Table 16.—U.S. 
imports for consumption 
of miscellaneous 
tungsten-bearing 
materials 
 
 
 
1984 
 
1985 
 
 
Product and country 
 
. 
(metric 
tons) 
Value (thou- 
 
san 
(metric 
tons) 
Value (thousan 
 1 5 
 (1) 8 
 1 7 
 26 217 2 20 
Waste and scrap containing over 50% tungsten: 
 Australia 2 23 (1) 5 
 Belgium-Luxembourg 4 35 2 24 
 Canada 35 359 23 253 
 China 18 206 21 231 
 France 14 148 5 44 
 Germany, Federal Republic of 240 2,526 27 378 
 Israel 496 5,716 331 3,550 
 Japan 6 102 15 237 
 Mexico 1 9 10 106 
 Netherlands 131 782 125 617 
 Singapore 29 636 19 394 
 SouthAfrica,Republicof 12 122 15 166 
 Sweden 48 518 12 142 
 Switzerland 2 31 6 82 
 Thailand 18 101 —— —— 
 United Arab Emirates 2 17 -- -- 
 UnitedKingdom 104 898 20 242 
 14 190 (1) 17 
 6 368 2 149 
 38 760 7 184 
 19 425 17 365 
 1 25 —— —— 
 (1) 31 (1) 12 
 7 542 9 987 
 12 932 6 501 
 4 28 (1) 110 
 —— —— 11 390 
 9 1,788 25 2,853 
 1 61 2 171 
 r~ r402 3 222 
 38 3,753 56 5,234 
 192 1,742 
 1 10 
 158 1,148 
(1) ~ 
 193 1,752 158 1,149 
See footnotes at end of table.TUNGSTEN 
1001 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other metal-bearing materials in chief value of tungsten: 
 Brazil - -- 
China —__________ 
 
 
Total~~ 
 
Waste and scrap containing not over 50% tungsten: 
Canada                                       
France                                       
Portugal                                        
UnitedKingdom                                  
Other________________________________________ 
 
 Total______________________________________ 
 Total - 
 
Unwrought tungsten, except alloys, in lumps, grains, and powders: 
Belgium-Luxembourg_____________________________ 
China_______________________________________ 
Germany, Federal Republic of________________________ 
Japan________________________________________ 
Korea, Republic of_______________________________ 
UnztedKingdom_________________________________ 
Other                                         
 
 Total______________________________________ Unwroughttungsten, ingots,andshot_____________________

Unwroughttungsten,other2 - 
 
Unwrought tungsten, alloys: 
Austria 
Canada______________________________________ 
China_______________________________________ 
Germany, Federal Republic of  
Korea, Republic of  
Other________________________________________ 
 
 Total 
 
Wrought tungsten:2 
Austria                                       
Belgium-Luxembourg                              
France 
Israel                                          
Japan                                        
United Kingdom 
Other                                         
 
 Total______________________________________ 
 1 $5 
 3 30 
 9 44 
 13 135 
 (1) 3 
  —— 4 $24 
  —— 32 220 
  —— 36 244 
 1,162 12,229 631 6,471 
 4 50 1 42 
 —— —— 5 45 
 14 431 17 461 
 3 79  122 
 3 47  174 
 2 40  37 
 (1) 21  44 
 26 668 42 925 
 (1) 5 2 45 
 (1) 25 1 45 
 78 1,799 26 727 
Tung~cathd: 
 
Other                                         
 
 Total