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
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                                              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
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                                              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)