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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||
| U.S. FOREIGN TRADE IN NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM METAL AND ALLOYS, BY CLASS1 | |||||||||||
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| 2012 | 2013 | ||||||||||
| Gross quantity | Value | Gross quantity | Value | Principal destinations and sources in 2013 | |||||||
| HTS code2 | Class | (kilograms) | (thousands)- | (kilograms) | (thousands)- | (gross quantity in kilograms and values in thousand dollars) | |||||
| Exports: | |||||||||||
| Niobium: | |||||||||||
| 2615.90.6030 | Ores and concentrates | 31,500 | $239 | 111,000 | $1,430 | China 100,100, $1,340; United Kingdom 2,600, $18; India 2,400, $17;- | |||||
| France 2,010, $14; Japan 1,470, $10;- Italy 1,360, $22. | |||||||||||
| 7202.93.0000 | Ferroniobium | 512,000 | 5,630 | 588,000 | 7,280 | Canada 498,000, $6,280; Mexico 65,700, $730; India 11,600, $128; Trinidad and | |||||
| Tobago 7,000, $77; United Kingdom 1,680, $18; Colombia 91, $3. | |||||||||||
| Tantalum:- | |||||||||||
| 2615.90.3000 | Synthetic concentrates | 209,000 | 2,840 | 61,300 | 744 | China 40,500, $706; Mexico 20,200, $26; Hong Kong 398, $4; Japan 72, $6; | |||||
| -Republic of Korea 50, $3. | |||||||||||
| 2615.90.6060 | Ores and concentrates | 202,000 | 7,830 | 204,000 | 3,990 | Brazil 108,000, $1,170; Hong Kong 37,200, $739; China 18,800, $574;- | |||||
| Austria 13,000, $1,130; Germany 8,360, $184. | |||||||||||
| 8103.20.0030 | Unwrought, powders | 111,000 | 45,900 | 146,000 | 75,700 | Mexico 107,000, $54,800; Sweden 13,400, $5,070; Israel 7,040, $5,320;- | |||||
| Czech Republic 5,780, $6,100; Kazakhstan 1,980, $800; Germany 1,940, $692;- | |||||||||||
| Portugal 498, $438; El Salvador 7,060, $1,500; Japan 775, $607;- | |||||||||||
| Switzerland 280, $139; Republic of Korea 176, $145; | |||||||||||
| -Luxembourg 100, $37;- Peru 30, $8; India 25, $14; China 11, $17; Chile 1, $4. | |||||||||||
| 8103.20.0090 | Unwrought, alloys and metal | 25,200 | 9,000 | 15,000 | 8,000 | Germany 11,600, $5,670; Israel 828, $1,270; Republic of Korea 632, $208;- | |||||
| Switzerland 599, $239; United Kingdom 396, $148; Canada 327, $107. | |||||||||||
| 8103.30.0000 | Waste and scrap | 235,000 | 31,000 | 521,000 | 67,800 | United Kingdom 109,000, $10,400; China 90,500, $8,470; Kazakhstan 65,300,- | |||||
| $16,200; Mexico 67,300, $12,500; Germany 49,700, $8,570;- | |||||||||||
| Hong Kong 40,100, $2,720. | |||||||||||
| 8103.90.0000 | Wrought | 81,200 | 59,000 | 54,200 | 36,400 | Germany 24,440, $15,800; Mexico 18,600, $10,900. | |||||
| Total | XX | 161,000 | XX | 201,000 | |||||||
| Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||
| Niobium: | |||||||||||
| 2615.90.6030 | Ores and concentrates | 11,000 | 761 | 8,470 | 600 | China 8,000, $595; France 247, $3; Gabon 220, $2. | |||||
| 2825.90.1500 | Oxide | 1,740,000 | 77,400 | 1,430,000 | 62,000 | Brazil 1,180,000, $51,300; Russia 229,000, $9,680; China 11,000, $460;- | |||||
| Germany 6,740, $503; Thailand 2,000, $82. | |||||||||||
| Ferroniobium: | |||||||||||
| 7202.93.4000 | Silicon < 0.4% | 830,000 | 37,000 | 390,000 | 18,500 | Brazil 285,000, $13,600; United Kingdom 105,000, $4,930. | |||||
