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TABLE 3 | |||||||||||||||
U.S. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF ALUMINUM-VANADIUM MASTER ALLOYS | |||||||||||||||
AND VANADIUM METAL, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP1 | |||||||||||||||
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Aluminum-vanadium- | Unwrought aluminum-vanadium- | Vanadium metal, including | |||||||||||||
master alloy2 | master alloy- | waste and scrap | |||||||||||||
Quantity, | Quantity, | Quantity, | |||||||||||||
gross weight- | gross weight- | gross weight- | |||||||||||||
(kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||||||||
Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||||||
2012 | 115,000 | $3,010,000 | 103,000 | $681,000 | 154,000 | $4,840,000 | |||||||||
2013: | |||||||||||||||
Australia | 82,000 | 1,790,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Belgium | 10 | 13,500 | 12,300 | 71,200 | -- | -- | |||||||||
China | 20,400 | 576,000 | 20,200 | 97,100 | 15,000 | 434,000 | |||||||||
Germany | 1,080 | 189,000 | 7,640 | 10,700 | 19,600 | 705,000 | |||||||||
Japan | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 2,140 | |||||||||
Mexico | -- | -- | 19,600 | 54,100 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Netherlands | -- | -- | 6,100 | 29,000 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Norway | -- | -- | 19,600 | 53,400 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Russia | 65,700 | 2,070,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Singapore | 10 | 6,500 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
United Kingdom | 6 | 19,700 | -- | -- | 714 | 164,000 | |||||||||
Total | 169,000 | 4,660,000 | 85,400 | 315,000 | 35,300 | 1,310,000 | |||||||||
Exports: | |||||||||||||||
2012 | 432,000 | 13,400,000 | 924,000 | 5,140,000 | 26,700 | r | 862,000 | r | |||||||
2013: | |||||||||||||||
Argentina | 114 | 13,200 | 271 | 3,530 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Australia | 7,320 | 511,000 | 4,450 | 42,100 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Belgium | 10,300 | 388,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Brazil | -- | -- | 1,890 | 17,900 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Canada | -- | -- | 2,710,000 | 6,650,000 | -- | -- | |||||||||
China | 272 | 10,500 | 31,700 | 209,000 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Colombia | -- | -- | 2,310 | 30,000 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Czech Republic- | 63 | 16,100 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Dominican Republic | -- | -- | -- | -- | 164 | 2,510 | |||||||||
France | 576 | 22,200 | -- | -- | 5 | 5,400 | |||||||||
Germany | 4,920 | 197,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Guatemala | 3,910 | 138,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
India | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2,550 | 98,500 | |||||||||
Israel | -- | -- | 4,610 | 76,000 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Italy | 15 | 6,430 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Jamaica | 250 | 6,460 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Japan | 25,000 | 666,000 | 69,000 | 1,550,000 | 48,900 | 1,410,000 | |||||||||
Kazakhstan | 24,900 | 712,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Korea, Republic of | 66 | 2,540 | 72,400 | 612,000 | 348 | 32,400 | |||||||||
Mexico | -- | -- | 976,000 | 2,640,000 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Netherlands | -- | -- | 912 | 19,600 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Oman | -- | -- | 227 | 5,000 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Romania | 3,260 | 90,400 | 3,040 | 39,500 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Russia | 265,000 | 6,960,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Singapore | -- | -- | 14,600 | 60,900 | -- | -- | |||||||||
South Africa | -- | -- | 792 | 10,300 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Switzerland | 2 | 2,540 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Taiwan | -- | -- | 2,140 | 9,630 | -- | -- | |||||||||
United Arab Emirates | -- | -- | 429 | 7,160 | -- | -- | |||||||||
United Kingdom | 912 | 55,600 | 30,400 | 474,000 | 494 | 19,000 | |||||||||
Total | 347,000 | 9,800,000 | 3,930,000 | 12,500,000 | 52,500 | 1,560,000 | |||||||||
rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||
2Aluminum-vanadium master alloy consisting of 35% aluminum and 64.5% vanadium. Includes Harmonized Tariff Schedule | |||||||||||||||
code 8112.99.200. | |||||||||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; data adjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices