Table 4.—US. imports for consumption of rare earths, by country
—Continued

 —— —— —— ——
100 2,968 
 —— —— 1,573 59,526 ——
——

 50 1,805 —— —— ——
—— 
 81 ' 12,679 — — — — 1,000 76,099

 —— —— 40 644 ——
—— 
 300 70,500 700 164,735 2,061 183,044 
 370 97,258 2,003 394,484 24 22,642 
 46 5,524 
 422 8,237 
 5 359 
 1,000 1,181 
 135 3,979 
 77 7,514 
Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys: 
Austria 
Brazil___________________________ 
France__________________________ 
German Democratic Republic__________ 
Germany, Federal Republic of__________ 
Japan___________________________ 
Sweden 
Taiwan 
United Kingdom____________________ 
 329 9,870 
 655 15,275 
 209 9,225 
 953 13,430 937 12,875 1,000 13,240 
 28,839 396,715 47,388 685,088 45,349 632,014 
 54,321 576,549 72,470 695,395 66,771 641,505 
 —— —— 170 1,589 ——
—— 
 -— —— 459 5,340 —— ——

 13,190 176,108 15,537 204,308 20 1,699 
 6,694 7,816 — — — — —
— — —

 91 410 —— —— ——
—— 
 608 14,288 1,167 45,965 245 13,080 
Source: Bureau of the Census. RARE-EARTH MINERALS AND METALS 797 
 
 
 
1983 
 
1984 
 
1985 
Country Quantity  Quantity  Quantity  (kilo- Value  (kilo- Value  (kilo-
Value 
 
 
 
 
 
grams) 
 
grams) 
 
grams) 
 
Cerium oxide: 
 Austria 68 $674 68 $738 -— -- 
 Belgium-Luxembourg 18,120 6,504 -- -- -- -- 
 France 6,239 78,136 3,790 53,891 5,327 $81,670 
 Germany, Federal Republic of 2 381 12 1,457 94 2,283 
 Japan 835 7,692 3,357 30,522 —— ——

 Switzerland 3 335 6 1,207 —— ——

 UnitedKingdom 50 536 40 287 27 1,707 
 Total 25,317 94,258 7,273 88,102 5,448 85,660 
Ceriumsalts:France 1,760 6,580 -- -- -- 
 
Rare-earth oxide excluding cerium oxide: 
 Austria -- -- 50 2,646 -— —- 
 Belgium-Luxembourg 55 25,906 16,803 42,856 110 46,342 
 Brazil 54,999 575,850 —— —— ——
——

 Canada 100 128,611 83,815 28,264 —— ——

 China 19,575 450,033 4,058 263,084 3,830 348,923 
 France 206,345 9,393,632 271,555 13,880,011 170,556 11,132,432 
 Germany, Federal Republic of 702 191,953 1,078 284,165 811 266,213 
 India —— —— 199,998 192,500 ——
——

 Italy 22,640 10,466 —— —— ——
——

 Japan 10,983 585,262 14,311 1,034,997 7,814 872,783 
 Korea,Republicof —— —— 68 5,087
—— ——

 Malaysia 273,597 251,022 274,592 295,907 6,210 186,534 
 Mexico —— —— 50,499 2,222 ——
——

 Netherlands —— —— 54 23,459 513
36,372 
 Norway 7,128 778;743 6,168 659,184 5,996 655,382 
 Switzerland 5 4,790 —— —— 318 111,800

 Taiwan 500 31,184 -- -- -- -- 
 USS.R 12,657 1,237,136 11,984' 747,572' 6,506 691,201 
 United Kingdom 31 6,196 225 28,541 197 38,133 
 Total 609,317 13,670,784 935,258 17,485,495 202,861 14,386,115 
 
Rare-earth alloys:' 
 Austria —— —— 52,463 444,685 ——
——

 Brazil 65,147 457,419 79,993 526,031 162,998 817,875 
 France —— —— ——
—— 1,062
9,946 
 Germany, Federal Republic of 9,870 143,328 11,276 100,653 17,211 167,343

 UnitedKingdom 237 41,038 5 485 5,057 35,535 
 Total 75,254 641,785 143,737 1,071,854 186,328 1,030,699 
 
Rare-earth metals including scandium and 
yttrium: 
Austria 
China___________________________ 
France___________________________ 
Japan___________________________ 
Malaysia_________________________ 
US.S~R__________________________ 
United Kingdom____________________ 
 Total 801 182,242 4,316 619,389 3,185 284,753 
 
Other rare-earth metals: 
China___________________________ 
France___________________________ 
Germany, Federal Republic of__________ 
Japan___________________________ 
 United Kingdom - - - - 
 Total 473 14,120 1,212 12,674 1,193 34,370 
    Total 104,696 1,185,316 138,128 1,650,560 113,385 1,301,538 
 ' Essentially all mischmetaL