TABLE 8 | |||||||||||||||
U.S. EXPORTS OF CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL IN 2014, BY DESTINATION1 | |||||||||||||||
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||||
Sand2 | Gravel3 | ||||||||||||||
Value, | Value, | ||||||||||||||
Destination | Quantity- | f.a.s.4 | Quantity- | f.a.s.4 | |||||||||||
North America: | |||||||||||||||
Bahamas, The | 2 | 574 | (5) | 141 | |||||||||||
Canada | 22 | 1,870 | 5 | 2,650 | |||||||||||
Dominican Republic | 1 | 258 | (5) | 9 | |||||||||||
Mexico | 3 | 1,280 | (5) | 20 | |||||||||||
Other | 2 | 947 | 1 | 474 | |||||||||||
Total | 30 | 4,930 | 7 | 3,300 | |||||||||||
South America | 44 | 10,100 | (5) | 3,310 | |||||||||||
Europe | 4 | 2,020 | (5) | 305 | |||||||||||
Asia | 2 | 717 | 1 | 255 | |||||||||||
Oceania | (5) | 32 | (5) | 13 | |||||||||||
Africa | (5) | 26 | (5) | 30 | |||||||||||
Grand total | 79 | 17,800 | 8 | 3,920 | |||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||
2Includes Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) code 2505.90.0000 | |||||||||||||||
3Includes HTS code 2517.10.0015 | |||||||||||||||
4Free alongside ship. Value of material at U.S. port of export; based on transaction price, | |||||||||||||||
including all charges incurred in placing material alongside ship. | |||||||||||||||
5Less than - unit. | |||||||||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices