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TABLE 4
U.S. EXPORTS OF PLATINUM-GROUP METALS, BY COUNTRY1
 
            Platinum,   Iridium, osmium,    
Palladium Platinum waste and scrap ruthenium Rhodium
Quantity, Quantity, Quantity, Quantity, Quantity,
Pd content Value Pt content Value Pt content Value gross weight Value Rh content Value
Country   (kilograms)   (thousands)   (kilograms)   (thousands)   (kilograms)   (thousands)   (kilograms)   (thousands)   (kilograms)   (thousands)
2013 25,900   $452,000   11,200   $487,000   364,000   $1,070,000   1,320   $21,200   1,220   $46,100
2014:
Australia 104 2,200 168 6,780 -- -- 16 194 (2) 6
Austria 18 223 (2) 6 4 111 -- -- (2) 16
Belarus 69 603 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Belgium 12 237 1 32 7,580 2,900 2 23 -- --
Brazil 543 13,100 66 2,460 -- -- (2) 7 (2) 4
Canada 2,870 60,900 147 6,570 108 729 1 12 1 97
Chile -- -- 250 10,300 -- -- -- -- -- --
China 2,030 47,700 854 38,600 16 662 (2) 8 129 4,760
Colombia 54 908 1 34 -- -- -- -- (2) 3
Costa Rica 47 735 4 83 -- -- (2) 5 -- --
Croatia -- -- 13 599 -- -- -- -- -- --
Czech Republic 18 178 3 52 -- -- -- -- -- --
Denmark 33 626 (2) 18 -- -- -- -- -- --
Dominican Republic 6 22 5 284 -- -- -- -- -- --
Finland 5 105 (2) 19 -- -- -- -- -- --
France 499 4,990 144 4,830 2 47 18 289 -- --
Germany 3,160 64,800 1,290 60,000 29,000 97,600 191 4,310 13 512
Hong Kong 575 9,860 89 3,440 -- -- 109 1,980 60 2,750
India 691 18,400 20 647 314 14,400 94 906 38 1,530
Ireland 142 1,350 233 8,990 -- -- -- -- -- --
Israel 1,580 9,020 9 232 -- -- 7 29 -- --
Italy 781 22,400 2,290 102,000 84 2,650 -- -- 40 1,400
Japan 1,050 22,700 1,510 67,500 188,000 201,000 73 1,290 23 811
Korea, Republic of 1,640 39,900 1,440 64,400 -- -- 273 2,080 -- --
Laos 2 80 26 1,200 -- -- -- -- -- --
Lebanon -- -- 3 115 -- -- -- -- -- --
Luxembourg 32 775 54 1,630 -- -- -- -- -- --
Malaysia 7 70 (2) 11 -- -- 1 27 -- --
Mexico 235 2,870 369 9,640 17 503 5 130 2 252
Netherlands 31 225 (2) 71 18 9 21 304 (2) 10
New Zealand 41 890 (2) 69 -- -- 2 18 -- --
Norway 22 496 (2) 14 -- -- -- -- -- --
Peru 12 223 (2) 3 (2) 4 -- -- -- --
Philippines 2 34 (2) 72 -- -- 1 7 -- --
Poland 5 23 (2) 6 -- -- (2) 11 -- --
Saudi Arabia 29 282 1 21 -- -- -- -- -- --
Singapore 45 1,190 3,870 126,000 43 75 29 615 121 4,790
Spain   31   333   (2)   4   --   --   --   --   --   --
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 4-Continued
U.S. EXPORTS OF PLATINUM-GROUP METALS, BY COUNTRY1
 
            Platinum,   Iridium, osmium,    
Palladium Platinum waste and scrap ruthenium Rhodium
Quantity, Quantity, Quantity, Quantity, Quantity,
Pd content Value Pt content Value Pt content Value gross weight Value Rh content Value
Country   (kilograms)   (thousands)   (kilograms)   (thousands)   (kilograms)   (thousands)   (kilograms)   (thousands)   (kilograms)   (thousands)
Sweden 20 194 2 61 -- -- -- -- -- --
Switzerland 146 2,490 828 32,300 6,480 111,000 -- -- -- --
Taiwan 1,290 17,200 42 1,450 -- -- 18 212 (2) 6
Thailand 104 2,610 34 1,490 (2) 8 -- -- 1 32
Turkey 2 10 14 604 -- -- -- -- 1 17
United Arab Emirates 13 104 8 360 4 184 -- -- (2) 7
United Kingdom 4,460 108,000 976 42,900 22,200 627,000 28 631 -- --
Vietnam 3 17 14 664 -- -- -- -- -- --
Other 29   423   1   133   --   --   11   89   (2)   9
Total   22,500   460,000   14,800   596,000   254,000   1,060,000   901   13,200   428   17,000
-- 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


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