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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF IRON ORE, BY COUNTRY AND TYPE OF PRODUCT1, 2 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | Quantity | ||||||||||||||
| Unit | Unit | (thousand | Value | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | value3, 4 | Quantity | value3, 4 | metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||||||||
| Country and | (thousand | Value | (dollars per | (thousand | Value | (dollars per | ||||||||||
| type of product | metric tons) | (thousands) | metric ton) | metric tons) | (thousands) | metric ton) | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Country: | 3,208 | $183,270 | ||||||||||||||
| Argentina | 137 | $23,100 | 168.88 | 98 | $12,000 | 122.34 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 630 | 74,700 | 118.63 | 1,780 | 225,000 | 126.73 | 5,523 | 326,309 | ||||||||
| Canada | 2,090 | 280,000 | 133.97 | 2,860 | 395,000 | 138.34 | 279 | 15,683 | ||||||||
| Chile | 152 | 12,400 | 161.08 | 70 | 8,640 | 123.40 | 8 | 385 | ||||||||
| China | 1 | 52 | 52.00 | (5) | 24 | 4.80 | ||||||||||
| Luxembourg | -- | -- | -- | 28 | 3,200 | 114.25 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | 90 | 90.00 | -- | -- | -- | 140 | 4,155 | ||||||||
| Norway | 78 | 11,900 | 152.77 | (5) | 72 | 14.40 | ||||||||||
| Peru | 12 | 2,260 | 187.92 | 35 | 4,150 | 118.63 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 95 | 13,800 | 145.55 | 29 | 3,360 | 115.79 | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 49 | 7,310 | 149.27 | 154 | 18,000 | 116.79 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | (5) | 5 | 1.00 | (5) | 5 | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| Venezuela | -- | -- | -- | 97 | 6,270 | 64.64 | 9,399 | 529,802 | ||||||||
| Other | (5) | 79 | 15.60 | (5) | 18 | 3.60 | ||||||||||
| Total | 3,250 | 426,000 | 131.18 | 5,140 | 676,000 | 131.40 | 1,281 | 57,539 | ||||||||
| Type of product: | 176 | 10,837 | ||||||||||||||
| Coarse ores | 45 | 6,390 | 141.91 | 43 | 4,370 | 101.67 | 1,793 | 83,886 | ||||||||
| Concentrates | 566 | 56,900 | 115.88 | 731 | 58,400 | 79.87 | 6,052 | 386,673 | ||||||||
| Fine ores | 573 | 79,600 | 138.84 | 461 | 50,800 | 110.30 | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Other agglomerates | 1 | 50 | 50.00 | 28 | 1,840 | 65.68 | 87 | 3,925 | ||||||||
| Pellets | 2,060 | 283,000 | 137.26 | 3,880 | 560,000 | 144.38 | 9,399 | 542,860 | ||||||||
| Roasted pyrites | (5) | 19 | 3.80 | (5) | 5 | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| Total | 3,250 | 426,000 | 131.18 | 5,140 | 676,000 | 131.40 | ||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except -Unit value-; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes agglomerates. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Unit values shown are calculated from unrounded data. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4Weighted average calculated from unrounded data by dividing total value by total tonnage. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5Less than - unit. | ||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
