TABLE 4 | ||||||||
U.S. EXPORTS OF FLUORSPAR, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||
2014 | 2015 | |||||||
Quantity | Quantity | |||||||
Country | (metric tons) | Value2 | (metric tons) | Value2 | ||||
Australia | 88 | $12,800 | 759 | $110,000 | ||||
Brazil | 170 | 24,700 | -- | -- | ||||
Canada | 13,000 | 2,150,000 | 12,500 | 2,050,000 | ||||
China | 128 | 14,300 | -- | -- | ||||
Colombia | -- | -- | 97 | 10,800 | ||||
Indonesia | -- | -- | 5 | 2,800 | ||||
Mexico | -- | -- | 210 | 15,000 | ||||
Netherlands | -- | -- | 47 | 6,840 | ||||
Nicaragua | -- | -- | 20 | 2,880 | ||||
Taiwan | -- | -- | 21 | 2,990 | ||||
Total | 13,400 | 2,200,000 | 13,700 | 2,210,000 | ||||
-- Zero. | ||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
2Free alongside ship values at U.S. ports. | ||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices