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TABLE 8
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
        2012   2013  
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value3   Quantity   Value3  
Metals:  
Aluminum:  
Crude and semicrude metric tons 4,350,000 11,000,000 4,720,000 11,200,000
Manufactures do. 374,000 1,210,000 381,000 1,250,000
Antimony:  
Metal do. 5,050 59,200 6,170 58,300
Ore and concentrate, antimony content do. 380 4,780 342 3,790
Oxide, antimony content do. 17,200 172,000 18,200 156,000
Arsenic:  
Acid do. 4 40 2 16
Metal do. 883 2,550 514 1,880
Sulfide do. (4) 30 -- --
Trioxide do. 7,550 3,910 8,310 4,470
Bauxite and alumina:  
Alumina, calcined equivalent   1,900 r 711,000 r 2,050 842,000
Bauxite:  
Calcined, refractory and other grade   406 r 57,000 r 580 84,900
Crude and dried   10,300 459,000 5 9,830 386,000 5
Specialty aluminum compounds, sulfate, chloride, fluoride-based metric tons 64,900 72,100 NA NA
Beryllium, ore, concentrates, oxide, hydroxide, unwrought including powders,  
waste and scrap, other, beryllium-copper master alloys, beryllium-copper plates,
sheets, strip, beryllium content kilograms 99,700 23,000 57,000 19,000
Bismuth, metallic do. 1,700,000 38,100 1,710,000 33,600
Cadmium:  
Metal do. 21,300 97 104,000 391
Sulfide, gross weight do. 34,000 946 6,860 1,270
Unwrought and powder do. 170,000 1,160 284,000 739
Waste and scrap do. 1,280 22 16 33
Chromium:  
Chromite ore metric tons 277,000 109,000 173,000 53,600
Metals and- alloys:  
Ferroalloys, high-carbon, low-carbon, ferrochromium-silicon do. 526,000 728,000 478,000 580,000
Metal, unwrought powders, waste and scrap, other do. 15,300 203,000 13,700 152,000
Chemicals:  
Oxides, hydroxides, trioxide and other do. 9,960 38,200 9,900 36,000
Sulfates do. 346 376 490 547
Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, zinc and lead chromate, sodium
dichromate, potassium dichromate, other do. 1,330 3,960 962 3,530
Carbide do. 171 3,600 132 3,280
Pigments and preparations based on chromium do.   1,850   11,400   1,390   9,800  
See footnotes at end of table.
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U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
        2012   2013  
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value3   Quantity   Value3  
Metals-Continued:  
Cobalt:  
Metal, unwrought, excluding alloys and waste and scrap, includes cathode and metal
powder, may include intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy do. 8,750 264,000 8,230 222,000
Oxide and hydroxides, content do. 1,670 51,200 1,740 53,600
Other forms, includes acetates, carbonates, chlorides, sulfates, content do. 633 21,000 472 16,000
Copper:  
Unmanufactured, does not include unalloyed scrap, copper content do. 638,000 5,080,000 739,000 5,580,000
Semimanufactures do. 247,000 1,940,000 242,000 1,830,000
Scrap, alloyed and unalloyed, copper content do. 83,800 r 533,000 84,700 525,000
Ferroalloys not listed elsewhere:  
Ferrophosphorus do. 7,070 4,340 8,740 4,580
Other do. 8,160 32,200 8,600 30,600
Gallium:  
Unwrought and waste and scrap kilograms 58,200 22,700 35,400 10,800
Gallium arsenide wafers, doped and undoped do. 218,000 r 211,000 r 635,000 214,000
Germanium, wrought, unwrought, waste and scrap, gross weight do. 37,500 46,900 34,300 49,700
Gold:  
Ores and concentrates do. 11,800 r 252,000 r 369 18,200
Dore and precipitates do. 311,000 r 13,700,000 r 216,000 9,610,000
Bullion, refined do. 371,000 r 19,300,000 r 98,600 4,430,000
Waste and scrap do. 116,000 1,570,000 286,000 1,220,000
Metal powder do. 318 8,500 4,050 9,550
Compounds do. 13,400 3,440 17,100 1,080
Indium, unwrought metal and powders do. 109,000 53,900 97,200 53,400
Iron and steel:  
Steel mill products   30,400 NA 29,200 NA
Fabricated steel products   4,680 r NA 4,740 NA
Cast iron and steel products   491 r NA 491 NA
Stainless steel metric tons 1,050,000 NA 935,000 NA
Iron and steel scrap:  
Ferrous, includes tinplate and terneplate, excludes used rails for rerolling and other uses
and ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping   3,720 1,590,000 3,930 1,470,000
Pig iron, all grades   4,270 1,900,000 4,120 1,640,000
Direct-reduced iron, steelmaking grade   2,470 921,000 2,240 775,000
Ships, boats, and other vessels for scrapping   (4) 22 (4) 446
Used rails for rerolling and other uses, includes mixed (used plus new) rails   71 32,000 86 40,000
Iron ore   5,160 r 759,000 r 3,250 426,000
Lead:  
Base bullion metric tons 1,020 3,900 1,900 3,680
Pigs and bars, lead content do.   349,000   699,000   500,000   1,040,000  
See footnotes at end of table.
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U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
        2012   2013  
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value3   Quantity   Value3  
Metals-Continued:  
Lead-Continued:  
Pigments and compounds, lead content- do. 29,900 66,900 33,500 65,100
Scrap, reclaimed, includes ash and residues, lead content do. 2,860 r 3,450 r 939 943
Wrought, all forms, including wire and powders, gross weight do. 2,270 8,370 1,440 6,140
Magnesium:  
Waste and scrap, gross weight do. 20,900 47,800 17,500 43,300
Metal, gross weight do. 16,200 69,100 15,200 60,100
Alloys, magnesium content do. 12,700 61,500 12,400 60,200
Powder, sheets, tubing, ribbons, wire, other forms, magnesium content do. 882 10,700 836 9,200
Manganese:  
Ores and concentrates with 20% or more manganese, manganese content do. 226,000 101,000 29,200 16,100
Ferromanganese, all grades, manganese content do. 314,000 482,000 257,000 355,000
Silicomanganese, manganese content do. 231,000 419,000 223,000 339,000
Metal, unwrought, other wrought, waste and scrap, gross weight do. 44,200 r 126,000 40,600 102,000
Chemicals, gross weight:  
Manganese dioxide do. 24,700 53,500 19,900 42,200
Potassium permanganate do. 1,480 4,620 1,320 3,820
Mercury:  
Metal do. 249 4,860 38 885
Amalgams of precious metals whether or not chemically defined do. 21 76,200 21 51,100
Molybdenum:  
Ores and concentrates, including roasted and other, molybdenum content do. 12,000 299,000 13,100 297,000
Chemicals, gross weight:  
Oxides and hydroxides do. 532 10,600 283 5,390
Molybdates, all, molybdenum content do. 476 r 15,700 612 17,200
Orange do. 355 2,910 274 2,430
Ferromolybdenum, molybdenum content do. 4,320 138,000 4,090 108,000
Other, includes powders, unwrought, bars and rods, waste and scrap, wire, other,
gross weight do. 2,650 104,000 2,270 84,300
Nickel, nickel content:  
Primary, unwrought and chemicals do. 133,000 2,520,000 126,000 2,090,000
Secondary, stainless steel scrap and waste and scrap do. 22,300 445,000 26,300 359,000
Wrought, not alloyed, bars, rods, profiles, wire, sheets, strip, foil, tubes, pipes do. 1,440 38,800 859 25,700
Alloyed, unwrought ingot, bars, rods, profiles, wire, sheets, strip, foil, tubes, pipes,
other alloyed articles do. 30,100 906,000 27,900 892,000
Niobium (columbium) and tantalum:  
Niobium:  
Ores and concentrates kilograms 11,000 761 8,470 600
Oxide do. 1,740,000 77,400 1,430,000 62,000
Ferroniobium do.   11,400,000   324,000   9,450,000   267,000  
See footnotes at end of table.
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U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
        2012   2013  
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value3   Quantity   Value3  
Metals-Continued:  
Niobium (columbium) and tantalum-Continued:  
Niobium-Continued:  
Unwrought powders do. 1,440,000 84,400 1,360,000 77,600
Tantalum:  
Ores and concentrates, includes synthetic concentrates do. 261,000 13,000 653,000 54,000
Unwrought powders do. 138,000 57,400 113,000 51,900
Unwrought, alloys and metal do. 205,000 78,000 197,000 73,000
Waste and scrap do. 519,000 99,800 527,000 63,000
Wrought do. 70,200 36,700 67,700 41,100
Platinum-group metals, metal content:  
Platinum, grains and nuggets, sponge, other unwrought, other, waste and  
scrap, coins do. 172,000 3,110,000 116,000 2,730,000
Palladium, unwrought and other do. 80,100 1,650,000 83,100 1,920,000
Iridium, unwrought and other forms do. 1,230 40,500 1,720 43,200
Osmium, unwrought do. 130 737 77 444
Ruthenium, unwrought do. 10,200 35,100 15,300 36,200
Rhodium, unwrought and other forms do. 12,800 529,000 11,100 367,000
Rare earths, estimated equivalent rare-earth oxide (REO) content:  
Cerium compounds, including oxides   do. 1,390,000 52,000 1,110,000 21,900
Other rare-earth compounds:    
Scandium or yttrium compounds   do. 27,200 5,870 114,000 19,100
Carbonates, lathanum and other   do. XX XX 641,000 6,640
Chlorides   do. XX 27,700 357,000 14,100
Oxides, except cerium oxide   do. 534,000 25,700 2,390,000 31,000
Unspecified   do. 2,840,000 378,000 4,750,000 147,000
Metals and alloys:  
Cesium, unalloyed do. XX XX 91,100 990
Lanthanum, unalloyed do. XX XX 29,300 275
Neodymium, unalloyed do. XX XX 14,100 785
Other, unalloyed   do. XX XX 17,300 582
Other, alloys do. XX XX 42,900 1,530
Unspecified metals and alloys do. 240,000 21,800 r 199,000 5,460
Rhenium:  
Metal do. 27,400 67,500 22,700 59,500
Ammonium perrhenate do. 19,200 r 32,900 r 18,000 30,800
Selenium and tellurium:  
Selenium, selenium content:  
Selenium do. 440,000 49,200 428,000 33,100
Dioxide do. 19,900 r 1,370 14,000 841
Tellurium, tellurium content do. 36,100 8,740 63,900 6,790
See footnotes at end of table.
