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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF SILVER, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other unwrought silver | Metal powder | Silver nitrate | Semimanufactured forms2 | Waste and scrap | ||||||||||||||||
| Gross weight | Value | Gross weight | Value | Gross weight | Value | Gross weight | Value | Gross weight | Value | |||||||||||
| Year and country | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | (kilograms) | (thousands) | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 199,000 | $203,000 | 444,000 | $323,000 | 1,730 | $601 | 498,000 | $484,000 | 7,320,000 | $518,000 | ||||||||||
| 2013: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 170 | 129 | (3) | 9 | -- | -- | 1,220 | 1,130 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Belgium | 170 | 88 | 1,520 | 186 | 665 | 28 | 990 | 652 | 627,000 | 7,360 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1,310,000 | 8,990 | ||||||||||
| Canada | 52,000 | 48,600 | 56,100 | 3,890 | -- | -- | 649,000 | 499,000 | 1,920,000 | 91,800 | ||||||||||
| China | 52 | 40 | 65,600 | 3,270 | 5 | 2 | 3,860 | 2,720 | 951,000 | 8,090 | ||||||||||
| Colombia | 200 | 166 | 183 | 140 | -- | -- | 1,400 | 1,080 | 16,200 | 874 | ||||||||||
| Costa Rica | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 102,000 | 3,250 | ||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 110 | 34 | 359 | 75 | -- | -- | 15 | 9 | 71,600 | 8,340 | ||||||||||
| France | -- | -- | 6,320 | 2,220 | -- | -- | 158 | 107 | 48,400 | 696 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 99 | 84 | 5,270 | 3,850 | 170 | 25 | 6,930 | 5,010 | 576,000 | 136,000 | ||||||||||
| Hungary | -- | -- | 6,220 | 376 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Italy | 4,340 | 2,940 | 11,000 | 11,300 | -- | -- | 432 | 163 | 51,900 | 39,900 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 14 | 18 | 574,000 | 355,000 | -- | -- | 739 | 245 | 11,400 | 869 | ||||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | -- | -- | 2,740 | 204 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 403,000 | 42,400 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 135,000 | 105,000 | 218 | 125 | -- | -- | 191,000 | 153,000 | 956,000 | 34,500 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 374 | 239 | 40 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Peru | 250 | 230 | 2,720 | 1,140 | -- | -- | 401,000 | 287,000 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Poland | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 173 | 113 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4,790 | 3,310 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Singapore | -- | -- | 1,080 | 851 | -- | -- | 118 | 149 | 145,000 | 13,500 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 214 | 140 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Sweden | -- | -- | 670 | 367 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3,970 | 779 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 61 | 93 | 831 | 141 | -- | -- | 4,120 | 4,420 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Taiwan | -- | -- | 7,210 | 1,960 | -- | -- | 1,930 | 1,320 | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Thailand | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12,400 | 2,010 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 1,190 | 954 | 341 | 285 | 1,010 | 471 | 35,900 | 26,700 | 942,000 | 31,400 | ||||||||||
| Other- | 241 | 220 | 60 | 58 | 5 | 10 | 118 | 130 | 337,000 | 12,100 | ||||||||||
| Total | 194,000 | 159,000 | 742,000 | 385,000 | 1,860 | 537 | 1,300,000 | 986,000 | 8,480,000 | 443,000 | ||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Containing 99.5% or more by weight of silver. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Less than - unit. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
