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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF SILVER, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other unwrought silver | Metal powder | Silver nitrate | Semimanufactured forms2 | Waste and scrap | ||||||||||||||||
| Gross weight | Value | Gross weight | Value | Gross weight | Value | Gross weight | Value | Gross weight | Value | |||||||||||
| Year and country | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 284,000 | $298,000 | 774,000 | $729,000 | 47,400 | $6,170 | 628,000 | $543,000 | 13,000,000 | $2,050,000 | ||||||||||
| 2013: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 89 | 33 | -- | -- | 517 | 177 | 3,150 | 1,800 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Belgium | -- | -- | 4,550 | 4,060 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2,020,000 | 124,000 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 21 | 5 | 2,740 | 2,840 | 44 | 24 | 1,160 | 863 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Canada | 42,400 | 34,500 | 39,200 | 12,600 | 27,100 | 1,990 | 530,000 | 414,000 | 3,800,000 | 198,000 | ||||||||||
| Chile | 575 | 422 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,340 | 644 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| China | 3,340 | 2,150 | 57,300 | 54,300 | 614 | 203 | 6,920 | 4,060 | 51,800 | 37,400 | ||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 3,690 | 2,810 | -- | -- | 1,690 | 250 | 1,280 | 908 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 55 | 27 | 923 | 818 | ||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 381 | 289 | 184 | 159 | 72 | 29 | 264 | 155 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| France | 2,060 | 1,170 | 67,400 | 57,800 | 42 | 27 | 3,170 | 2,390 | 1 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 1,820 | 2,370 | 55,700 | 52,300 | -- | 24 | 4,950 | 3,580 | 4,010,000 | 318,000 | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 4,820 | 4,390 | 46,200 | 42,800 | -- | -- | 8,950 | 6,790 | 4,210 | 947 | ||||||||||
| India | 25,200 | 13,500 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5,310 | 3,410 | 208 | 484 | ||||||||||
| Ireland | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11,100 | 7,990 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Israel | 247 | 69 | 966 | 627 | 770 | 47 | 1,540 | 928 | 3 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Italy | 689 | 696 | 2,390 | 2,030 | -- | -- | 1,890 | 1,120 | 1,620,000 | 501,000 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 59 | 479 | 68,200 | 58,700 | -- | -- | 654 | 370 | 4,280,000 | 129,000 | ||||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 20,000 | 40,800 | 56,200 | 53,900 | -- | -- | 6,130 | 4,640 | 16,800 | 24,600 | ||||||||||
| Luxembourg | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 320 | 14,000 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | 145 | 115 | 3,170 | 3,350 | 121 | 70 | 4,690 | 2,660 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 7,880 | 7,580 | 13,500 | 7,580 | 4,020 | 834 | 92,400 | 49,100 | 286,000 | 57,700 | ||||||||||
| Norway | 62 | 45 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 558 | 280 | 26,700 | 551 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 95 | 91 | -- | -- | 173 | 98 | 2,720 | 1,370 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Poland | 412 | 290 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 213 | 106 | 491 | 325 | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 50 | 21 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4,420 | 2,210 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Singapore | 139 | 72 | 44,500 | 25,300 | 80 | 42 | 7,860 | 3,950 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 7 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 90 | 45 | 174,000 | 3,760 | ||||||||||
| Spain | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4,950 | 2,470 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Sweden | -- | -- | -- | -- | 207 | 46 | 3,770 | 2,030 | 2,710,000 | 80,700 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 253 | 372 | -- | -- | 301 | 42 | 500 | 282 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Taiwan | 250 | 209 | 157,000 | 138,000 | -- | -- | 3,130 | 1,740 | 885 | 912 | ||||||||||
| Thailand | 2,410 | 1,280 | 2,230 | 1,870 | 127 | 24 | 9,300 | 4,800 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 227 | 94 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,570 | 753 | 11 | 145 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 1,220 | 1,570 | 26,600 | 22,100 | 751 | 220 | 11,000 | 6,210 | 293,000 | 81,700 | ||||||||||
| Other- | 1,380 | 955 | 11,200 | 10,100 | 3,130 | 224 | 6,160 | 3,470 | 888 | 1,010 | ||||||||||
| Total | 120,000 | 116,000 | 660,000 | 551,000 | 39,800 | 4,370 | 741,000 | 535,000 | 19,300,000 | 1,570,000 | ||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Containing 99.5% or more by weight of silver. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
