TABLE 5 | ||||||||
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF VANADIUM-BEARING ASH AND RESIDUES1, 2 | ||||||||
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2012 | 2013 | |||||||
Quantity, | Quantity, | |||||||
V2O53 content | V2O53 content | |||||||
Country | (kilograms) | Value | (kilograms) | Value | ||||
Belgium | 17,400 | $279,000 | 24,500 | $197,000 | ||||
Canada- | 1,470,000 | 4,060,000 | 3,350,000 | 19,600,000 | ||||
Germany | -- | -- | 15,400 | 20,600 | ||||
Kuwait | -- | -- | 33,300 | 268,000 | ||||
Mexico | 435,000 | 4,600,000 | 551,000 | 603,000 | ||||
Netherlands | 23,700 | 233,000 | 42,600 | 343,000 | ||||
Qatar | 55,100 | 443,000 | -- | -- | ||||
Russia | -- | -- | 82,300 | 730,000 | ||||
Saudi Arabia | -- | -- | 64,400 | 518,000 | ||||
Thailand | 6,850 | 55,100 | -- | -- | ||||
Trinidad and Tobago | -- | -- | 25,400 | 204,000 | ||||
United Kingdom | 26,500 | 213,000 | 24 | 4,530 | ||||
Total- | 2,040,000 | 9,880,000 | 4,190,000 | 22,500,000 | ||||
-- Zero. | ||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||
2Includes Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes 2620.40.0030 and 2620.99.1000. | ||||||||
3V2O5 vanadium pentoxide.- | ||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices