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| TABLE 2 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. FOREIGN TRADE IN THORIUM AND THORIUM-BEARING MATERIALS1 | |||||||||||||
| ---- | 2013 | 2014 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | ||||||||||||
| (metric tons) | Value | (metric tons) | Value | ||||||||||
| Exports: | |||||||||||||
| Thorium ores and concentrates, including monazite | -- | -- | - | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Compounds: | |||||||||||||
| Colombia | 0.01 | $10,500 | 5.49 | $13,900 | |||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | -- | -- | 6.46 | 900,000 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 0.45 | 91,600 | 2.10 | 430,000 | |||||||||
| Other | 0.56 | r | 421,000 | r | 0.71 | 559,000 | |||||||
| Total | 1.01 | 523,000 | 14.80 | 1,900,000 | |||||||||
| Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||||
| Thorium ores and concentrates, including monazite | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Compounds: | |||||||||||||
| India | 2.83 | - | 184,000 | 11.00 | 715,000 | ||||||||
| Other | -- | -- | 0.01 | 45,900 | |||||||||
| Total | 2.83 | 184,000 | 11.01 | 761,000 | |||||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
