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| TABLE 8 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS OF MOLYBDENUM ORE AND CONCENTRATES (INCLUDING | ||||||||
| ROASTED AND OTHER CONCENTRATES), BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | |||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||
| (metric tons of | Value | (metric tons of | Value | |||||
| Country | contained Mo) | (thousands) | contained Mo) | (thousands) | ||||
| Belgium | -- | -- | 24 | $511 | ||||
| Canada | 5,830 | $138,000 | r | 6,040 | 152,000 | |||
| Chile | 608 | 14,400 | 2,050 | 46,500 | ||||
| China | -- | -- | 24 | 616 | ||||
| Japan | -- | -- | (2) | 6 | ||||
| Mexico | 3,700 | 35,200 | 3,630 | 85,100 | ||||
| Mongolia | -- | -- | 38 | 845 | ||||
| Netherlands | -- | -- | 24 | 703 | ||||
| Peru | 2,890 | 109,000 | 3,940 | 113,000 | ||||
| Sweden | 19 | 410 | -- | -- | ||||
| Vietnam | 12 | 311 | -- | -- | ||||
| Total | 13,100 | 297,000 | r | 15,800 | 399,000 | |||
| 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