TABLE 2 | |||||||||||||||
U.S. EXPORTS OF SELENIUM1 | |||||||||||||||
2014 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
Quantity | Quantity | ||||||||||||||
(kilograms, | (kilograms, | ||||||||||||||
Country | contained Se) | Value | contained Se) | Value | |||||||||||
Australia | -- | -- | 2,010 | $31,200 | |||||||||||
Brazil | 8,490 | $132,000 | 3,480 | 58,500 | |||||||||||
Canada | 4,620 | 138,000 | 2,470 | 69,800 | |||||||||||
China | 23,100 | 359,000 | 99,300 | 1,360,000 | |||||||||||
Colombia | 1,380 | 21,400 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
Denmark | -- | -- | 50 | 3,880 | |||||||||||
Dominican Republic | 3,890 | 60,300 | 640 | 9,920 | |||||||||||
Ecuador | 110 | 7,880 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
France | 33,100 | 550,000 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
Germany | 226 | 3,500 | 4,710 | 73,000 | |||||||||||
Hong Kong | 97,900 | 1,710,000 | 62,400 | 872,000 | |||||||||||
India | 184 | 2,860 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
Indonesia | 29,200 | 452,000 | 22,100 | 343,000 | |||||||||||
Japan | 32,200 | 868,000 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
Korea, Republic of | 190,000 | 3,910,000 | 91,900 | 1,710,000 | |||||||||||
Latvia | 34,000 | 181,000 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
Mexico | 7,910 | 160,000 | 17,400 | 298,000 | |||||||||||
Panama | 1,090 | 16,900 | 409 | 12,200 | |||||||||||
Peru | 654 | 10,100 | 981 | 15,200 | |||||||||||
Philippines | 2,720 | 24,100 | 2,090 | 16,200 | |||||||||||
Russia | -- | -- | 46,300 | 275,000 | |||||||||||
South Africa | 679 | 10,500 | 1,560 | 24,100 | |||||||||||
Taiwan | 25,200 | 391,000 | 103,000 | 2,880,000 | |||||||||||
Thailand | 177 | 2,740 | -- | -- | |||||||||||
United Kingdom | 3,000 | 69,000 | 990 | 9,860 | |||||||||||
Venezuela | 21,100 | 536,000 | 6,060 | 93,900 | |||||||||||
Total | 521,000 | 9,620,000 | 468,000 | 8,160,000 | |||||||||||
-- Zero. | |||||||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices