TABLE 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF UNMANUFACTURED COPPER (COPPER CONTENT), BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ore and concentrate | Matte, ash, and precipitates | Blister and anode | Refined | Unalloyed scrap | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | |||||||||||||
Country | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (thousands)- | ||||||||||||
2013 | 3,180 | $18,200 | 1,070 | $5,060 | 865 | $7,440 | 734,000 | $5,550,000 | 29,100 | $163,000 | 768,000 | $5,740,000 | ||||||||||||
2014: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brazil | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40 | 188 | 40 | 188 | ||||||||||||
Canada | 19 | 77 | 194 | 996 | 1 | 38 | 194,000 | 1,360,000 | 14,900 | 83,400 | 209,000 | 1,450,000 | ||||||||||||
Chile | 6 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 315,000 | 2,200,000 | 17 | 78 | 315,000 | 2,210,000 | ||||||||||||
Congo (Kinshasa) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 14,500 | 96,500 | -- | -- | 465 | 3,230 | ||||||||||||
Costa Rica | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 522 | 3,140 | 522 | 3,140 | ||||||||||||
Dominican Republic | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 110 | 648 | 110 | 648 | ||||||||||||
Germany | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 46 | 3,200 | 24,200 | 178 | 132 | 3,380 | 24,800 | ||||||||||||
Japan | -- | -- | 6 | 28 | 4 | 357 | 4,830 | 42,000 | 5 | 71 | 4,850 | 44,000 | ||||||||||||
Mexico | 22 | 432 | 95 | 246 | -- | -- | 84,000 | 571,000 | 11,700 | 61,500 | 95,800 | 636,000 | ||||||||||||
Nicaragua | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 81 | 472 | 81 | 472 | ||||||||||||
Peru | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 551 | 3,680 | 425 | 1,870 | 976 | 5,590 | ||||||||||||
Other | 53 | 57 | 765 | 3,910 | 495 | 4,740 | 4,610 | 32,300 | 3,000 | 14,600 | 22,900 | 154,000 | ||||||||||||
Total | 100 | 579 | 1,060 | 5,180 | 503 | 5,180 | 620,000 | 4,330,000 | 31,000 | 166,000 | 653,000 | 4,530,000 | ||||||||||||
-- Zero.- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2Cost, insurance, freight value at U.S. port. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices