U.S. Imports Of Aluminum Oxide, Silicon Carbide, And Metallic Abrasives, By Country And Type

TABLE 6
U.S. IMPORTS OF ALUMINUM OXIDE, SILICON CARBIDE, AND METALLIC
ABRASIVES, BY COUNTRY AND TYPE¹

	2014				2015
	Quantity		Value²		Quantity	Value²
Country	(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)	(thousands)
Aluminum oxide:
Crude:
Canada	9,410		$7,350		7,980	$5,700
China	133,000		86,800		86,100	51,300
Germany	992		302		935	142
Italy	--		--		2,370	182
Singapore	--		--		6,000	3,540
Other	716		190		2,140	273
Total	144,000		94,600		106,000	61,100
Ground and refined:
Austria	11,900		21,000		11,500	20,400
Brazil	10,800		10,300		11,300	9,960
Canada	6,160		7,800		5,240	6,390
China	7,030		8,870		7,960	8,290
France	2,060		5,150		1,710	4,420
Germany	8,810		13,800		8,530	13,800
Hungary	3,300		3,380		3,490	3,470
Italy	1,620		1,940		1,450	1,720
Other	2,730		5,090		7,190	6,750
Total	54,500		77,400		58,400	75,200
Silicon carbide:-
Crude:
Brazil	488		619		269	338
China	62,300		40,000		91,300	46,600
Netherlands	17,300		8,820		2,940	1,810
Norway	690		2,470		573	2,010
Romania	5,040		3,290		--	--
South Africa	11,300		8,510		11,800	7,290
Other	429		661		634	1,380
Total	97,500		64,400		108,000	59,400
Ground and refined:
Brazil	6,310		12,000		5,310	9,090
China	16,200		19,100		17,800	19,600
Germany	1,830		1,040		357	766
Japan	591		8,010		670	8,470
Norway	947		5,900		1,270	8,040
Russia	4,960		6,130		4,840	5,540
Vietnam	673		688		514	833
Other	509		1,170		1,160	2,020
Total	32,100		54,000		31,900	54,400
Metallic abrasives:
Canada	10,900		8,390		11,600	7,980
China	2,900		3,180		4,250	3,910
Germany	2,340		2,150		2,990	2,620
Japan	2,090		4,960		1,900	3,800
Korea, Republic of	2,440		1,350		1,990	1,070
Sweden	--		--		26,000	6,540
Thailand	1,050		2,070		1,840	2,830
Other	1,830	^r	1,930	^r	2,260	2,110
Total	23,500		24,000		52,800	30,900
^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.