TABLE 9 | |||||||||
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF INDUSTRIAL | |||||||||
SAND, BY COUNTRY1 | |||||||||
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||
2014 | 2015 | ||||||||
Country | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | |||||
Australia | 8 | 8,250 | 7 | 6,480 | |||||
Canada | 215 | 3,630 | 258 | 3,460 | |||||
Chile | (3) | 51 | (3) | 10 | |||||
China | 1 | 370 | 2 | 516 | |||||
Germany | (3) | 106 | (3) | 32 | |||||
Japan | (3) | 8 | (3) | 15 | |||||
Mexico | 9 | 2,380 | 2 | 362 | |||||
Netherlands | -- | -- | (3) | 9 | |||||
Other | 11 | 5,590 | 21 | 9,360 | |||||
Total | 244 | 20,400 | 290 | 20,200 | |||||
-- Zero. | |||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add | |||||||||
to totals shown. | |||||||||
2Cost, insurance, and freight value of material at U.S. port of entry.- | |||||||||
Based on purchase price; includes all charges (except U.S. import | |||||||||
duties) in bringing material from foreign country to alongside carrier. | |||||||||
3Less than - unit. | |||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices