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| TABLE 7 | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF ANTIMONY, BY CLASS AND COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Antimony | Antimony | ||||||||||||||
| Gross weight | content2 | Value | Gross weight | content2 | Value | ||||||||||
| Country | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||||||
| Antimony ore and concentrate: | |||||||||||||||
| Austria | 13 | 6 | $72 | 4 | 2 | $24 | |||||||||
| Canada | -- | -- | -- | (3) | (3) | 5 | |||||||||
| China | 129 | 89 | 852 | 53 | 39 | 297 | |||||||||
| India | 153 | 53 | 388 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Italy | 324 | r | 227 | r | 2,910 | r | 388 | 254 | 2,670 | ||||||
| Japan | (3) | (3) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 4 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 268 | |||||||||
| Turkey | (3) | (3) | 2 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Total | 622 | r | 378 | r | 4,240 | r | 473 | 308 | 3,330 | ||||||
| Antimony oxide: | |||||||||||||||
| Austria | 1 | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Belgium | 1,780 | 1,470 | 15,200 | 2,000 | 1,660 | 15,100 | |||||||||
| Bolivia | 1,990 | 1,660 | 15,500 | 1,980 | 1,640 | 12,500 | |||||||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | -- | 18 | 15 | 151 | |||||||||
| Chile | -- | -- | -- | 80 | 66 | 391 | |||||||||
| China | 12,100 | 10,000 | 80,300 | 10,800 | 8,960 | 59,000 | |||||||||
| France | 535 | 444 | 5,200 | 344 | 286 | 2,950 | |||||||||
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 21 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Hong Kong | 60 | 50 | 520 | (3) | (3) | 3 | |||||||||
| India | 6 | 5 | 68 | 11 | 9 | 94 | |||||||||
| Japan | 718 | r | 596 | 4,210 | r | 578 | 480 | 3,460 | |||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 18 | 15 | 84 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 1,130 | 935 | 11,300 | 1,040 | 862 | 9,480 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 16 | 14 | 155 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Spain | -- | -- | -- | 36 | 30 | 138 | |||||||||
| Taiwan | (3) | (3) | 4 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Thailand | 2,900 | 2,410 | 5,800 | 3,200 | 2,660 | 7,740 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | (3) | (3) | 6 | (3) | (3) | 19 | |||||||||
| Total | 21,200 | 17,600 | 138,000 | 20,100 | 16,700 | 111,000 | |||||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||
| 2Antimony ore and concentrate content reported by the U.S. Census Bureau. Antimony content of oxide data were calculated by the- | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. Geological Survey. | |||||||||||||||
| 3Less than - unit. | |||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
