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| TABLE 4 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF CHROMIUM METAL, BY TYPE1 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Principal destinations in 2012 | ||||||||
| HTS2 code | Type | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (Quantity in metric tons, value in thousands) | ||||||
| 2610.00.0000 | Chromite ore and concentrates, gross quantity | 5,250 | $3,520 | 21,200 | $9,870 | China (12,000, $4,480); Mexico (2,970, $1,860); Canada (2,920, $1,580). | ||||||
| Metal and alloy, gross quantity: | ||||||||||||
| 8112.21.0000 | Unwrought chromium powders | 345 | 8,020 | 326 | 8,130 | Brazil (54, $844); Japan (47, $714); Germany (40, $1,850); Mexico (33, $561);- | ||||||
| Taiwan (26, $810); China (19, $513); United Kingdom (18, $439); Venezuela- | ||||||||||||
| (16, $116); India (15, $515). | ||||||||||||
| 8112.22.0000 | Chromium metal waste and scrap | 18 | 428 | 3 | 53 | Malaysia (2, $31); Philippines (1, $13). | ||||||
| 8112.29.0000 | Chromium metal other than unwrought | 194 | 5,360 | 134 | 4,820 | France (20, $493); Mexico (15, $397); United Kingdom (15, $352); Japan (14,- | ||||||
| powders and waste and scrap | $767); Brazil (13, $496); Taiwan (12, $414); Canada (9, $148); Ireland (7, $176);- | |||||||||||
| Hong Kong (4, $161). | ||||||||||||
| Total chromium metal | 557 | 13,800 | 462 | 13,000 | ||||||||
| Chromium ferroalloys: | ||||||||||||
| 7202.41.0000 | High-carbon ferrochromium:3 | |||||||||||
| Gross quantity | 4,260 | 5,360 | 4,460 | 5,790 | Brazil (1,940, $2,460); Argentina (592, $527); Mexico (356, $470); Thailand- | |||||||
| Contained chromium | 1,940 | XX | 2,240 | XX | (337, $465); Chile (242, $351); Canada (216, $298). | |||||||
| 7202.49.0000 | Low-carbon ferrochromium:4 | |||||||||||
| Gross quantity | 1,030 | 2,250 | 768 | 1,350 | Canada (338, $668); Mexico (300, $462); Peru (104, $176); Brazil (19, $26);- | |||||||
| Contained chromium | 549 | XX | 347 | XX | Colombia (4, $16); Indonesia (2, $3). | |||||||
| 7202.49.0000 | Ferrochromium-silicon: | |||||||||||
| Gross quantity | 28 | 64 | 64 | 105 | Canada (all). | |||||||
| Contained chromium | 10 | XX | 22 | XX | ||||||||
| Total chromium ferroalloys: | ||||||||||||
| Gross quantity | 5,330 | 7,670 | 5,300 | 7,250 | ||||||||
| Contained chromium | 2,500 | XX | 2,610 | XX | ||||||||
| Chemicals, gross quantity: | ||||||||||||
| Chromium oxides: | ||||||||||||
| 2819.10.0000 | Chromium trioxide | 13,000 | 22,000 | 17,300 | 48,600 | Japan (3,710, $10,300); Brazil (2,340, $6,010); China (1,990, $6,090); Republic of- | ||||||
| Korea (1,170, $3,540); United Kingdom (1,080, $2,590); India (1,010, $2,570);- | ||||||||||||
| Chile (661, $1,380); Indonesia (524, $1,780); Mexico (470, $1,940); Germany- | ||||||||||||
| (461, $1,490); Italy (414, $1,100); Colombia (394, $1,090). | ||||||||||||
| 2819.90.0000 | Other | 4,800 | 32,800 | 5,480 | 39,600 | Spain (1,460, $8,370); Belgium (1,250, $8,600); United Kingdom (1,100, $9,140);- | ||||||
| Canada (304, $2,250); Brazil (216, $1,380); Germany (146, $1,570). | ||||||||||||
| Total chromium oxides | 17,800 | 54,800 | 22,800 | 88,200 | ||||||||
| 2833.29.4000 | Chromium sulfates | 53 | 263 | 40 | 254 | Mexico (14, $96); Republic of Korea (14, $94); Taiwan (9, $42); Vietnam (3, $15). | ||||||
| Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids: | ||||||||||||
| 2841.90.4500 | Zinc and lead chromate | 4 | 396 | 3 | 227 | South Africa (2, $181); Jamaica (1, $3). | ||||||
| 2841.30.0000 | Sodium dichromate | 30,100 | 28,900 | 14,000 | 18,600 | Mexico (5,360, $7,320); Japan (4,520, $3,800); Canada (3,200, $4,650); Republic- | ||||||
| of Korea (164, $408); Brazil (151, $149); Taiwan (129, $259); Thailand (113,- | ||||||||||||
| $90); India (108, $1,568); Peru (76, $42); Malaysia (57, $64); Colombia (55,- | ||||||||||||
| $127); Chile (38, $21); Indonesia (37, $33); Singapore (19, $43); China (19, $10);- | ||||||||||||
| Australia (2, $31). | ||||||||||||
| 2841.50.1000 | Potassium dichromate | 72 | 152 | 103 | 188 | Mexico (64, $76); Taiwan (16, $61); Netherlands (10, $12); Venezuela (9, $8);- | ||||||
| Australia (2, $7); Colombia (1, $7); France (1, $9). | ||||||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||
| TABLE 4-Continued | ||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF CHROMIUM METAL, BY TYPE1 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Principal destinations in 2012 | ||||||||
| HTS2 code | Type | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (Quantity in metric tons, value in thousands) | ||||||
| Chemicals, gross quantity-Continued: | ||||||||||||
| Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic | ||||||||||||
| acids-Continued: | ||||||||||||
| 2841.50.9100 | Other | 928 | 3,940 | 388 | 1,710 | Republic of Korea (126, $569); Canada (51, $245); China (44, $159); Mexico (35,- | ||||||
| $80); Vietnam (23, $84); Indonesia (19, $37); Thailand (12, $49); Turkey (11,- | ||||||||||||
| $31). | ||||||||||||
| Total salts | 31,100 | 33,400 | 14,500 | 20,700 | ||||||||
| 3206.20.0000 | Pigments and preparations, gross quantity | 1,810 | 10,600 | 791 | 5,480 | Mexico (509, $3,000); Canada (110, $837); Brazil (42, $130). | ||||||
| XX Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States of America. | ||||||||||||
| 3More than 4% carbon. | ||||||||||||
| 4Not more than 4% carbon. | ||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
