U.S. Exports Of Rare Earths, By Country

TABLE 4
U.S. EXPORTS OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY¹

	2013				2014
	Gross weight				Gross weight
Category² and country	(kilograms)		Value		(kilograms)	Value
Compounds:
Cerium compounds (2846.10.0000):
Austria	53,300		$1,330,000		41,200	$726,000
Brazil	26,400		188,000		5,570	71,200
Canada	13,200		420,000		12,000	396,000
China	122,000		2,260,000		59,200	827,000
Egypt	38,400		566,000		76,800	669,000
Germany	108,000		1,210,000		119,000	1,090,000
India	29,300	-	294,000		12,900	272,000
Ireland	24,700		545,000		3,160	319,000
Israel	134,000	-	1,450,000		22,700	263,000
Japan	25,500		601,000		47,700	735,000
Mexico	40,500		675,000		119,000	979,000
Taiwan	22,700		503,000		11,100	222,000
United Kingdom	25,700		359,000		11,000	229,000
Other	70,000	^r	1,950,000	^r	66,700	2,410,000
Total	734,000		12,400,000	^r	608,000	9,210,000
Total estimated equivalent rare-earth oxide (REO) content	734,000		XX		608,000	XX
Other rare-earth compounds³ (2846.90.0000):
China	846,000		10,500,000		1,870,000	4,770,000
Estonia	3,490,000		9,330,000		3,330,000	8,610,000
Germany	282,000		2,480,000		894,000	3,250,000
Taiwan	29,100		1,560,000		258,000	8,940,000
Vietnam	133,000	^r	6,350,000		67,200	3,560,000
Other	791,000	^r	19,500,000	^r	496,000	14,600,000
Total	5,570,000		49,700,000		6,910,000	43,700,000
Total estimated equivalent REO content	5,570,000		XX		3,800,000	XX
Metals:
Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys (3606.90.0000):
Bahamas	17,500		71,500		18,200	37,400
Barbados	24,600		102,000		30,100	112,000
Brazil	57,400		210,000		6,820	99,400
Canada	452,000		2,040,000		598,000	2,070,000
Costa Rica	13,900		36,300		102,000	164,000
Dominican Republic	185,000		258,000		265,000	376,000
Germany	13,400		347,000		28,900	508,000
Hong Kong	281,000		1,960,000		93,600	1,660,000
Jamaica	4,280		22,400		40,200	87,400
Japan	125,000		1,170,000		212,000	1,700,000
Mexico	21,000		324,000		46,400	2,310,000
Netherlands	20,000		46,000		34,700	110,000
Panama	21,500		85,500		31,500	75,000
Singapore	42,500		228,000		13,800	127,000
Trinidad and Tobago	6,740		111,000		60,700	131,000
United Kingdom	114,000		303,000		115,000	3,460,000
Other	202,000	^r	7,300,000	^r	145,000	4,990,000
Total	1,600,000		14,600,000		1,840,000	18,000,000
Total estimated equivalent REO content	1,420,000		XX		1,630,000	XX
Rare-earth metals and alloys (2805.30.0000):
China	404,000		2,340,000		28,700	514,000
Hong Kong	169,000		725,000		1,060	105,000
Japan	24,900		327,000		1,560	155,000
Netherlands	139,000		827,000		35,600	245,000
Thailand	92,000		3,870,000		500	22,100
Other	41,700	^r	1,520,000	^r	49,600	2,450,000
Total	871,000		9,600,000		117,000	3,490,000
Total estimated equivalent REO content	1,040,000		XX		140,000	XX
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 4-Continued
U.S. EXPORTS OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY¹

^rRevised. XX Not applicable.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States code.
³Inorganic and organic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.