U.S. Foreign Trade Of Beryllium Materials, By Type

TABLE 3
U.S. FOREIGN TRADE OF BERYLLIUM MATERIALS, BY TYPE¹

	2014			2015
	Gross weight	Content²	Value	Gross weight	Content²	Value
Type and material	(kilograms)	(kilograms)	(thousands)	(kilograms)	(kilograms)	(thousands)	Principal destinations or sources, 2015³
Exports:
Beryllium, unwrought⁴	2,200	2,200	$95	7,210	7,210	$300	China, 65%; Japan, 10%; Taiwan, 6%; Germany, 4%; Republic of Korea, 4%;--
							Switzerland, 4%.
Beryllium waste and scrap	401	401	64	37	37	10	China, 95%; United Kingdom, 5%.
Beryllium, other⁵	23,800	23,800	20,800	21,700	21,700	15,000	Canada, 62%; Germany, 8%; Japan, 8%; France, 4%; United Kingdom, 4%.-
Total	26,400	26,400	21,000	28,900	28,900	15,300	Canada, 47%; China, 17%; Japan, 8%; Germany, 7%.
Imports for consumption:
Beryllium ores and concentrates	217,000	8,670	563	452,000	18,100	1,270	United Kingdom, 36%; Nigeria, 26%; Brazil, 22%; Rwanda, 16%.
Beryllium oxide and hydroxide	19,800	7,120	122	20,700	7,450	129	Republic of Korea, 56%; China, 39%; Mexico, 5%.
Beryllium, unwrought⁴	22,700	22,700	5,730	8,660	8,660	1,720	United Kingdom, 51%; Kazakhstan, 49%.
Beryllium waste and scrap	2,060	2,060	9	406	406	133	United Kingdom, 100%.
Beryllium, other⁵	13,700	13,700	1,160	13,800	13,800	1,160	Kazakhstan, 90%; Canada, 9%.
Beryllium-copper master alloy	159,000	6,360	3,010	151,000	6,030	2,920	Kazakhstan, 87%; Japan, 7%; Germany, 6%.
Beryllium-copper plates, sheets, and strip	520,000	7,810	8,200	782,000	11,700	11,900	Japan, 98%.
Total	954,000	68,500	18,800	1,430,000	66,200	19,300	Japan, 55%; United Kingdom, 12%; Kazakhstan, 10%; Nigeria, 8%; Brazil, 7%;-
							Rwanda, 5%.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Estimated from gross weights.
³Principal destination or source percentages based on beryllium gross weight data.