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| TABLE 18 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF USED RAILS FOR REROLLING | ||||||||||||
| AND OTHER USES, BY COUNTRY OR LOCALITY1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | 2020 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||||
| Country or locality | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||||
| Austria | 940 | $1,580 | 167 | $435 | ||||||||
| Belgium | 4 | 25 | 23 | 99 | ||||||||
| Canada | 27,900 | 7,310 | 27,700 | 7,900 | ||||||||
| China | 4,110 | 1,870 | 2,480 | 689 | ||||||||
| Mexico | 3 | 10 | 75 | 156 | ||||||||
| Spain | -- | -- | 20 | 30 | ||||||||
| Other3 | 21 | r | 98 | r | 104 | 225 | ||||||
| Total | 33,000 | 10,900 | 30,600 | 9,530 | ||||||||
| rRevised.- -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Table includes data available through September 22, 2021. Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Import valuation is customs value. | ||||||||||||
| 3All countries and (or) localities importing less than 5 metric tons to the United States in both 2019 and 2020 included in -Other.- | ||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
