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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | |||||||
| Gross weight | Gross weight | |||||||
| Category2 and country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||
| Compounds: | ||||||||
| Cerium compounds: | ||||||||
| Cerium compounds, unspecified (2846.10.0000): | ||||||||
| Austria- | 73,400 | $1,780,000 | XX | XX | ||||
| China- | 360,000 | 2,890,000 | XX | XX | ||||
| Estonia | 30,200 | 416,000 | - | XX | XX | |||
| Japan- | 77,200 | 3,580,000 | XX | XX | ||||
| Other | 57,700 | 812,000 | XX | XX | ||||
| Total | 598,000 | 9,480,000 | XX | XX | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent rare-earth oxide (REO) content | 400,000 | XX | XX | XX | ||||
| Cerium oxides (2846.10.0010): | ||||||||
| Austria- | 105,000 | 1,360,000 | 5,550 | $151,000 | ||||
| China- | 195,000 | 1,120,000 | 307,000 | 1,680,000 | ||||
| Japan- | 88,600 | 3,600,000 | 309,000 | 12,300,000 | ||||
| Other | 28,700 | 1,340,000 | 68,000 | 747,000 | ||||
| Total | 417,000 | 7,410,000 | 690,000 | 14,900,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent (REO) content | 417,000 | XX | 690,000 | XX | ||||
| Cerium compounds, other than cerium oxide (2846.10.0050): | ||||||||
| Austria- | 23,200 | 428,000 | 101,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||
| China- | 187,000 | 1,060,000 | 576,000 | 2,870,000 | ||||
| Estonia | 196,000 | 900,000 | 385,000 | 1,860,000 | ||||
| Other | 25,900 | r | 57,000 | r | 57,000 | 3,440,000 | ||
| Total | 432,000 | 2,440,000 | r | 1,120,000 | 9,670,000 | |||
| Total estimated equivalent (REO) content | 289,000 | XX | 749,000 | XX | ||||
| Other rare-earth compounds: | ||||||||
| Scandium or yttrium compounds: | ||||||||
| Scandium or yttrium oxides (2846.90.2015): | ||||||||
| Estonia | XX | XX | 58,100 | 401,000 | ||||
| France | XX | XX | 5,860 | 662,000 | ||||
| Other | XX | XX | 4,460 | 160,000 | ||||
| Total | XX | XX | 68,500 | 1,220,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent (REO) content | XX | XX | 68,500 | XX | ||||
| Scandium or yttrium oxides mixtures (2846.90.8050): | ||||||||
| China- | 46,300 | 994,000 | 162,000 | 2,150,000 | ||||
| Korea | 9,400 | r | 262,000 | r | 9,910 | 194,000 | ||
| Other | 8,300 | r | 733,000 | r | 14,900 | 1,040,000 | ||
| Total | 63,900 | r | 1,990,000 | r | 186,000 | 3,380,000 | ||
| Total estimated equivalent (REO) content | 63,900 | r | XX | 186,000 | XX | |||
| Scandium or yttrium chlorides and chloride mixtures- | ||||||||
| (2846.90.8060, 2846.90.2082): | ||||||||
| China- | 12,000 | 264,000 | 5,000 | 118,000 | ||||
| Other | 608 | 87,400 | 15 | 13,500 | ||||
| Total | 12,600 | 351,000 | 5,020 | 131,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent (REO) content | 4,670 | r | XX | 1,860 | XX | |||
| Yttrium materials and compounds content by weight greater than 19% but | ||||||||
| -less than 85% oxide equivalent (2846.90.4000): | ||||||||
| China- | 37,200 | 6,960,000 | 152,000 | 12,400,000 | ||||
| Germany | 28,000 | 4,500,000 | 38 | 490,000 | ||||
| Japan- | 10,500 | 4,780,000 | 25,400 | 11,800,000 | ||||
| Other | 727 | r | 487,000 | r | 2,660 | 407,000 | ||
| Total | 76,500 | r | 16,700,000 | r | 180,000 | 25,100,000 | ||
| Total estimated equivalent (REO) content | 45,900 | r | XX | 108,000 | XX | |||
| Carbonates: | ||||||||
| Lanthanum carbonates mixtures (2846.90.8070): | ||||||||
