U.S. Exports Of Boric Acid And Refined Sodium Borate Compounds, By Country

TABLE 4
U.S. EXPORTS OF BORIC ACID AND REFINED SODIUM BORATE COMPOUNDS, BY COUNTRY¹

	2012						2013
	Boric acid²				Sodium		Boric acid²		Sodium
	Quantity		Value³		borates⁴		Quantity	Value³	borates⁴
Country	(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)		(metric tons)	(thousands)	(metric tons)
Algeria	1		$3		42		--	--	--
Argentina	1		4		112		1	$3	71
Australia	1,490		1,180		6,400		1,700	1,630	6,740
Bangladesh	801		567		541		886	817	1,370
Brazil	1,340		1,680		324		4,250	3,630	749
Bulgaria	44		40		--		--	--	--
Canada	2,930	^r	3,680	^r	18,700	^r	2,880	2,980	18,600
Chili	--		--		1,920		--	--	1,300
China	19,300		14,100		152,000		31,100	25,700	190,000
Colombia	693		716		7,760		671	646	6,460
Costa Rica	10		13		1,000		1	6	503
Dominican Republic	1		7		65		1	4	30
Ecuador	158		189		1,600		198	203	1,470
Egypt	20		14		55		--	--	41
El Salvador	2		7		--		7	10	104
France	216		370		401		111	186	93
Germany	1,750		1,250		5		589	697	16
Ghana	15		10		6		12	15	--
Guatemala	20		23		2,910		--	--	4,520
Honduras	20		24		1,710		39	48	5
India	4,660		3,360		26,000		4,750	4,290	32,800
Indonesia	890		679		7,810		2,140	1,860	481
Israel	24		34		--		--	--	--
Italy	230		225		2,190		320	205	1,400
Jamaica	2		13		--		105	77	6
Japan	27,200		22,500		25,100		38,300	37,300	23,900
Jordan	20		14		--		--	--	--
Korea, Republic of	40,700		34,300		14,300		46,700	43,300	13,700
Kuwait	20		14		1,900		58	65	2,390
Malaysia	3,490		2,710		62,800		3,530	2,830	62,700
Mexico	9,030	^r	8,460	^r	26,100	^r	7,530	7,660	14,900
Netherlands	31,300		23,900		62,200		34,700	31,600	93,200
New Zealand	475		323		1,380		497	594	1,170
Nicaragua	--		--		122		--	--	61
Nigeria	28		19		12		38	48	40
Oman	--		--		114		--	--	97
Pakistan	669		470		1,250		897	809	1,010
Panama	5		6		34		2	3	36
Peru	353		349		1,130		256	292	995
Philippines	77		62		2,300		72	69	2,230
Russia	--		--		958		516	467	2,020
Saudi Arabia	823		580		372		1,930	1,660	836
Singapore	1,790		2,880		708		437	525	650
South Africa	357		249		2,040		178	213	2,580
Spain	--		--		1,000		--	--	851
Taiwan	33,600		25,600		4,070		39,800	33,500	4,360
Thailand	2,510		1,950		8,590		2,840	2,500	7,990
United Arab Emirates	120		83		--		138	123	--
United Kingdom	32		16		26		32	65	154
Venezuela	380		783		257		1,620	1,960	314
Vietnam	2,100		1,500		7,410		2,600	2,260	10,600
Other	--	^r	--	^r	390	^r	26	91	464
Total	190,000		155,000		457,000	^r	232,000	211,000	514,000
^rRevised.- -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) code 2810.00.0000.
³Free alongside ship valuation.
⁴HTS codes 2840.19.0000, 2840.20.0000, and 2840.30.0000.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.