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| TABLE 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF DIRECT-REDUCED IRON,- | ||||||||||||||||
| BY COUNTRY1, 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||||||||
| Brazil | 75,400 | $29,700 | 129,000 | $50,000 | ||||||||||||
| Canada | 83,200 | 27,600 | 84,700 | 26,000 | ||||||||||||
| Russia | 38,500 | 11,200 | 204,000 | 75,000 | ||||||||||||
| South Africa | -- | -- | 10,000 | 3,200 | ||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,770,000 | 623,000 | 1,840,000 | 658,000 | ||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 24,700 | 9,230 | 35,000 | 13,100 | ||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 246,000 | 74,400 | 90,300 | 28,000 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2,240,000 | 775,000 | 2,390,000 | 854,000 | ||||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Data are for steelmaking-grade direct-reduced iron only. | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. International Trade Commsision. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
