U.S. Exports Of Iron Oxides And Hydroxides, By Country

TABLE 3
U.S. EXPORTS OF IRON OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES, BY COUNTRY¹

	Pigment grade						Other grade
	2014				2015		2014				2015
	Quantity		Value		Quantity	Value	Quantity		Value		Quantity	Value
Country	(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)	(thousands)	(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)	(thousands)
Argentina	(2)		$5		1	$6	--		--		3	$78
Australia-	86		272		66	176	1,420		$389		1,530	849
Belgium-	1,200		4,760		902	4,560	74		291		100	635
Brazil-	183		700		308	1,190	234		156		211	197
Canada-	--		--		12	16	4,110		8,110		4,450	8,670
Chile	57		28		119	78	142		368		88	63
China	1,350		3,090		1,970	4,080	33,400		10,100		37,700	11,100
Colombia	82		273		51	241	11		95		28	178
Dominican Republic	2		21		19	69	2		67		2	7
France	44		225		38	207	61		34		1	12
Germany-	4		32		51	501	819		370		291	794
Haiti	3		11		4	14	10		46		6	26
Hong Kong-	2		14		4	28	10		24		9	18
India	103		218		41	156	93		440		125	502
Indonesia	2		27		2	9	11		55		(2)	4
Israel	13		31		--	--	620		201		844	316
Italy-	4		60		12	44	20		17		91	77
Jamaica	11		45		1	4	--		--		7	14
Japan-	10		63		12	80	41		37		26	23
Korea, Republic of-	195		443		114	422	14		295		15	309
Malaysia	93		55		--	--	9		22		17	45
Mexico-	4,160		2,820		4,360	2,740	3,290		2,390		3,190	2,260
Netherlands	21		121		5	15	44		115		16	8
New Zealand	--		--		10	46	4		17		17	33
Peru	22		36		2	21	(2)		6		15	29
Singapore	1		12		12	60	119		157		48	75
South Africa	4		24		4	23	--		--		8	46
Spain	20		64		31	130	14,200		3,860		8,120	1,540
Taiwan-	17		110		131	390	106		644		75	654
Thailand-	7		51		98	119	1,140		2,110		394	1,520
Trinidad and Tobago	1		3		7	17	15		16		30	33
United Arab Emirates	162		88		160	81	(2)		7		120	77
United Kingdom-	331		604		328	1,460	451		1,270		344	1,290
Uruguay	99		374		--	--	43		162		219	806
Venezuela	236		611		1	15	27		32		58	58
Vietnam	30		186		--	--	4		21		2	11
Other-	241	^r	544	^r	45	171	120	^r	439	^r	38	277
Total--	8,790		16,000		8,930	17,200	60,600		32,400		58,200	32,700
^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; data adjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey.