TABLE 8
U.S. EXPORTS OF MANGANESE ORE, FERROALLOYS, AND METAL, BY COUNTRY


1992                                                1993
Countryr                                  Gross               F.a.s. value
                  weight                 F.a.s. value
weight               (huad)wih                                          
  tosns
(metric tons)           (oands)                     (metric tons)       
    (thOUSandS)
ORE AND CONCENTRATES WITH 20% OR MORE MANGANESE
Belgium                                          1,024                  
 $82                            -                       -
Canada                                          10,612                  1,942
                        8,705                  $1,036
Korea, Republic of                               1,308                  
 175                         1,336                     159
Netherlands                                         -                   
  -                          2,810                    294
Other                                              142                  
  96                         3,073                    302
Total1                                       13,086                  2,295
                       15,923                   1,791
FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES
Belgium                                            200                  
 366
Canada                                          10,469                  9,025
                       15,938                  12,876
Mexico                                             995                  
 860                          460                     433
United Kingdom                                   1,221                  2,181
                          40                      72
Venezuela                                           38                  
  47                          237                      178
Other                                           r2481                   r2517
                        1,365                   1,283
Total                                        13,404                 12,996
                       18,040                  14,842
SILICOMANGANESE
Canada                                           8,681                  6,139
                        8,902                   6,407
Mexico                                             416                  
 277                          347                     213
Other                                               74                  
  84                          172                      98
Total'                                        9,171                  6,500
                        9,420                   6,717
METAL, INCLUDING ALLOYS AND WASTE AND SCRAP
Canada                                           1,798                  4,777
                        1,053                   2,510
Japan                                            1,011                  2,028
                        1,007                   2,927
Netherlands                                      1,545                  3,564
                         927                    2,026
Other                                              650                  1,576
                         848                    1,934
Totall                                        5,005                 11,946
                        3,835                   9,397
Tevised.
'Data may not add to totals shown because of idependent rounding.
2Unspecified group of countries differs from that in the 1992 Annual Report


Source: Bureau of the Census.


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