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| TABLE 6 | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF ZINC ORES AND CONCENTRATES, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | ||||||||||||||
| (metric tons, | Value | (metric tons, | Value | ||||||||||||
| zinc content) | (thousands) | zinc content) | (thousands) | ||||||||||||
| Australia | 48,800 | $58,800 | 61,800 | $104,000 | |||||||||||
| Belgium- | 75,800 | 89,500 | 51,700 | 87,100 | |||||||||||
| Canada- | 181,000 | 257,000 | 222,000 | 321,000 | |||||||||||
| China | 72 | 199 | 1,540 | 278 | |||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 29 | 98 | 24 | 59 | |||||||||||
| El Salvador | 31 | 90 | 41 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Finland | 34,400 | 41,000 | 27,400 | 61,500 | |||||||||||
| Germany- | 32,900 | 39,200 | 25,800 | 59,700 | |||||||||||
| India | 51 | 102 | 17 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Italy | -- | -- | 28,900 | 64,100 | |||||||||||
| Japan | 72,000 | 114,000 | 59,300 | 104,000 | |||||||||||
| Korea, Republic of- | 123,000 | 148,000 | 87,200 | 150,000 | |||||||||||
| Mexico | -- | -- | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Panama | 6 | 20 | 6 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Spain | 101,000 | 120,000 | 71,500 | 157,000 | |||||||||||
| Switzerland | -- | -- | 6,570 | 11,100 | |||||||||||
| Total | 669,000 | 868,000 | 644,000 | 1,120,000 | |||||||||||
| -- 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
