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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF IRON ORE, BY COUNTRY AND TYPE OF PRODUCT1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | |||||||||||
| Unit | Unit | |||||||||||
| Quantity | value3 | Quantity | value3 | |||||||||
| Country and | (thousand | Value | (dollars per | (thousand | Value | (dollars per | ||||||
| type of product | metric tons) | (thousands) | metric ton) | metric tons) | (thousands) | metric ton) | ||||||
| Country: | ||||||||||||
| Belgium | -- | -- | -- | 51 | $5,130 | 100.51 | ||||||
| Canada | 6,080 | $899,000 | 147.88 | 8,630 | 1,030,000 | 119.33 | ||||||
| China | 2,750 | 365,000 | 132.42 | 1,690 | 151,000 | 89.23 | ||||||
| France | 137 | 17,400 | 126.85 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Germany | 12 | 4,510 | 375.75 | (4) | 9 | 1.80 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 164 | 11,700 | 71.46 | (4) | 22 | 4.40 | ||||||
| Japan | 89 | 10,800 | 121.62 | 122 | 13,000 | 106.29 | ||||||
| Mexico | 1,130 | 110,000 | 97.99 | 1,600 | 124,000 | 77.26 | ||||||
| Slovakia | 115 | 7,530 | 65.44 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Spain | 135 | 17,100 | 127.01 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 423 | 39,100 | 92.47 | 26 | 1,580 | 60.65 | ||||||
| Other | 3 | 500 | 166.67 | 1 | 223 | 223.00 | ||||||
| Total or average | 11,000 | 1,480,000 | 134.33 | 12,100 | 1,320,000 | 109.25 | ||||||
| Type of product: | ||||||||||||
| Coarse ores | 213 | 23,300 | 109.23 | 10 | 710 | 71.00 | ||||||
| Concentrates | 2,390 | 280,000 | 117.05 | 1,460 | 137,000 | 93.70 | ||||||
| Fine ores | 382 | 46,800 | 122.59 | 171 | 18,700 | 109.39 | ||||||
| Other agglomerates | 266 | 23,500 | 88.16 | 847 | 66,800 | 78.83 | ||||||
| Pellets | 7,790 | 1,110,000 | 142.47 | 9,630 | 1,100,000 | 114.30 | ||||||
| Roasted pyrites | 1 | 176 | 176.00 | 1 | 247 | 247.00 | ||||||
| Total or average | 11,000 | 1,480,000 | 134.33 | 12,100 | 1,320,000 | 109.25 | ||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except -Unit value-; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Includes agglomerates. | ||||||||||||
| 3Unit values shown are calculated from unrounded data. Weighted average calculated from unrounded data by- | ||||||||||||
| dividing total value by total tonnage. | ||||||||||||
| 4Less than - unit. | ||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