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U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
        2012   2013  
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value3   Quantity   Value3  
Metals-Continued:  
Silicon, gross weight:  
Ferrosilicon metric tons 250,000 373,000 254,000 343,000
Metal do. 137,000 552,000 119,000 415,000
Silver:  
Ash and residues, silver content kilograms 391 119 134 30
Bullion, silver content do. 4,030,000 4,040,000 3,830,000 3,020,000
Dore, silver content do. 1,030,000 1,430,000 1,190,000 1,390,000
Metal powder, gross weight do. 444,000 323,000 742,000 385,000
Nitrate, gross weight do. 1,730 601 1,860 537
Ores and concentrates, silver content do. 8,920 r 4,870 r 10,700 3,440
Semimanufactured forms containing 99.5% or more by weight of silver, gross weight   do. 498,000 484,000 1,300,000 986,000
Waste and scrap, gross weight do. 7,320,000 518,000 8,480,000 443,000
Unwrought, other, gross weight do. 199,000 203,000 194,000 159,000
Thallium, unwrought powders, waste and scrap, other do. 4,730 2,010 NA NA
Thorium:  
Ore, monazite concentrate metric tons 43 26 -- --
Thorium and thorium-bearing materials, compounds do. 4 300 3 184
Tin, gross weight:  
Compounds do. 438 9,400 257 5,230
Dross, skimmings, scrap, residues, alloys, n.s.p.f.6 do. 73,300 39,300 64,300 36,100
Metal, unwrought do. 36,900 735,000 34,900 771,000
Miscellaneous, includes tinfoil, tin powder, flitters, metallics, manufactures, n.s.p.f.6   do. XX 35,700 XX 33,900
Tinplate and terneplate do. 428,000 500,000 488,000 546,000
Tinplate scrap do. 91,300 30,800 59,700 21,400
Titanium:  
Concentrate:  
Ilmenite do. 374,000 63,200 389,000 90,600
Rutile, natural and synthetic do. 389,000 494,000 406,000 436,000
Metal:  
Waste and scrap do. 14,400 98,500 12,700 63,500
Unwrought:  
Sponge do. 33,600 398,000 19,900 230,000
Ingots do. 510 8,500 883 14,100
Powder do. 33 3,110 88 4,410
Other do. 448 13,700 775 24,600
Wrought products and castings, includes bar, castings, foil, pipe, plate, profile,
rod, sheet, strip, tube, wire, other do. 6,840 302,000 6,580 305,000
Ferrotitanium and ferrosilicon titanium do. 2,410 12,000 1,680 7,260
Pigment, dioxide and oxide do. 203,000 709,000 213,000 638,000
See footnotes at end of table.
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U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
        2012   2013  
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value3   Quantity   Value3  
Metals-Continued:  
Titanium-Continued:  
Titaniferous iron ore do. 286 52 13,800 1,460
Titaniferous slag do. 618,000 453,000 682,000 463,000
Tungsten, tungsten content:  
-Ammonium paratungstate do. 1,500 56,300 2,220 84,200
-Ferrotungsten and ferrosilicon tungsten do. 316 14,200 470 19,200
-Miscellaneous tungsten-bearing materials, metal powders, carbide powder, - -
unwrought, waste and scrap, wrought, oxides, calcium tungstate, other tungstates, - -
other compounds do. 6,230 348,000 5,790 295,000
-Ores and concentrates do. 3,650 139,000 3,690 123,000
Vanadium:  
Aluminum-vanadium master alloy, gross weight kilograms 218,000 3,700 254,000 4,970
Ferrovanadium, vanadium content do. 4,190,000 108,000 3,710,000 89,800
Metal, including waste and scrap, gross weight do. 154,000 4,840 35,300 1,310
Miscellaneous chemicals, sulfates and vanadates, vanadium content do. 309,000 6,560 305,000 6,010
Pentoxide, anhydride, vanadium content do. 1,640,000 26,500 2,040,000 29,900
Vanadium-bearing ash and residues from the manufacture of iron and steel,  
vanadium oxide content do. 2,040,000 9,880 4,190,000 22,500
Other oxides and hydroxides, vanadium content do. 905,000 12,800 205,000 2,560
Zinc:  
Compounds, chloride, chromates of zinc or of lead, compounds n.s.p.f.6, lithopone,
oxide, sulfate, sulfide, gross weight metric tons XX 221,000 XX 350,000
Ores and concentrates, zinc content do. 6,140 NA 2,550 NA
Refined do. 655,000 NA 713,000 NA
Zirconium and hafnium:  
Hafnium, unwrought, including powders do. 23 6,440 10 5,030
Zirconium:  
Ferrozirconium do. 5 72 4 44
Ores and concentrates do. 25,800 66,400 12,400 15,500
Oxide do. 4,560 r NA 3,190 NA
Unwrought, including powder do. 116 4,210 187 7,120
Waste and scrap do. 451 58,900   527 58,500  
Total   XX   89,700,000 r XX   67,300,000  
Industrial minerals:  
Abrasives, manufactured:  
Aluminum oxide, crude, ground and refined do. 231,000 166,000 184,000 170,000
Metallic abrasives do. 22,000 21,700 24,100 24,800
Silicon carbide, crude, ground and refined do. 100,000 126,000 119,000 115,000
See footnotes at end of table.
