|
| TABLE 15 | ||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF CLAY, BY TYPE1 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 2013 | |||||||||
| Type of clay | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Principal sources in 2013 | |||||
| China clay or kaolin | 472 | 56,800 | 468 | 56,000 | Brazil, 96%. | |||||
| Fire clay | 8 | 1,380 | 3 | 1,390 | China, 82%; United Kingdom, 7%; Hong Kong, 4%. | |||||
| Ball clay | (3) | 137 | (3) | 174 | United Kingdom, 67%; China, 24%; Canada, 5%; Brazil, 4%. | |||||
| Bentonite- | 12 | 15,300 | 15 | 16,100 | Mexico, 32%; China, 27%; Egypt, 18%; United Kingdom, 16%. | |||||
| Fullerʼs earth | 1 | 160 | 8 | 434 | China, 55%; Japan, 34%; Canada, 11%. | |||||
| Chamotte or Dinaʼs Earth | (3) | 109 | (3) | 159 | United Kingdom, 90%; Germany, 10%. | |||||
| Artificially activated clay and earth | 31 | 34,000 | 28 | 31,500 | Mexico, 34%; Germany, 18%; China, 18%; Belgium, 14%. | |||||
| Total | 524 | 108,000 | 523 | 106,000 | ||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Customs value. | ||||||||||
| 3Less than - unit. | ||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau; data adjusted by U.S. Geological Survey. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
