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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF MAGNESIUM, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Powder, sheets, tubing, | |||||||||||||||||
| ribbons, wire, other forms, | |||||||||||||||||
| Waste and scrap | Metal | Alloys, magnesium content | magnesium content | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||||||
| 2014: | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 7,670 | $18,200 | 1,200 | $1,490 | 295 | $995 | 1,050 | $4,530 | |||||||||
| China | 97 | 238 | 10 | 29 | 778 | 2,720 | 6,170 | 16,700 | |||||||||
| Germany | 109 | 241 | 95 | 451 | 673 | 2,320 | 89 | 362 | |||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 11,700 | 49,800 | 4,170 | 18,400 | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Japan | -- | -- | (2) | 7 | 313 | 1,030 | 8 | 67 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | -- | -- | 156 | 563 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Mexico | 3,560 | 6,960 | 20 | 50 | 43 | 127 | 621 | 4,100 | |||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | 2,350 | 7,760 | -- | -- | 45 | 258 | |||||||||
| Taiwan | 464 | 1,250 | -- | -- | 2,950 | 8,890 | (2) | 258 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 1,350 | 4,170 | (2) | 23 | 1,190 | 16,700 | 36 | 1,950 | |||||||||
| Otherr | 5,760 | 12,800 | 911 | 4,950 | 511 | 1,840 | 319 | 2,530 | |||||||||
| Total | 19,000 | 43,800 | 16,400 | r | 65,200 | r | 10,900 | r | 53,000 | r | 8,330 | r | 30,700 | r | |||
| 2015: | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 9,960 | 19,800 | 1,130 | 1,280 | 476 | 1,290 | 1,190 | 4,980 | |||||||||
| China | 228 | 520 | (2) | 2 | 2,560 | 8,760 | 4,460 | 11,500 | |||||||||
| Germany | 602 | 1,530 | -- | -- | 563 | 1,930 | 57 | 180 | |||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 9,910 | 42,200 | 2,980 | 13,700 | 7 | 599 | |||||||||
| Japan | (2) | 5 | (2) | 5 | 939 | 3,050 | 12 | 354 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | -- | -- | 226 | 850 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Mexico | 3,550 | 6,740 | (2) | 6 | 53 | 139 | 610 | 4,300 | |||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | 1,870 | 6,030 | 40 | 132 | 69 | 442 | |||||||||
| Taiwan | 462 | 1,030 | -- | -- | 2,380 | 6,720 | (2) | 37 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 4,570 | 11,200 | (2) | 32 | 816 | 14,900 | 22 | 2,340 | |||||||||
| Other | 1,930 | 3,640 | 1,070 | 5,350 | 534 | 1,950 | 315 | 3,430 | |||||||||
| Total | 21,300 | 44,400 | 14,200 | 55,700 | 11,300 | 52,600 | 6,740 | 28,200 | |||||||||
| 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