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U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
        2012   2013  
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value3   Quantity   Value3  
Industrial minerals-Continued:  
Asbestos:  
Chrysotile and other unspecified type do. 1,610 2,520 772 1,160
Products with basis of asbestos, cellulose, or other minerals   NA 8,610 NA 6,100
Barite:  
Chloride, oxide, hydroxide, peroxide, precipitated carbonate metric tons 10,100 17,500 7,820 13,200
Crude do. 1,110,000 171,000 557,000 80,900
Ground do. 1,790,000 237,000 1,670,000 248,000
Other sulfates do. 18,100 22,300 15,800 23,300
Boron minerals and compounds:  
Borax   2 844 2 778
Boric acid   55 42,800 r 53 36,700
Colemanite   28 23,200 5 2,970
Ulexite   12 2,940 13 3,080
Bromine:  
Compounds, contained bromine metric tons 52,000 r 117,000 r 33,700 80,200
Elemental do. 1,580 3,910 2,600 7,850
Cement, hydraulic and clinker7   6,890 513,000 7,100 530,000
Clays:  
China clay or kaolin   472 56,800 468 56,000
Fire clay   8 1,380 3 1,390
Ball clay   (4) 137 (4) 174
Bentonite   12 15,300 15 16,100
Fuller-s earth   1 160 8 434
Chamotte or dina-s earth   (4) 109 (4) 159
Artificially activated clay and earth   31 34,000 28 31,500
Diamond, industrial:  
Diamond stones, natural and miners- thousand carats 2,330 35,700 1,940 30,000
Powder, dust and grit, natural and synthetic do. 595,000 r 80,000 r 728,000 79,800
Feldspar and nepheline syenite:  
Feldspar metric tons 1,640 342 4,310 1,110
Nepheline syenite do. 386,000 44,200 491,000 59,300
Fluorspar:  
Aluminum fluoride do. 50,000 65,900 43,400 58,100
Cryolite do. 8,140 10,100 18,900 12,600
Fluorspar do. 620,000 157,000 643,000 147,000
Hydrofluoric acid do. 133,000 233,000 119,000 199,000
Garnet, industrial do. 166,000 34,500 148,000 34,000
Gemstones thousand carats 2,220,000 r 21,500,000 r 2,590,000 24,700,000
See footnotes at end of table.
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U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
        2012   2013  
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value3   Quantity   Value3  
Industrial minerals-Continued:  
Graphite:  
Natural metric tons 56,700 68,400 61,300 70,500
Electric furnace electrodes do. 98,600 423,000 63,600 251,000
Gypsum:  
Crude   3,250 40,600 3,290 42,600
Plasters   17 7,150 16 5,830
Boards   297 49,400 327 66,800
Other   XX 42,400 XX 33,300
Iodine:  
Crude metric tons 5,960 250,000 5,960 254,000
Potassium iodide do. 431 6,250 340 6,130
Iron oxide pigments:  
Natural do. 3,280 2,400 3,340 2,310
Synthetic do. 148,000 179,000 162,000 188,000
Kyanite and related materials do. 3,260 1,610 4,110 1,610
Lime   468 68,300 5 394 64,100 5
Lithium chemicals:  
Carbonate metric tons 13,200 55,100 10,500 45,300
Hydroxide do. 1,640 10,600 1,340 7,790
Magnesium compounds:  
Compounds, chlorides, hydroxide, peroxide, sulfates do. 119,000 49,100 147,000 48,400
Magnesite, crude and processed:  
Caustic-calcined magnesia do. 114,000 35,500 133,000 41,600
Dead-burned and fused magnesia do. 292,000 178,000 215,000 145,000
Other magnesia do. 26,000 23,000 25,900 19,100
Crude do. 14,000 5,180 11,300 4,790
Mica:  
Scrap and flake:  
Powder do. 23,500 14,900 27,400 16,200
Waste do. 3,640 2,210 3,460 2,090
Sheet:  
Unworked   do. 212 693 72 203
Worked do. 2,170 19,100 1,840 16,200
Nitrogen, major compounds, nitrogen content   9,720 r 9,020,000 r 9,300 8,030,000
Peat metric tons 909,000 r 237,000 915,000 247,000
Perlite, processed crude do. 150,000 NA 187,000 NA
Phosphate rock and phosphatic materials:  
Phosphate rock:    
Unground     3,190 r 406,000 r, 5 2,690 294,000 5
Ground     385 74,200 r, 5 476 88,500 5
See footnotes at end of table.
