Table 14.--U.S. imports for consumption of construction sand and gravel, by continent, 1976-90 (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1976 1977 1978 1979 -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Continent C.i.f. C.i.f. C.i.f. C.i.f. Quantity value1/ Quantity value1/ Quantity value1/ Quantity value1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Africa---------------------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asia------------------------------ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Australia------------------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- (2/) 3 Europe---------------------------- 2 49 -- -- -- -- (2/) 21 North America--------------------- 262 502 318 586 467 NA 319 668 South America--------------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Other----------------------------- 1 73 1 37 100 NA (2/) 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total3/---------------------- 265 624 318 623 567 2,084 319 721 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 1981 1982 1983 -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- C.i.f. C.i.f. C.i.f. C.i.f. Quantity value1/ Quantity value1/ Quantity value1/ Quantity value1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Africa---------------------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asia------------------------------ (2/) 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- Australia------------------------- (2/) 41 -- -- 4 476 -- -- Europe---------------------------- (2/) 3 -- -- (2/) 53 -- -- North America--------------------- 455 1,027 249 1,112 164 901 103 684 South America--------------------- -- -- 51 812 -- -- -- -- Other----------------------------- -- 51 (2/) 63 (2/) 49 9 363 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total3/---------------------- 455 1,143 302 1,987 168 1,479 112 1,047 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 1985 1986 1987 -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- C.i.f. C.i.f. C.i.f. C.i.f. Quantity value1/ Quantity value1/ Quantity value1/ Quantity value1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Africa---------------------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asia------------------------------ -- -- -- -- 4 88 -- -- Australia------------------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 470 Europe---------------------------- -- -- 10 297 -- -- -- -- North America--------------------- 129 1,317 212 1,144 173 810 229 1,310 South America--------------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Other----------------------------- 8 287 1 131 5 514 26 587 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total3/---------------------- 137 1,603 223 1,572 186 1,412 257 2,367 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1988 1989 1990 -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- C.i.f. C.i.f. C.i.f. Quantity value1/ Quantity value1/ Quantity value1/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Africa---------------------------- -- -- -- -- 1 210 Asia------------------------------ (2/) 41 64 411 45 558 Australia------------------------- 3 493 2 433 118 5,945 Europe---------------------------- -- -- 18 5,420 78 6,406 North America--------------------- 310 1,886 459 2,758 1,338 9,273 South America--------------------- -- -- -- -- 1 8 Other----------------------------- 7 743 1 602 1 511 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Total3/---------------------- 318 3,163 542 9,624 1,580 22,912 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NA Not available. 1/Value at port of entry; based on purchase price and includes all charges (except U.S. import duties) in bringing material from foreign countries to alongside carrier in the United States. 2/Less than 1/2 unit. 3/Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. Source: Bureau of the Census.