,870		16,300	^r	2,890		16,400
Germany	320		579		1,230		6,740	^r	1,550		7,320	^r
Hong Kong	15		64		175	^r	1,140	^r	190	^r	1,200	^r
Italy	38		346		408		1,580		446		1,930
Japan	1,000		2,970		859		7,990		1,860		11,000
Korea, Republic of	102		430		2,420		100,000		2,530		101,000
Mexico	1,290	^r	2,430	^r	6,070		9,410		7,350		11,800
Netherlands	6		40		326		509		333	^r	549
Taiwan	61		218		796	^r	4,710	^r	857	^r	4,930	^r
United Kingdom	39		135		1,360	^r	2,490	^r	1,400		2,630
Other	2,850	^r	5,730	^r	7,190		26,200	^r	9,990	^r	32,000
Total	9,180	^r	16,500		29,000		207,000		38,100	^r	224,000
2014:
Canada	6,360		5,160		3,710		13,700		10,100		18,900
China	292		983		2,420		23,800		2,710		24,700
France	149		262		4,630		21,600		4,780		21,900
Germany	210		416		988		7,240		1,200		7,650
Hong Kong	19		68		10		1,110		29		1,180
Italy	31		260		217		1,170		249		1,430
Japan	959		2,810		896		5,620		1,860		8,430
Korea, Republic of	53		221		1,290		86,400		1,340		86,600
Mexico	1,230		2,000		5,910		10,500		7,140		12,500
Netherlands	5		17		410		1,330		414		1,350
Taiwan	46		209		509		5,060		554		5,270
United Kingdom	197		208		1,220		2,230		1,420		2,440
Other	2,070		4,940		9,830		40,000		11,900		44,900
Total	11,600		17,600		32,000		220,000		43,700		237,000
^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Numerous countries for which data were reported have been combined in -Other.-
³Amorphous, crystalline flake, lump and chip, and natural, not elsewhere classified. The applicable Harmonized Tariff-
Schedule of the United States (HTS) nomenclatures are -Natural graphite in powder or in flakes- and -Other,- codes
2504.10.0000 and 2504.90.0000.
⁴Includes data from applicable HTS nomenclatures -Artificial graphite- and -Colloidal or semicolloidal graphite,-
codes 3801.10.0000 and 3801.20.0000.
⁵Free alongside ship value.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau.