TABLE 5 | ||||||||
-U.S. EXPORTS OF FELDSPAR, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
(Metric tons and dollars) | ||||||||
2013 | 2014 | |||||||
Country | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | ||||
Brazil | 100 | 14,800 | 2 | 6,260 | ||||
Canada | 3,150 | 740,000 | 2,430 | 655,000 | ||||
Chile | -- | -- | 294 | 69,100 | ||||
China | 126 | 41,900 | -- | -- | ||||
Colombia | 1,410 | 300,000 | 926 | 205,000 | ||||
Costa Rica | 350 | 70,200 | 273 | 69,200 | ||||
El Salvador | 60 | 18,200 | 99 | 30,800 | ||||
Italy | 103 | 7,240 | -- | -- | ||||
Nicaragua- | 210 | 31,700 | 190 | 29,100 | ||||
Norway | 6,730 | 3,150,000 | 8,290 | 4,030,000 | ||||
Panama | 181 | 54,800 | 220 | 70,600 | ||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 123 | 29,600 | 120 | 19,900 | ||||
Venezuela | 4,980 | 703,000 | 3,040 | 669,000 | ||||
Other (6 countries) | 226 | 147,000 | 82 | 27,700 | ||||
Total | 17,700 | 5,300,000 | 16,000 | 5,880,000 | ||||
-- Zero. | ||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
2Free alongside ship value. | ||||||||
-Source: U.S. Census Bureau. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices