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TABLE 5 | |||||||||||||
U.S. EXPORTS OF GOLD, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||||||
(Kilograms, gross weight, and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||
Waste and scrap | Metal powder | Gold compounds | |||||||||||
Year and country | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | |||||||
2014r | 149,000 | 814,000 | 1,220 | 46,300 | 13,000 | 102,000 | |||||||
2015: | |||||||||||||
Australia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 18 | 357 | |||||||
Austria | -- | -- | -- | -- | 113 | 420 | |||||||
Belgium | 76,800 | 9,110 | -- | -- | 104 | 37 | |||||||
Bolivia | -- | -- | 4 | 119 | -- | -- | |||||||
Canada- | 51,300 | 695,000 | 4 | 48 | 1,060 | 6,680 | |||||||
China | 237 | 2,440 | 49 | 1,450 | 776 | 10,500 | |||||||
Columbia | -- | -- | -- | -- | 75 | 155 | |||||||
Costa Rica | -- | -- | 2 | 65 | 188 | 2,540 | |||||||
Dominican Republic | -- | -- | 8 | 140 | 348 | 742 | |||||||
Ecuador | -- | -- | -- | -- | 336 | 21 | |||||||
France | -- | -- | (2) | 6 | 20 | 142 | |||||||
Germany | 7,430 | 23,000 | 4 | 132 | 420 | 142 | |||||||
Hong Kong | 6090 | 218 | 31 | 645 | 10 | 294 | |||||||
India | 144 | 651 | 69 | 2,560 | 11 | 105 | |||||||
Italy | 25,200 | 8,240 | 1 | 6 | 82 | 75 | |||||||
Japan | 1,190 | 13,800 | 21 | 444 | 212 | 59 | |||||||
Korea, Republic of | 189 | 1,380 | 1 | 35 | 563 | 8,390 | |||||||
Luxembourg | 82 | 1,670 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
Malaysia | -- | -- | 2 | 47 | 442 | 9,580 | |||||||
Mexico | -- | -- | 1 | 23 | 1,310 | 29,800 | |||||||
Netherlands | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 | 125 | |||||||
Singapore | 17 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 5,530 | 21,000 | |||||||
Switzerland | 38,400 | 641,000 | -- | -- | 6 | 16 | |||||||
Taiwan | -- | -- | 7 | 142 | 940 | 2,570 | |||||||
Thailand | (2) | 4 | 242 | 2,370 | 10 | 70 | |||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | -- | -- | -- | -- | 120 | 52 | |||||||
United Arab Emirates | 7 | 109 | 13 | 463 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
United Kingdom- | 165,000 | 41,700 | 64 | 1,430 | 91 | 239 | |||||||
Vietnam | -- | -- | 12 | 371 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
Other | 14 | 184 | 4 | 92 | 44 | 276 | |||||||
Total | 372,000 | 1,440,000 | 542 | 10,600 | 12,800 | 94,400 | |||||||
rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
2Less than - unit. | |||||||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices