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| TABLE 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF COPPER SEMIMANUFACTURES, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipes and tubing | Plates, sheets, foil, bars | Bare wire, including wire rod2 | Wire and cable, stranded | Copper sulfate | ||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Value3 | Quantity | Value3- | Quantity | Value3 | Quantity | Value3 | Quantity | Value3 | |||||||||||
| Country | (metric tons)- | (thousands) | (metric tons)- | (thousands) | (metric tons)- | (thousands) | (metric tons)- | (thousands) | (metric tons)- | (thousands) | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 455 | $5,410 | 53,200 | $562,000 | 137,000 | $1,050,000 | 15,300 | $132,000 | 36,100 | $87,600 | ||||||||||
| 2014: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 54 | 445 | 1,910 | 15,100 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 16 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Canada | 81 | 2,100 | 470 | 5,000 | 127,000 | 927,000 | 692 | 5,690 | 3,550 | 8,440 | ||||||||||
| Chile | -- | -- | 3,800 | 28,300 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 386 | 978 | ||||||||||
| China | 54 | 481 | 2,450 | 23,200 | 388 | 4,270 | 74 | 1,130 | 371 | 991 | ||||||||||
| Finland | 4 | 66 | 4,100 | 39,100 | 777 | 7,190 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| France | 14 | 250 | 952 | 8,290 | -- | -- | 27 | 1,440 | 29 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 25 | 374 | 21,800 | 203,000 | 368 | 3,120 | 30 | 1,180 | 12 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | -- | -- | 30 | 167 | 14 | 165 | 1 | 28 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| India | 5 | 60 | 204 | 2,180 | (4) | 6 | 55 | 1,450 | 6 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | -- | -- | 287 | 2,990 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Italy | 2 | 50 | 39 | 478 | -- | -- | 44 | 988 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Japan | 77 | 615 | 2,580 | 70,100 | 61 | 665 | -- | -- | 303 | 350 | ||||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 840 | 5,020 | 1,140 | 13,800 | 122 | 1,200 | 27 | 103 | 36 | 189 | ||||||||||
| Luxembourg | -- | -- | 1,170 | 16,400 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 100 | 1,320 | 3,850 | 30,600 | 13,800 | 96,500 | 310 | 2,040 | 28,300 | 68,900 | ||||||||||
| Peru | -- | -- | 9,320 | 72,100 | 22 | 178 | -- | -- | 123 | 295 | ||||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4,120 | 11,100 | ||||||||||
| Sweden | -- | -- | 34 | 361 | 148 | 1,420 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Taiwan | -- | -- | 337 | 2,630 | -- | -- | 13 | 276 | 3,340 | 8,480 | ||||||||||
| Thailand | -- | -- | 194 | 1,800 | -- | -- | 88 | 785 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Turkey | -- | -- | 3 | 30 | -- | -- | 12,400 | 99,900 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | (4) | 7 | 218 | 2,350 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 53 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Other | 103 | 444 | 2,900 | 24,300 | 143 | 1,350 | 161 | 2,090 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Total | 1,310 | 11,200 | 57,500 | 559,000 | 143,000 | 1,050,000 | 13,900 | 117,000 | 40,500 | 99,900 | ||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Total imports of wire rod in 2013 were 137,000 metric tons (t) valued at $1,040 million, and in 2014, wire rod imports were 143,000 t valued at $1,040 million.- | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Cost, insurance, freight value at U.S. port. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4Less than - unit. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
