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TABLE 3 | ||||||||
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF SELENIUM1 | ||||||||
2014 | 2015 | |||||||
Quantity | Quantity | |||||||
(kilograms, | (kilograms, | |||||||
Class and country | contained Se) | Value | contained Se) | Value | ||||
Selenium: | ||||||||
Australia | 3,000 | $22,100 | -- | -- | ||||
Belgium | 48,000 | 2,140,000 | 31,000 | $976,000 | ||||
Canada | 18,400 | 972,000 | 15,800 | 464,000 | ||||
China | 58,600 | 3,370,000 | 84,300 | 3,450,000 | ||||
Germany | 71,500 | 4,570,000 | 39,300 | 1,810,000 | ||||
Hong Kong | -- | -- | 200 | 15,900 | ||||
India | -- | -- | 63 | 5,040 | ||||
Israel | 1 | 3,600 | -- | -- | ||||
Japan | 102,000 | 5,490,000 | 60,600 | 3,660,000 | ||||
Korea, Republic of | 4,170 | 227,000 | 24,000 | 804,000 | ||||
Mexico | 14,500 | r | 686,000 | r | 42,800 | 978,000 | ||
Netherlands | 5 | 13,500 | 7 | 24,600 | ||||
New Zealand | -- | -- | 2,020 | 13,900 | ||||
Norway | 38,400 | 1,800,000 | 35,600 | 232,000 | ||||
Panama | 45,000 | 2,430,000 | 21,100 | 964,000 | ||||
Peru | 120 | 6,660 | -- | -- | ||||
Philippines | 33,400 | 3,010,000 | 50,600 | 4,230,000 | ||||
Russia | 1 | 3,420 | -- | -- | ||||
Thailand | 6,980 | 308,000 | 2,980 | 131,000 | ||||
United Kingdom | 22,900 | 1,130,000 | 33,200 | 1,520,000 | ||||
Total | 467,000 | 26,200,000 | 444,000 | 19,300,000 | ||||
Selenium dioxide:2 | ||||||||
China | 1,900 | r | 158,000 | 11,600 | 387,000 | |||
Germany | 3,650 | r | 311,000 | 4,460 | 186,000 | |||
Japan | 2,220 | r | 59,100 | 3,150 | 56,200 | |||
Total | 7,770 | r | 528,000 | 19,200 | 629,000 | |||
Grand total | 475,000 | r | 26,700,000 | r | 463,000 | 19,900,000 | ||
rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
2Selenium content calculated as 71% of gross weight of material. | ||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices