TABLE 9-Continued
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF MANGANESE ORE, FERROALLOYS, METAL,
AND SELECTED CHEMICALS, BY COUNTRY
1992                                                    1993
Country                        Gross         Manganese           Customs
               Gross          Manganese         Customs
weight          content             value                weight         
 content           value
(metric tons)    (metric tons)      (thousands)          (metric tons)  
 (metric tons)    (thousands)
METAL
Unwrought:
China                                 1,480              XX             
$2,001                2,501              XX            $3,190
South Africa, Republic of             6,709              XX             
 10,304               7,625              XX             11,211
Other                                   183              XX             
   288                  228              XX               431
Total                              8,372             XX               12,593
              10,354              XX            14,832
Other:
South Africa, Republic of             5,152              XX             
 7,789                4,303              XX             6,626
Other                                   355              XX             
  1,563                 313              XX               933
Total'                             5,507             XX                9,353
               4,616              XX             7,559
Waste and scrap:
Canada                                   69             XX              
    41                  112              XX                32
Mexico                                    4              XX             
     4                    2              XX                 2
South Africa, Republic of                -               XX             
    -                    40              XX                51
MANGANESE DIOXIDE
Australia                                9,939              XX          
    14,655               12,275             XX             18,321
Belgium                                    933              XX          
     1,502                1,175             XX              1,982
Brazil                                   1,130              XX          
     1,554                1,274             XX              1,773
Ireland                                  7,491              XX          
    10,758                8,563             XX             12,459
Japan                                       45              XX          
       98                   183             XX               331
South Africa, Republic of                1,403              XX          
     1,960                 238              XX               347
Other                                    r 207              XX          
     r4563                  96              XX               322
Total'                               21,149              XX             
31,089               23,802              XX            35,536
POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE
China                                      116              XX          
      115                 1,090             XX               995
Czech Republic5                             -               XX          
       -                   571              XX               852
CzechoslovakiaO                            664              XX          
     1,114                   -              XX
Germany                                    158              XX          
      288                   40              XX                74
Spain                                       26              XX          
       65                  125              XX               277
Other                                       80              XX          
      353                  133              XX               465
Totals                                1,044             XX              
 1,935                 1,959             XX             2,664
'Tevised. XX Not applicable.
'Include U.S. Bureau of Mines revision of part of reported data.
'Icludes U.S. Bureau of Mines conversion of part of reported data (from apparent
MnO content to Mn content).
'Data may not add to totals shown because of i endentrounding.
nspeCified group of counties differs from that in the 19  Annual Report
'Fonnerly part of Czechoslovakia; dsipmenta prior to Jan. 1, 1993, included
in Czechoslovakia.
'Dissolved in Dec. 1992. Includes shipments from all Republics prior to Jan.
1, 1993.
Source: Bureau of the Census, adjusted by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.


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