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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF REFINED SILVER, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Silver ores and concentrates | Ash and residues | Bullion | Dore | Total | |||||||||||||||||
| Silver | Silver | Silver | Silver | Silver | |||||||||||||||||
| content | Value | content | Value | content | Value | content | Value | content | Value | ||||||||||||
| Year and country | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 8,920 | r | $4,870 | r | 391 | $119 | 4,030,000 | $4,040,000 | 1,030,000 | $1,430,000 | 5,070,000 | r | $5,470,000 | r | |||||||
| 2013: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Argentina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 16,000 | 15,900 | 16,000 | 15,900 | |||||||||||
| Australia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12,500 | 9,760 | 560 | 421 | 13,000 | 10,200 | |||||||||||
| Belgium | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5,730 | 4,420 | -- | -- | 5,730 | 4,420 | |||||||||||
| Bolivia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 110 | 76 | 94,700 | 82,700 | 94,800 | 82,700 | |||||||||||
| Canada | 26 | 50 | -- | -- | 1,600,000 | 1,280,000 | 124 | 93 | 1,600,000 | 1,280,000 | |||||||||||
| Chile | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8,350 | 8,480 | 3,290 | 4,720 | 11,600 | 13,200 | |||||||||||
| Colombia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 730 | 527 | 10,100 | 8,140 | 10,800 | 8,670 | |||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,900 | 1,540 | 431 | 378 | 2,330 | 1,920 | |||||||||||
| Germany | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10,500 | 10,400 | 2,760 | 2,640 | 13,300 | 13,100 | |||||||||||
| Honduras | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 297 | 198 | 297 | 198 | |||||||||||
| Ecuador | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 965 | 881 | 965 | 881 | |||||||||||
| Italy | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6,000 | 5,430 | 1,550 | 1,300 | 7,550 | 6,720 | |||||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | -- | -- | -- | -- | 36,300 | 36,400 | -- | -- | 36,300 | 36,400 | |||||||||||
| Japan | -- | -- | 13 | 3 | 1,710 | 1,620 | -- | -- | 1,720 | 1,620 | |||||||||||
| Mexico | 10,700 | 3,390 | -- | -- | 2,010,000 | 1,560,000 | 856,000 | 1,050,000 | 2,880,000 | 2,610,000 | |||||||||||
| Netherlands | -- | -- | -- | -- | 546 | 615 | -- | -- | 546 | 615 | |||||||||||
| Nicaragua | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,840 | 1,350 | 1,840 | 1,350 | |||||||||||
| Panama | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,470 | 520 | 379 | 299 | 1,850 | 819 | |||||||||||
| Peru | -- | -- | -- | -- | 38,300 | 29,100 | 143,000 | 159,000 | 181,000 | 188,000 | |||||||||||
| Philippines | -- | -- | 65 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 65 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Poland | -- | -- | -- | -- | 55,500 | 38,700 | -- | -- | 55,500 | 38,700 | |||||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12,800 | 9,280 | -- | -- | 12,800 | 9,280 | |||||||||||
| Switzerland | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3,430 | 3,610 | 54,500 | 59,600 | 58,000 | 63,200 | |||||||||||
| Taiwan | -- | -- | -- | -- | 707 | 494 | -- | -- | 707 | 494 | |||||||||||
| Thailand | -- | -- | -- | -- | 527 | 68 | -- | -- | 527 | 68 | |||||||||||
| United Kingdom | -- | -- | -- | -- | 20,700 | 17,600 | -- | -- | 20,700 | 17,600 | |||||||||||
| Other | -- | -- | 56 | 13 | 147 | 135 | 217 | 174 | 420 | 322 | |||||||||||
| Total | 10,700 | 3,440 | 134 | 30 | 3,830,000 | 3,020,000 | 1,190,000 | 1,390,000 | 5,030,000 | 4,410,000 | - | ||||||||||
| rRevised.- -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