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U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1, 2
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
        2012   2013  
Mineral or product   Quantity   Value3   Quantity   Value3  
Industrial minerals-Continued:  
Phosphate rock and phosphatic materials-Continued:  
Dicalcium phosphate     7 11,200 5 10 18,200 5
Elemental phosphorus     11 43,000 5 15 54,000 5
Normal superphosphate     1 337 5 1 460 5
Triple superphosphate     209 104,000 5 236 105,000 5
Diammonium phosphate     92 52,500 5 142 74,600 5
Monoammonium phosphate     477 268,000 5 669 342,000 5
Fertilizer containing nitrates and phosphates     3 1,320 5 10 1,270 5
Phosphoric acid     2 598 5 2 548 5
Potash, gross weight, chloride, sulfate, nitrate, sodium nitrate mixtures   7,010 2,220,000 7,660 2,640,000
Pumice:  
-Crude or unmanufactured metric tons 66,700 1,230 71,800 1,410
Wholly or partially manufactured do. 8,390 711 806 713
Salt   9,880 292,000 11,900 348,000
Sand and gravel:  
-Construction   4,110 59,200 5 4,230 67,500 5
-Industrial   306 36,600 160 11,700
Soda ash   13 3,360 13 3,470
Stone:  
-Crushed, chips, calcium carbonate fines, excludes precipitated carbonates   15,400 208,000 5 17,700 218,000 5
-Dimension   XX 1,740,000 XX 2,100,000
Strontium:  
Carbonate kilograms 11,300,000 9,270 9,730,000 8,000
Celestite do. 19,700,000 983 49,800,000 2,490
Metal do. 130,000 1,180 124,000 1,020
Nitrate do. 3,090,000 3,670 3,050,000 3,660
Oxide, hydroxide, peroxide do. 21,300 55 42,800 70
Sulfur:  
-Elemental8   2,930 e 238,000 2,990 e 202,000
-Sulfuric acid, 100% H2SO4   2,860 239,000 2,970 211,000
Talc, unmanufactured   350 r 109,000 269 111,000
Vermiculite   57 NA 36 NA
Wollastonitee metric tons 4,500 630 4,000 566
Zeolitese do. 5 1   5 1  
Total   XX   40,600,000 r XX   43,300,000  
Grand total   XX   130,000,000 r XX   111,000,000  
eEstimated. rRevised. do. Ditto. NA Not available. XX Not applicable.-
1Summary data from the chapters of the 2013 Minerals Yearbook as they were completed and released through December 8, 2015.
2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
3Customs value unless otherwise specified.
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U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PRINCIPAL MINERALS AND PRODUCTS, EXCLUDING MINERAL FUELS1, 2
 
4Less than - unit.
5Cost, insurance, and freight value.
6Not specifically provided for.
7Does not include Puerto Rico.
8General imports.
Source: 2013 Minerals Yearbook and U.S. Census Bureau.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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