| China- | 830,000 | 5,610,000 | 694,000 | 4,050,000 | ||||
| Estonia | 58,100 | 394,000 | 42,100 | 515,000 | ||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||
| TABLE 5-Continued | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | |||||||
| Gross weight | Gross weight | |||||||
| Category2 and country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||
| Compounds-Continued: | ||||||||
| Carbonates-Continued: | ||||||||
| Lanthanum carbonates mixtures (2846.90.8070)-Continued: | ||||||||
| Malaysia | -- | -- | 83,200 | 77,200 | ||||
| Other | 17 | r | 144,000 | r | 17,800 | 167,000 | ||
| Total | 888,000 | 6,140,000 | 837,000 | 4,810,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent (REO) content | 608,000 | XX | 573,000 | XX | ||||
| Other rare-earth carbonates mixtures (2846.90.8075): | ||||||||
| China- | 302 | 8,890 | 4,810 | 459,000 | ||||
| Estonia | 58,800 | 428,000 | 38,000 | 150,000 | ||||
| Other | 1,020 | r | 64,800 | r | 114 | 32,000 | ||
| Total | 60,100 | 501,000 | 42,900 | 642,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent (REO) content | 33,000 | XX | 23,600 | XX | ||||
| Chlorides and chloride mixtures (2846.90.2050, 2846.90.2080, | ||||||||
| 2846.90.2090): | ||||||||
| China- | 559,000 | 5,520,000 | 131,000 | 1,220,000 | ||||
| France | 36,700 | 1,430,000 | 22,100 | 1,010,000 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 135,000 | 867,000 | -- | -- | ||||
| Other | 44,700 | 6,240,000 | 12,600 | 1,900,000 | ||||
| Total | 776,000 | 14,100,000 | 165,000 | 4,130,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent (REO) content | 357,000 | XX | 76,100 | XX | ||||
| Oxides: | ||||||||
| Lanthanum oxides (2846.90.2005): | ||||||||
| China- | 1,520,000 | 10,000,000 | 4,290,000 | 24,100,000 | ||||
| Other | 98,900 | 4,200,000 | 311,000 | 5,250,000 | ||||
| Total | 1,620,000 | 14,200,000 | 4,600,000 | 29,300,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent (REO) content | 1,620,000 | XX | 4,600,000 | XX | ||||
| REOs except cerium oxide (2846.90.2010, 2846.90.2040): | ||||||||
| China- | 352,000 | 3,950,000 | 40,500 | 1,820,000 | ||||
| Estonia | 200,000 | 2,160,000 | 9,970 | 904,000 | ||||
| Other | 46,300 | r | 4,010,000 | r | 16,300 | 2,930,000 | ||
| Total | 598,000 | 10,100,000 | 66,700 | 5,650,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 598,000 | XX | 66,700 | XX | ||||
| REOs except cerium or lanthanum oxide (2846.90.2045): | ||||||||
| China- | 6,730 | 4,460,000 | 40,800 | 1,360,000 | ||||
| Estonia | 156,000 | 1,500,000 | 191,000 | 1,620,000 | ||||
| Other | 5,800 | r | 713,000 | r | 17,700 | 2,300,000 | ||
| Total | 169,000 | 6,670,000 | 249,000 | 5,280,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 169,000 | XX | 249,000 | XX | ||||
| Other rare-earth compounds or mixtures: | ||||||||
| Unspecified compounds or mixtures (2846.90.8000, 2846.90.8090): | ||||||||
| China- | 5,960,000 | r | 85,700,000 | r | 4,350,000 | 40,000,000 | ||
| France | 347,000 | 28,500,000 | 259,000 | 4,890,000 | ||||
| Malaysia | 20,000 | 126,000 | 497,000 | 2,780,000 | ||||
| Japan- | 368,000 | 9,130,000 | 24,500 | 3,980,000 | ||||
| Other | 276,000 | r | 24,400,000 | r | 831,000 | 18,200,000 | ||
| Total | 6,970,000 | r | 148,000,000 | r | 5,960,000 | 69,900,000 | ||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 3,830,000 | r | XX | 3,280,000 | XX | |||
| Unspecified mixtures of oxides or chlorides (2846.90.2084): | ||||||||
