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| TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF TUNGSTEN ORES AND CONCENTRATES, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||
| Tungsten | Tungsten | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | content2 | Value | Gross weight | content2 | Value | |||||||
| Country of destination | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Brazil | 2 | 1 | $304 | (3) | (3) | $68 | ||||||
| Canada | 2 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 54 | ||||||
| China | 759 | 392 | 11,400 | 217 | 112 | 3,780 | ||||||
| Czech Republic | -- | -- | -- | 61 | 32 | 1,010 | ||||||
| Germany | 90 | 46 | 210 | (3) | (3) | 4 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 180 | 93 | 2,490 | 66 | 34 | 1,290 | ||||||
| Luxembourg | -- | -- | -- | 36 | 19 | 708 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 251 | (3) | (3) | 5 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 103 | 53 | 1,980 | 192 | 99 | 3,940 | ||||||
| Poland | 11 | 6 | 117 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Russia | -- | -- | -- | 1,020 | 527 | 11,000 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 38 | 19 | 549 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Vietnam | 861 | 444 | 16,000 | 792 | 409 | 12,700 | ||||||
| Other | 2 | 1 | 206 | 1 | 1 | 107 | ||||||
| Total | 2,050 | 1,060 | 33,600 | 2,390 | 1,230 | 34,700 | ||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Content estimated from reported gross weight. | ||||||||||||
| 3Less than - unit. | ||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
