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TABLE 10
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF GOLD, BY COUNTRY'


Ores and         Waste and scrap         Dore and            Refinedbullion
            Total
concentrates2                             precipitateW  a  s
Yearandcountry              QUYFhQuan-  Value   Quan-     Vahlu      Quan-
     Value     Quan-      Value      Quan-       Value
Year and ountry  ~ ~    '      (thou     tity      (htity               Vle
        tity                  tity
(kilo-    to-       (kilo-          (     khu  idlo-  (thou-  (kilo-    
(thou-      (kilo-     (thou-
grams)              grams)                          sasns grams))       
            grams)      sands)
1989                              2,426    $7,103    39,952   $115,685  
 13,159   $157,952    96,967   $1,198,734   152,504    $1,479,473
1990                              5,346     8,355    23,173    206,975  
  4,245     50,635    64,755      795,007    97,519     1,060,971
1991                                992    10,874    24,668     126,264 
  5,597     66,735    147,491    1,721,576  178,749     1,925,449
1992                                351     3,877    15,649     66,376  
 17,092     175,542   141,251    1,568,186  174,341     1,813,984


1993:
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Germany
Guyana
Malaysia
Mexico
Panama
Peru
Philippines
South Africa, Republic of
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Trinidad and Tobago
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Other
Total


-         -       136      1,535       -         -        187       2,312
     324        3,847
-         -        C')        C')      -         -        457       5,427
     457        5,427
-         -        13        25        -         -        461       5,512
     474        5,537
-         -       150       778        -         -      2,402      25,810
   2,551       26,588
-         -        23       233        -         -        521       6,254
     544        6,489
-         -     2,569     13,590   11,514    124,717  100,609   1,159,593
 114,692    1,297,900
-         -       159       431       377      4,284    3,779      41,896
   4,315       46,611
-         -       391      2,717       -         -         -           -
      391        2,717
-         -     8,580     23,934       -         -         -           -
    8,580       23,934
-         -         7         6        -         -      2,624      24,262
   2,631       24,268
1        7     1,714       462         3        37        50         644
   1,768        1,151
-         -       394      2,346       -         -        130       1,369
     524        3,716
-         -     2,409      2,681       -         -         -           -
    2,409        2,681
1,093    12,315    4,372     2,936      119      1,235      573        6,762
   6,157       23,248
-         -       240      1,287      374      2,867       24         254
     639        4,408
1        7        40       294        27       338     2,154      24,525
   2,222       25,163
o)        C')   2,146       312        0         C)        -           -
    2,146          312
-         -        15        109       -         -      5,164      62,897
   5,179       63,006
-         -       256        28        -         -         -           -
      256           28
-         -         2         17       -         -      3,585      40,223
   3,587       40,240
-         -       466      2,421       -         -         -           -
      466        2,421
-         -       510      6,465       -         -        244       2,635
     754        9,100
-         -       275        37        -         -         -           -
      275          37
-         -        11        112        4        25       600       7,111
     614        7,248
-         -        -          -        -         -      6,255      75,458
   6,255       75,458
146     1,202      604      2,604      121      1,401      228       2,490
   1,096        7,697
1,240    13,531   25,480    65,360    12,539   134,904   130,045   1,495,434
 169,305    1,709,230


'Bullion also moves in both directions between U.S. markets and foreign stocks
on deposit in the Federal Reserve Bank. Monetasy gold excluded.
'Includes gold content of base metal ores, concentates, and matte destined
for refining.
sData may not add to totals shown becauns of indepndent rounding.
'Ies than a 1/2 unit.
Source: Bureau of the Census.


GOLD-1993


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