| China- | XX | XX | 46,400 | 433,000 | ||||
| Estonia | XX | XX | 11,400 | 720,000 | ||||
| France | XX | XX | 14,100 | 517,000 | ||||
| Other | XX | - | XX | 1,060 | 83,700 | |||
| Total | XX | XX | 73,000 | 1,750,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | XX | XX | 40,200 | XX | ||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||
| TABLE 5-Continued | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF RARE EARTHS, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | |||||||
| Gross weight | Gross weight | |||||||
| Category2 and country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||
| Metals: | ||||||||
| Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys (3606.90.3000): | ||||||||
| Austria- | 88,200 | 1,010,000 | 90,900 | 974,000 | ||||
| China- | 113,000 | 1,870,000 | 144,000 | 2,210,000 | ||||
| France | 140,000 | 4,930,000 | 174,000 | 5,100,000 | ||||
| Other | 11,100 | 132,000 | - | 9,120 | 69,400 | |||
| Total | 353,000 | 7,940,000 | 418,000 | 8,350,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 313,000 | XX | 371,000 | XX | ||||
| Rare-earth metals and alloys: | ||||||||
| Cerium, unalloyed (2805.30.0010): | - | - | ||||||
| China- | 75,900 | 990,000 | 48,500 | 407,000 | ||||
| Hong Kong | -- | -- | 53,100 | 431,000 | ||||
| Other | -- | -- | 10,300 | 109,000 | ||||
| Total | 75,900 | 990,000 | 112,000 | 947,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 91,100 | XX | 134,000 | XX | ||||
| Lanthanum, unalloyed (2805.30.0005): | ||||||||
| China- | 7,500 | 113,000 | 48,400 | 626,000 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 16,700 | 158,000 | -- | -- | ||||
| Other | 250 | 3,750 | 2,280 | -- | ||||
| Total | 24,400 | 275,000 | 50,700 | 626,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 29,300 | XX | 60,800 | XX | ||||
| Neodymium, unalloyed (2805.30.0020): | ||||||||
| China- | 202 | 41,100 | 802 | 149,000 | ||||
| Japan- | 11,600 | 744,000 | -- | -- | ||||
| Thailand | -- | -- | 1,500 | 720,000 | ||||
| Total | 11,800 | 785,000 | 2,300 | 869,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 14,100 | XX | 2,760 | XX | ||||
| Other rare-earth metals, unalloyed (2805.30.0050): | ||||||||
| China- | 14,000 | 486,000 | 24,200 | 616,000 | ||||
| Other | 415 | 95,800 | 940 | 157,000 | ||||
| Total | 14,400 | 582,000 | 25,100 | 772,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 17,300 | XX | 30,100 | XX | ||||
| Other rare-earth metals, alloys (2805.30.0090): | ||||||||
| Austria- | 544 | 34,100 | 11,200 | 163,000 | ||||
| China- | 31,700 | 1,250,000 | 79,400 | 1,490,000 | ||||
| Other | 3,500 | r | 247,000 | r | 9,530 | 693,000 | ||
| Total | 35,800 | 1,530,000 | 100,000 | 2,350,000 | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 42,900 | XX | 120,000 | XX | ||||
| Unspecified rare-earth metals and alloys (2805.30.0000): | ||||||||
| China- | 105,000 | 2,360,000 | XX | XX | ||||
| Japan- | 26,800 | 1,710,000 | XX | XX | ||||
| South Africa | 10,500 | 225,000 | XX | XX | ||||
| Vietnam | 16,000 | 618,000 | XX | XX | ||||
| Other | 7,630 | r | 548,000 | r | XX | XX | ||
| Total | 166,000 | 5,460,000 | XX | XX | ||||
| Total estimated equivalent REO content | 199,000 | XX | XX | XX | ||||
| rRevised. XX Not applicable. -- Zero. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
| 2Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States code. | ||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
