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| TABLE 11 | ||||||||||
| -U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF TITANIUM CONCENTRATE, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | |||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||
| Concentrate and country | HTS2 | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||
| Ilmenite: | 2614.00.6020 | |||||||||
| Australia | 244,000 | $26,800 | 245,000 | $39,900 | ||||||
| Mozambique | 114,000 | 8,980 | 99,800 | 16,200 | ||||||
| Ukraine | 10,000 | 2,220 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Other | 9,340 | 1,540 | 29,400 | 7,080 | ||||||
| Total- | 377,000 | 39,600 | 374,000 | 63,200 | ||||||
| Titaniferous slag:- | 2620.99.5000 | |||||||||
| Canada | 191,000 | 90,600 | 303,000 | 203,000 | ||||||
| South Africa | 323,000 | 144,000 | 315,000 | 249,000 | ||||||
| Other | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Total- | 513,000 | 235,000 | 618,000 | 453,000 | ||||||
| Rutile, natural:- | 2614.00.6040 | |||||||||
| Australia | 106,000 | 62,100 | 131,000 | 142,000 | ||||||
| Sierra Leone | 10,100 | 9,030 | -- | -- | ||||||
| South Africa | 133,000 | 76,600 | 135,000 | 164,000 | ||||||
| Other3 | 13,500 | 9,900 | 10,200 | 17,500 | ||||||
| Total- | 262,000 | 158,000 | 277,000 | 324,000 | ||||||
| Rutile, synthetic: | 2614.00.3000 | |||||||||
| Australia | 112,000 | 80,300 | 107,000 | 163,000 | ||||||
| Other3 | 6,960 | 7,730 | 4,380 | 7,770 | ||||||
| Total- | 119,000 | 88,000 | 112,000 | 170,000 | ||||||
| Titaniferous iron ore, Canada4 | 2614.00.6020 | 96 | 23 | 286 | 52 | |||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.- | ||||||||||
| 2Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. | ||||||||||
| 3All or part of these data have been referred to the U.S. Census Bureau for verification. | ||||||||||
| 4Includes materials consumed for purposes other than production of titanium commodities, principally heavy | ||||||||||
| aggregate and steel-furnace flux. Titaniferous iron ore from Canada is classified as ilmenite under the HTS. | ||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau; data adjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
