TABLE 6 | |||||||||||||
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF | |||||||||||||
GALLIUM ARSENIDE WAFERS, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||
2014 | 2015 | ||||||||||||
Quantity | Quantity | ||||||||||||
Material and country | (kilograms) | Value2 | (kilograms) | Value2 | |||||||||
Undoped: | |||||||||||||
Austria | 84 | $32,600 | 85 | $30,700 | |||||||||
Canada | 14,100 | 63,700 | 2,850 | 24,700 | |||||||||
China | -- | -- | 2,240 | 8,600 | |||||||||
Japan | 6 | 12,400 | 7,750 | 15,300 | |||||||||
Taiwan | 65,800 | 451,000 | 22,900 | 83,300 | |||||||||
United Kingdom | 9 | 10,400 | 2 | 10,000 | |||||||||
Other- | 1 | r | 4,500 | r | 36 | 10,100 | |||||||
Total | 80,000 | 575,000 | r | 35,900 | 183,000 | ||||||||
Doped: | |||||||||||||
Austria | 637 | 41,500 | 1,260 | 152,000 | |||||||||
Belarus | 8,050 | 2,140,000 | 9,010 | 1,810,000 | |||||||||
Belgium | 476 | 631,000 | 1,110 | 1,170,000 | |||||||||
China | 50,700 | 27,800,000 | 2,320,000 | 116,000,000 | |||||||||
Finland | 6,840 | 5,110,000 | 6,280 | 4,520,000 | |||||||||
France | 2,940 | 2,710,000 | 4,860 | 5,270,000 | |||||||||
Germany | 51,400 | 23,800,000 | 69,000 | 14,600,000 | |||||||||
Hong Kong | 29,200 | 4,870,000 | 7,320 | 1,200,000 | |||||||||
Italy | 2,260 | 241,000 | 470 | 150,000 | |||||||||
Japan | 71,000 | r | 36,400,000 | r | 58,700 | 31,400,000 | |||||||
Korea, Republic of | 14,500 | 5,470,000 | 6,350 | 1,410,000 | |||||||||
Malaysia | 2,290 | 305,000 | 778 | 132,000 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 649 | 23,000 | 160 | 34,000 | |||||||||
Poland | 172 | 144,000 | 205 | 268,000 | |||||||||
Singapore | 5,590 | 1,670,000 | 7,850 | 781,000 | |||||||||
Taiwan | 59,300 | 72,400,000 | 158,000 | 62,400,000 | |||||||||
United Kingdom | 4,380 | 1,950,000 | 1,320 | 2,310,000 | |||||||||
Other | 932 | r | 1,050,000 | 432 | 786,000 | ||||||||
Total | 311,000 | 187,000,000 | 2,660,000 | 245,000,000 | |||||||||
rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
2Customs value. | |||||||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices