TABLE 7 | ||||||||||||
U.S. IMPORTS OF IRON ORE IN 2014, BY COUNTRY AND TYPE OF | ||||||||||||
-PRODUCT1, 2 | ||||||||||||
(Thousand metric tons) | ||||||||||||
Fine | ||||||||||||
Country of origin | Coarse | Concentrates | ores | Pellets | Other | Total | ||||||
Argentina | -- | -- | 98 | -- | -- | 98 | ||||||
Brazil | -- | 391 | 114 | 1,270 | -- | 1,780 | ||||||
Canada | -- | 130 | 177 | 2,520 | 27 | 2,860 | ||||||
Chile | -- | 70 | -- | -- | -- | 70 | ||||||
Luxembourg | -- | 28 | -- | -- | -- | 28 | ||||||
Norway | -- | (3) | (3) | -- | -- | 1 | ||||||
Peru | -- | -- | 35 | -- | -- | 35 | ||||||
South Africa | -- | 30 | -- | -- | -- | 30 | ||||||
Sweden | 43 | -- | 37 | 74 | -- | 154 | ||||||
United Kingdom | -- | -- | -- | -- | (3) | (3) | ||||||
Venezuela | -- | 82 | -- | 15 | -- | 97 | ||||||
Other | -- | (3) | -- | -- | (3) | 1 | ||||||
Total | 43 | 731 | 461 | 3,880 | 28 | 5,140 | ||||||
-- Zero. | ||||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
2Includes agglomerates. | ||||||||||||
3Less than - unit. | ||||||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices