Table 5.--U.S. imports for consumption of manganese ore, ferroalloys, metal, and dioxide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 1970 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Country Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORE AND CONCENTRATES1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 140,409 68,844 $3,105 61,337 29,732 $1,301 Brazil-------------------- 608,101 310,515 13,069 554,244 265,279 11,879 Gabon2/------------------- 477,917 240,003 10,535 435,759 219,190 8,841 South Africa, Republic of- 53,731 26,325 904 126,159 60,284 1,809 Other3/------------------- 476,312 243,090 11,523 396,516 193,634 10,433 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 1,756,469 888,776 39,136 1,574,016 768,119 34,263 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ France-------------------- 58,442 44,884 5,571 90,751 70,529 10,285 South Africa, Republic of- 110,070 86,011 12,589 108,220 85,057 13,161 Other3/------------------- 110,803 86,053 14,121 64,971 50,326 8,117 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 279,314 216,948 32,281 263,942 205,912 31,563 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SILICOMANGANESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- -- NA NA -- NA NA Brazil-------------------- -- NA NA -- NA NA Mexico-------------------- 2,499 NA NA 253 NA NA Norway-------------------- 18,853 NA NA 11,223 NA NA South Africa, Republic of- 1,014 NA NA 593 NA NA Yugoslavia---------------- 3,978 NA NA -- NA NA Other3/------------------- 2,722 NA NA 1,120 NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 29,066 19,266 NA 13,190 8,731 NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METAL, UNWROUGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa, Republic of- 1,153 NAp NA 1,070 NAp NA Other3/------------------- 91 NAp NA 87 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 1,244 NAp NA 1,158 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANGANESE DIOXIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan--------------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA Other3/------------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1971 1972 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORE AND CONCENTRATES1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 97,607 47,745 $2,629 74,922 36,524 $1,575 Brazil-------------------- 636,637 303,772 14,852 367,385 174,930 8,217 Gabon2/------------------- 541,682 277,226 13,409 459,637 230,045 10,733 South Africa, Republic of- 168,406 79,250 3,705 129,141 59,640 2,715 Other3/------------------- 292,260 143,058 7,589 438,784 217,982 11,075 Total---------------- 1,736,592 851,050 42,184 1,469,868 719,121 34,315 -------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 5.--U.S. imports for consumption of manganese ore, ferroalloys, metal, and dioxide--Continued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1971 1972 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Country Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ France-------------------- 83,752 64,846 10,944 90,795 71,107 14,067 South Africa, Republic of- 81,717 64,312 12,089 138,292 109,422 20,866 Other3/------------------- 54,775 42,535 9,359 87,102 68,690 14,913 Total---------------- 220,245 171,694 32,392 316,189 249,219 49,846 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SILICOMANGANESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- -- NA NA -- NA NA Brazil-------------------- -- NA NA -- NA NA Mexico-------------------- 2,303 NA NA 3,959 NA NA Norway-------------------- 21,372 NA NA 24,313 NA NA South Africa, Republic of- -- NA NA -- NA NA Yugoslavia---------------- 2,128 NA NA 1,961 NA NA Other3/------------------- 1,346 NA NA 4,851 NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 27,150 18,116 NA 35,084 23,497 NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METAL, UNWROUGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa, Republic of- 1,796 NAp NA 1,487 NAp NA Other3/------------------- 807 NAp NA 2,252 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 2,604 NAp NA 3,739 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANGANESE DIOXIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan--------------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA Other3/------------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1973 1974 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORE AND CONCENTRATES1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 112,321 55,754 $2,760 211,786 103,449 $8,136 Brazil-------------------- 571,375 271,613 15,767 420,719 201,395 15,105 Gabon2/------------------- 356,557 177,912 10,007 274,451 136,184 12,712 South Africa, Republic of- 107,989 50,730 2,002 66,771 29,855 3,222 Other3/------------------- 221,418 99,555 6,867 137,605 66,913 5,916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 1,369,662 655,564 37,403 1,111,332 537,796 45,091 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ France-------------------- 124,930 96,446 17,803 192,721 149,593 42,340 South Africa, Republic of- 126,005 99,013 18,200 115,309 90,461 23,098 Other3/------------------- 103,403 80,221 17,334 74,096 57,389 22,988 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 354,338 275,680 53,337 382,126 297,442 88,426 -------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 5.--U.S. imports for consumption of manganese ore, ferroalloys, metal, and dioxide--Continued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1973 1974 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Country Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SILICOMANGANESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- -- NA NA -- NA NA Brazil-------------------- -- NA NA 2,250 NA NA Mexico-------------------- 4,384 NA NA -- NA NA Norway-------------------- 25,294 NA NA 21,469 NA NA South Africa, Republic of- -- NA NA 2,814 NA NA Yugoslavia---------------- 4,882 NA NA 5,100 NA NA Other3/------------------- 6,045 NA NA 4/29,829 NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 40,605 27,271 NA 61,463 40,569 NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METAL, UNWROUGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa, Republic of- 1,905 NAp NA 1,926 NAp NA Other3/------------------- 319 NAp NA 347 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 2,224 NAp NA 2,273 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANGANESE DIOXIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan--------------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA Other3/------------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1975 1976 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORE AND CONCENTRATES1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 155,261 78,509 $8,443 212,858 106,474 $12,048 Brazil-------------------- 574,317 278,839 30,012 302,527 146,155 18,033 Gabon2/------------------- 442,773 222,075 26,526 489,562 244,666 33,969 South Africa, Republic of- 186,892 83,652 9,663 124,571 55,305 5,890 Other3/------------------- 68,707 31,402 2,459 65,073 36,386 3,687 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 1,427,950 694,477 77,103 1,194,592 588,985 73,627 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ France-------------------- 126,098 97,121 45,127 108,646 83,965 38,314 South Africa, Republic of- 110,183 86,078 34,304 158,016 123,013 46,636 Other3/------------------- 124,064 94,989 48,950 220,867 171,710 79,748 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 360,345 278,188 128,381 487,529 378,689 164,698 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SILICOMANGANESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- -- NA NA -- NA NA Brazil-------------------- -- NA NA 9,974 NA NA Mexico-------------------- 166 NA NA 1,610 NA NA Norway-------------------- 14,631 NA NA 28,871 NA NA South Africa, Republic of- 7,733 NA NA 2,503 NA NA Yugoslavia---------------- 4,350 NA NA 12,365 NA NA Other3/------------------- 4/22,764 NA NA 17,358 NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 49,644 31,893 NA 72,682 48,709 NA -------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 5.--U.S. imports for consumption of manganese ore, ferroalloys, metal, and dioxide--Continued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 1976 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Country Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- METAL, UNWROUGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa, Republic of- 3,023 NAp NA 5,607 NAp NA Other3/------------------- 949 NAp NA 817 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 3,972 NAp NA 6,425 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANGANESE DIOXIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan--------------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA Other3/------------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- NA NAp NA NA NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1977 1978 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORE AND CONCENTRATES1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 23,179 12,550 $1,699 49,370 55,754 $3,063 Brazil-------------------- 210,233 101,277 11,943 93,322 271,613 5,660 Gabon2/------------------- 444,922 222,461 34,032 243,695 177,912 17,859 South Africa, Republic of- 31,256 15,315 1,928 20,321 50,730 1,288 Other3/------------------- 134,951 59,559 6,755 90,266 99,555 5,711 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 844,541 411,162 56,357 496,974 655,564 33,581 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ France-------------------- 127,362 98,555 40,690 133,023 96,446 40,826 South Africa, Republic of- 128,253 100,517 40,596 274,178 99,013 77,513 Other3/------------------- 229,206 178,391 74,376 210,047 80,221 59,506 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 484,821 377,462 155,662 617,248 275,680 177,845 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SILICOMANGANESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- -- NA NA 2,001 NA NA Brazil-------------------- 16,012 NA NA 15,622 NA NA Mexico-------------------- 6,914 NA NA 8,191 NA NA Norway-------------------- 19,836 NA NA 22,399 NA NA South Africa, Republic of- 11,120 NA NA 2,761 NA NA Yugoslavia---------------- 6,315 NA NA 17,450 NA NA Other3/------------------- 19,545 NA NA 17,435 NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 79,742 52,915 NA 85,860 57,329 NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METAL, UNWROUGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa, Republic of- 5,499 NAp NA 7,084 NAp NA Other3/------------------- 707 NAp NA 1,183 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 6,206 NAp NA 8,267 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANGANESE DIOXIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan--------------------- NA NAp NA 3,676 NAp NA Other3/------------------- NA NAp NA 2,520 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- NA NAp NA 6,196 NAp NA -------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 5.--U.S. imports for consumption of manganese ore, ferroalloys, metal, and dioxide--Continued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1979 1980 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Country Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORE AND CONCENTRATES1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 99,341 50,182 $5,413 186,325 96,201 $14,467 Brazil-------------------- 94,921 46,865 5,471 63,204 30,525 3,663 Gabon2/------------------- 130,483 65,029 9,284 145,112 72,446 13,610 South Africa, Republic of- 104,719 47,280 4,951 189,574 78,356 11,296 Other3/------------------- 23,931 11,592 2,366 48,561 21,616 3,377 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 453,395 220,948 27,485 632,776 299,144 46,413 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ France-------------------- 136,643 106,345 50,553 197,960 154,393 78,410 South Africa, Republic of- 329,983 257,240 106,213 203,316 158,661 73,176 Other3/------------------- 278,366 215,866 98,077 148,208 116,406 59,778 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 744,992 579,450 254,843 549,485 429,460 211,364 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SILICOMANGANESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 562 NA NA -- NA NA Brazil-------------------- 26,191 NA NA 11,047 NA NA Mexico-------------------- 1,852 NA NA -- NA NA Norway-------------------- 23,149 NA NA 13,038 NA NA South Africa, Republic of- 8,000 NA NA 21,785 NA NA Yugoslavia---------------- 16,205 NA NA 11,720 NA NA Other3/------------------- 9,926 NA NA 10,426 NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 85,884 56,797 NA 68,016 44,595 29,291 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METAL, UNWROUGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa, Republic of- 5,547 NAp NA 6,803 NAp NA Other3/------------------- 516 NAp NA 8 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 6,063 NAp NA 6,811 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANGANESE DIOXIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan--------------------- 3,715 NAp NA 5,485 NAp NA Other3/------------------- 5,068 NAp NA 4,959 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- r/8,783 NAp NA 10,444 NAp NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1981 1982 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORE AND CONCENTRATES1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 59,658 31,079 $5,028 33,461 17,093 $2,667 Brazil-------------------- 69,175 35,298 6,291 5,595 2,687 344 Gabon2/------------------- 162,865 82,217 13,582 41,784 21,007 3,514 South Africa, Republic of- 206,122 88,483 10,522 119,551 52,502 8,169 Other3/------------------- 81,999 35,749 7,220 15,301 7,458 1,466 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 579,819 272,827 42,643 215,691 100,747 16,160 -------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 5.--U.S. imports for consumption of manganese ore, ferroalloys, metal, and dioxide--Continued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1981 1982 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Country Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ France-------------------- 171,910 134,389 65,729 93,308 73,236 35,710 South Africa, Republic of- 249,006 192,366 87,118 219,914 171,196 70,269 Other3/------------------- 187,967 146,638 73,771 133,755 103,657 48,511 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 608,883 473,394 226,618 446,977 348,089 154,490 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SILICOMANGANESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 12,406 NA NA 10,780 7,081 3,617 Brazil-------------------- 35,328 NA NA 11,700 7,906 4,496 Mexico-------------------- 1,250 NA NA 4,726 3,197 1,854 Norway-------------------- 15,701 NA NA 3,122 2,051 1,302 South Africa, Republic of- 23,185 NA NA 11,201 7,480 4,467 Yugoslavia---------------- 14,793 NA NA 11,350 7,442 4,189 Other3/------------------- 14,370 NA NA 3,454 2,147 1,546 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 117,031 77,020 49,754 56,332 37,304 21,471 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METAL, UNWROUGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa, Republic of- 7,480 NAp NA 4,593 NAp 5,099 Other3/------------------- 78 NAp NA 119 NAp 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 7,558 NAp NA 4,712 NAp 5,203 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANGANESE DIOXIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan--------------------- 10,737 NAp NA 14,436 NAp 21,407 Other3/------------------- 4,059 NAp NA 3,477 NAp 4,112 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 14,796 NAp NA 17,913 NAp 25,519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1983 1984 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORE AND CONCENTRATES1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 26,598 13,715 $1,740 36,005 19,055 $2,670 Brazil-------------------- 71,602 35,482 3,742 80,134 40,151 3,135 Gabon2/------------------- 155,145 77,572 9,628 120,642 59,997 6,898 South Africa, Republic of- 23,048 11,524 1,170 32,821 15,682 1,178 Other3/------------------- 57,721 23,240 3,587 37,111 14,822 2,143 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 334,114 161,533 19,867 306,714 149,706 16,024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ France-------------------- 106,269 83,108 32,494 111,612 87,493 33,271 South Africa, Republic of- 79,509 61,678 22,841 121,298 94,798 34,599 Other3/------------------- 124,123 96,852 37,748 138,410 109,549 49,808 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 309,902 241,638 93,083 371,320 291,841 117,678 -------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 5.--U.S. imports for consumption of manganese ore, ferroalloys, metal, and dioxide--Continued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 1984 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Country Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SILICOMANGANESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 14,721 9,665 4,286 12,865 8,477 4,096 Brazil-------------------- 27,944 18,388 8,582 42,267 27,728 14,190 Mexico-------------------- 5,199 3,483 1,695 14,013 9,354 5,002 Norway-------------------- 6,013 3,827 2,926 10,754 6,967 5,137 South Africa, Republic of- 47,351 31,483 14,564 21,251 14,237 7,138 Yugoslavia---------------- 14,119 9,237 4,408 13,122 8,581 4,711 Other3/------------------- 11,348 7,371 3,656 11,368 7,517 4,472 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 126,695 83,454 40,117 125,640 82,861 44,746 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METAL, UNWROUGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa, Republic of- 4,804 NAp 5,034 12,061 NAp 12,951 Other3/------------------- -- NAp -- 17 NAp 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 4,804 NAp 5,034 12,078 NAp 12,978 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANGANESE DIOXIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan--------------------- 16,487 NAp 23,283 18,038 NAp 25,165 Other3/------------------- 2,394 NAp 3,027 4,186 NAp 5,213 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 18,881 NAp 26,310 22,224 NAp 30,378 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1985 1986 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORE AND CONCENTRATES1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 75,249 39,103 $4,490 61,807 32,240 $3,305 Brazil-------------------- 111,335 54,264 5,423 75,026 35,133 3,221 Gabon2/------------------- 117,353 58,144 8,240 216,937 108,017 11,435 South Africa, Republic of- -- -- -- 28,464 12,690 1,219 Other3/------------------- 47,015 19,801 4,408 38,012 16,588 3,942 Total---------------- 350,953 171,313 22,561 420,246 204,668 23,122 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ France-------------------- 106,783 83,375 33,196 78,678 62,208 27,546 South Africa, Republic of- 115,749 89,921 34,013 132,040 102,551 35,944 Other3/------------------- 110,291 86,834 37,180 148,210 117,416 56,992 Total---------------- 332,823 260,130 104,389 358,928 282,175 120,482 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SILICOMANGANESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 13,392 8,867 4,420 15,751 10,455 5,310 Brazil-------------------- 18,429 12,221 6,204 17,747 11,657 5,675 Mexico-------------------- 8,760 5,768 2,855 17,544 11,730 5,649 Norway-------------------- 12,369 8,117 5,075 15,061 9,904 5,596 South Africa, Republic of- 65,078 43,666 21,365 80,415 53,627 24,931 Yugoslavia---------------- 24,817 16,172 8,545 20,460 13,405 6,491 Other3/------------------- 7,315 4,725 2,959 13,229 8,448 5,187 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 150,160 99,535 51,423 180,208 119,227 58,839 -------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 5.--U.S. imports for consumption of manganese ore, ferroalloys, metal, and dioxide--Continued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1985 1986 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Country Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- METAL, UNWROUGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa, Republic of- 7,622 NAp 8,890 8,746 NAp 9,760 Other3/------------------- 149 NAp 162 24 NAp 40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 7,771 NAp 9,052 8,771 NAp 9,800 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANGANESE DIOXIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan--------------------- 17,626 NAp 23,805 9,376 NAp 12,440 Other3/------------------- 5,663 NAp 6,349 8,200 NAp 9,585 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 23,288 NAp 30,154 17,576 NAp 22,025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1987 1988 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORE AND CONCENTRATES1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 84,554 17,093 $3,819 68,689 35,674 $3,440 Brazil-------------------- 57,065 2,687 2,196 52,189 24,498 2,700 Gabon2/------------------- 159,388 21,007 8,282 263,581 133,042 