| 7202.93.8000 | Other | 10,600,000 | 287,000 | 9,060,000 | 248,000 | Brazil 7,060,000, $191,000; Canada 1,990,000, $56,600; United Kingdom 2,270,- | |||||
| $141; China 1,250, $24. | |||||||||||
| Total | 11,400,000 | 324,000 | 9,450,000 | 267,000 | |||||||
| 8112.92.4000 | Unwrought, powders3 | 1,440,000 | 84,400 | 1,360,000 | 77,600 | Brazil 1,270,000, $69,800; Germany 50,200, $3,720; Estonia 28,800, $2,450;- | |||||
| Canada 10,400, $410; China 4,770, $630; Japan 1,720, $64; Thailand 1,020,- | |||||||||||
| Tantalum: | $426; Kazakhstan 26, $7; United Kingdom 12, $5; Belgium 1, $3. | ||||||||||
| 2615.90.6060 | Ores and concentrates | 261,000 | 13,000 | 653,000 | 54,000 | Brazil 324,000, $28,600; Canada 159,000, $14,200; Rwanda 37,000, $2,520;- | |||||
| Mozambique 30,200, $1,110; South Africa 26,300, $1,680; Congo 25,400,- | |||||||||||
| $1,690; Australia 25,100, $2,090; Sierra Leone 12,600, $468; Bolivia 9,380, $602;- | |||||||||||
| Tanzania 4,080, $999; Mexico 120, $19; China 20, $7; Germany 20, $5. | |||||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||
| TABLE 4-Continued | |||||||||||
| U.S. FOREIGN TRADE IN NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM METAL AND ALLOYS, BY CLASS1 | |||||||||||
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| 2012 | 2013 | ||||||||||
| Gross quantity | Value | Gross quantity | Value | Principal destinations and sources in 2013 | |||||||
| HTS code2 | Class | (kilograms) | (thousands)- | (kilograms) | (thousands)- | (gross quantity in kilograms and values in thousand dollars) | |||||
| Imports for consumption-Continued | |||||||||||
| Tantalum-Continued | |||||||||||
| 8103.20.0030 | Unwrought powders | 138,000 | 57,400 | 113,000 | 51,900 | Thailand 48,300, $23,200; Germany 18,900, $11,700; Japan 14,800, $4,360; | |||||
| -China 14,600, $7,630; Kazakhstan 7,610, $3,770; Czech Republic 7,250, $855; | |||||||||||
| -El Salvador 675, $80; Portugal 338, $33; Israel 257, $198; Canada 112, $24; | |||||||||||
| -Hong Kong 8, $4; United Kingdom 4, $9. | |||||||||||
| 8103.20.0090 | Unwrought, alloys and metal- | 205,000 | 78,000 | 197,000 | 73,000 | China 93,400, $38,500; Kazakhstan 76,300, $26,500; United Kingdom 11,100,- | |||||
| $2,310; Hong Kong 5,420, $1,680; Congo 3,910, $1,020; Estonia 2,530, $1,310;- | |||||||||||
| Switzerland 2,470, $718; Germany 1,930, $969; France 22, $19. | |||||||||||
| 8103.30.0000 | -Waste and scrap | 519,000 | 99,800 | 527,000 | 63,000 | Indonesia 137,000, $7,160; Austria 85,500, $3,510; China 77,600, $15,600; | |||||
| -Germany 45,900, $15,500; Czech Republic 45,700, $2,180; Mexico 39,600, $592. | |||||||||||
| 8103.90.0000 | Wrought | 70,200 | 36,700 | 67,700 | 41,100 | China 32,200, $19,200; Kazakhstan 20,800, $14,700; France 5,350, $2,210. | |||||
| Total | XX | 772,000 | XX | 690,000 | |||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||
| 3Niobium waste and scrap is included in 8112.92.0600 along with other materials. Niobium other than unwrought; waste and scrap; and powders is included in 8112.99.9000 along with other materials. | |||||||||||
| Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Geological Survey. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
