Table 10.--U.S. imports of iron ore and agglomerates, by country (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year Brazil Canada Liberia --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1965----- 2,316 23,380 24,137 264,360 2,858 19,978 1966----- 2,767 26,695 24,325 273,309 3,444 24,851 1967----- 1,650 14,744 24,603 276,597 3,149 23,737 1968----- 1,277 11,622 26,762 308,014 2,989 23,389 1969----- 1,253 11,300 19,283 219,347 3,194 27,227 1970----- 2,023 17,865 24,318 297,203 1,903 17,216 1971----- 1,800 16,547 20,668 267,424 1,867 16,768 1972----- 1,133 11,990 18,460 247,757 2,805 22,740 1973----- 3,234 36,295 21,975 311,893 2,778 23,667 1974----- 6,677 85,259 20,018 341,577 2,774 29,113 1975----- 7,646 120,947 19,418 420,116 2,536 38,909 1976----- 5,474 111,797 25,363 625,588 2,187 34,198 1977----- 2,279 53,342 25,689 693,384 1,821 30,226 1978----- 4,043 96,773 19,545 555,657 2,205 38,737 1979----- 3,145 81,446 22,965 683,286 2,225 38,112 1980----- 2,027 62,889 17,589 581,759 1,616 27,612 1981----- 1,766 52,267 19,147 707,974 2,195 35,505 1982----- 988 26,339 9,430 359,708 2,437 43,036 1983----- 1,296 30,192 8,974 339,472 1,760 31,487 1984----- 2,574 55,132 11,370 413,473 1,773 25,270 1985----- 2,581 49,322 8,694 325,248 2,241 31,014 1986----- 3,752 71,045 8,836 311,757 1,511 21,855 1987----- 3,698 64,820 1,980 246,181 995 13,707 1988----- 4,935 78,092 9,157 285,961 128 1,460 1989----- 5,169 90,885 8,538 292,866 200 2,950 1990----- 4,276 90,443 9,344 339,622 -- -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Venezuela Other Total1/ --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1965----- 12,470 97,925 4,046 38,145 45,827 443,788 1966----- 12,794 102,040 3,671 35,459 47,001 462,354 1967----- 13,026 103,718 2,900 25,122 45,327 443,918 1968----- 10,478 83,153 3,140 32,575 44,646 458,753 1969----- 13,972 110,745 3,684 33,559 41,386 402,178 1970----- 13,235 108,493 4,132 38,741 45,611 479,518 1971----- 13,161 114,176 3,271 35,729 40,768 450,644 1972----- 11,101 99,951 2,836 33,496 36,335 415,934 1973----- 13,359 128,169 2,645 33,464 43,991 533,488 1974----- 15,624 189,188 3,707 51,161 48,800 696,298 1975----- 13,348 205,304 4,546 75,220 47,493 860,496 1976----- 9,145 151,635 2,933 57,130 45,102 980,348 1977----- 6,278 119,076 2,447 60,556 38,514 956,584 1978----- 6,181 107,392 2,182 46,480 34,155 845,039 1979----- 4,636 87,613 1,347 32,969 34,318 923,426 1980----- 3,660 80,981 569 19,603 25,460 772,844 1981----- 5,152 140,931 522 11,300 28,783 947,977 1982----- 1,669 36,768 209 4,996 14,734 470,847 1983----- 1,354 42,934 74 1,646 13,459 445,731 1984----- 1,548 31,377 198 3,813 17,463 529,065 1985----- 2,101 39,369 406 7,314 16,024 452,267 1986----- 2,346 42,126 567 13,860 17,012 460,643 1987----- 2,621 52,889 1,555 31,186 16,849 408,783 1988----- 3,567 75,443 2,396 43,587 20,183 484,543 1989----- 4,232 110,367 1,458 25,194 19,596 522,262 1990----- 3,503 107,848 932 21,612 18,054 559,525 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. Source: Bureau of the Census.