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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PUMICE, | |||||||||||
| BY CLASS AND COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||
| Crude or | Wholly or partly | ||||||||||
| unmanufactured | manufactured | ||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||||
| 2013: | |||||||||||
| China | 141 | $44 | 78 | $184 | |||||||
| Germany | -- | -- | 55 | 75 | |||||||
| Greece | 70,600 | 1,140 | -- | -- | |||||||
| Iceland | -- | -- | 351 | 351 | |||||||
| Italy | 8 | 8 | -- | -- | |||||||
| Japan | 44 | 26 | 54 | 25 | |||||||
| Mexico | 994 | 188 | 268 | 64 | |||||||
| Other | -- | -- | (2) | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 71,800 | 1,410 | 806 | 713 | |||||||
| 2014: | |||||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | 7 | 79 | |||||||
| China | 18 | 154 | 22 | 163 | |||||||
| Germany | 1 | 4 | 54 | 58 | |||||||
| Greece | 58,900 | 942 | -- | -- | |||||||
| Italy | 2 | 8 | -- | -- | |||||||
| Japan | 33 | 29 | 25 | 12 | |||||||
| Mexico | 1,060 | 243 | 37 | 8 | |||||||
| Poland | -- | -- | 7 | 92 | |||||||
| Turkey | -- | -- | 10 | 10 | |||||||
| Other | -- | -- | (2) | 10 | |||||||
| Total | 60,000 | 1,380 | 162 | 433 | |||||||
| -- 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