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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF MAGNESIUM, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Powder, sheets, tubing, | |||||||||||||||||
| Waste and scrap | Metal | Alloys | ribbons, wire, other forms | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||||||
| 2014: | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | 1,080 | $3,960 | 1,450 | $5,490 | 15 | $180 | |||||||||
| Canada | 435 | $1,340 | 1,980 | 6,860 | 821 | 3,000 | 344 | 9,750 | |||||||||
| China | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | 19 | 218 | 199 | 5,280 | |||||||||
| France | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 92 | 10,500 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 382 | 950 | 59 | 162 | 5,710 | 22,600 | 185 | 5,910 | |||||||||
| Singapore | -- | -- | 2,600 | 10,300 | -- | -- | 22 | 2,720 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 39 | 174 | 326 | 12,000 | |||||||||
| Other | 93 | r | 152 | r | 285 | 629 | 113 | r | 628 | r | 725 | r | 11,500 | ||||
| Total | 922 | r | 2,460 | 6,020 | r | 22,000 | r | 8,150 | r | 32,100 | r | 1,910 | r | 57,900 | r | ||
| 2015: | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | -- | -- | 482 | 1,830 | 67 | 225 | |||||||||
| Canada | 144 | 338 | 2,410 | 7,310 | 3,420 | 11,200 | 443 | 20,800 | |||||||||
| China | -- | -- | -- | -- | 34 | 243 | 145 | 4,120 | |||||||||
| France | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 64 | 9,680 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 234 | 469 | 12 | 32 | 3,420 | 12,900 | 122 | 5,800 | |||||||||
| Singapore | 3 | 8 | 2,500 | 10,300 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 3,630 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | -- | -- | 24 | 48 | (2) | 8 | 128 | 8,140 | |||||||||
| Venezuela | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 20 | 94 | 8,810 | |||||||||
| Other | 52 | 80 | 277 | 608 | 130 | 1,010 | 977 | 10,500 | |||||||||
| Total | 433 | 895 | 5,220 | 18,300 | 7,490 | 27,200 | 2,060 | 71,700 | |||||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2Less than - unit. | |||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