16,972 South Africa, Republic of- -- -- -- -- -- -- Other3/------------------- 7,925 59,959 782 79,743 32,281 5,962 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 308,932 100,747 15,079 464,202 225,495 29,074 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ France-------------------- 110,511 73,236 38,426 130,460 103,305 56,361 South Africa, Republic of- 131,004 171,196 35,180 177,562 137,771 63,171 Other3/------------------- 92,035 103,657 40,024 173,947 136,184 92,689 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 333,549 348,089 113,630 481,970 377,260 212,221 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SILICOMANGANESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 15,551 7,081 4,527 30,080 19,549 10,033 Brazil-------------------- 6,653 7,906 2,541 20,051 13,200 8,776 Mexico-------------------- 36,019 3,197 11,072 31,261 20,493 13,806 Norway-------------------- 23,710 2,051 8,877 3,727 2,354 2,863 South Africa, Republic of- 59,969 7,480 19,625 92,265 61,432 40,147 Yugoslavia---------------- 23,014 7,442 7,884 29,580 19,275 13,415 Other3/------------------- 8,734 2,147 3,935 3,698 2,390 2,888 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 173,652 37,304 58,461 210,661 138,694 91,928 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METAL, UNWROUGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa, Republic of- 8,097 NAp 9,600 10,641 NAp 14,946 Other3/------------------- -- NAp -- -- NAp -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 8,097 NAp 9,600 10,641 NAp 14,946 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANGANESE DIOXIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan--------------------- 12,047 NAp 14,719 17,141 NAp 19,559 Other3/------------------- 3,235 NAp 3,973 3,331 NAp 4,172 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 15,282 NAp 18,692 20,472 NAp 23,731 -------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 5.--U.S. imports for consumption of manganese ore, ferroalloys, metal, and dioxide--Continued -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1989 1990 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Manganese Manganese Country Gross weight content Value Gross weight content Value (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) (metric tons) (metric tons) (thousands) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORE AND CONCENTRATES1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 105,092 54,827 $9,492 62,583 32,543 $9,201 Brazil-------------------- 196,429 84,625 10,481 47,078 20,662 3,170 Gabon2/------------------- 197,802 99,461 19,196 136,131 67,827 20,928 South Africa, Republic of- 49,733 19,612 2,988 25,858 9,958 1,871 Other3/------------------- 30,204 12,257 1,637 35,159 17,951 4,884 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 579,259 270,781 43,794 306,810 148,942 40,054 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FERROMANGANESE, ALL GRADES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ France-------------------- 133,109 104,523 72,988 102,664 80,787 64,147 South Africa, Republic of- 164,565 126,341 83,496 130,907 101,618 73,708 Other3/------------------- 134,204 105,233 90,056 146,256 115,471 96,474 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 431,877 336,097 246,540 379,827 297,876 234,329 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SILICOMANGANESE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australia----------------- 37,450 27,181 16,057 40,655 26,809 19,004 Brazil-------------------- 22,368 14,648 15,596 22,275 14,568 11,051 Mexico-------------------- 38,877 25,589 24,053 38,729 25,501 19,651 Norway-------------------- 5,244 3,298 4,956 -- -- -- South Africa, Republic of- 74,325 48,026 50,948 50,987 33,870 27,664 Yugoslavia---------------- 35,122 22,873 25,281 22,220 14,107 11,115 Other3/------------------- 18,302 9,417 14,350 49,607 32,664 29,362 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 231,687 151,032 151,241 224,473 147,519 117,847 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METAL, UNWROUGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa, Republic of- 10,954 NAp 16,354 9,138 NAp 13,852 Other3/------------------- 91 NAp 143 354 NAp 555 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 11,045 NAp 16,497 9,492 NAp 14,407 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANGANESE DIOXIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan--------------------- 155 NAp 253 -- NAp -- Other3/------------------- 5,924 NAp 6,959 6,974 NAp 9,877 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total---------------- 6,079 NAp 7,212 6,974 NAp 9,877 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r/Revised. NA Not available. NAp Not applicable. 1/35% or more manganese, except 20% or more manganese for 1989-90. 2/Includes Congo (Brazzaville), if any. In 1969-73, additional quantities apparently were received from Gabon but identified as if received from Congo (Kinshasa), later identified as Zaire; Angola; and Western Africa, n.e.c. 3/Figure includes data for countries of lesser quantities. 4/Includes data for Japan in 1974 and 1975: 16,888 and 18,061, respectively. Source: Bureau of the Census, adjusted by the U.S. Bureau of MInes, (Manganese Minerals Yearbooks 1969-90)