Table 3.--U.S. exports of silver1/
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               Ore and              Waste and        Dore and             Refined
             concentrates             scrap        precipitates           bullion                Total2/
   Year   ------------------ ------------------- ---------------- -------------------- ------------------------
           Quantity    Value   Quantity    Value Quantity   Value   Quantity     Value     Quantity       Value
             (kilo-   (thou-     (kilo-   (thou-   (kilo-  (thou-     (kilo-    (thou-       (kilo-      (thou-
             grams)   sands)     grams)   sands)   grams)  sands)     grams)    sands)       grams)      sands)
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1970------   31,508   $1,836    291,191  $16,266       NA      NA    536,193   $31,037    3/858,892   3/$49,139
1971------    5,412      279    110,542    5,885       NA      NA    264,255    13,634    3/380,209    3/19,798
1972------    1,586      107     90,604    4,792       NA      NA    830,246    44,361    3/922,436    3/49,260
1973------    4,261      293     89,267    7,029       NA      NA    255,298    20,316    3/348,826    3/27,638
1974------    1,648      218    393,335   53,738       NA      NA    177,010    27,695    3/571,993    3/81,651
1975------    1,960      192    309,231   43,289       NA      NA    703,592   104,086  3/1,014,783   3/147,567
1976------    4,883      582    212,841   28,267       NA      NA    236,262    32,586    3/453,987    3/61,435
1977------    2,706      324    414,081   45,156       NA      NA    279,745    39,165    3/696,532    3/84,645
1978------    1,058      132    305,747   50,194   79,221 $14,205    310,693    54,594      696,718     119,125
1979------    1,369      237    528,169  212,323   68,614  21,060    507,982   237,542    1,106,134     471,162
1980------    9,549    5,925    655,475  526,577   70,418  50,353  1,779,307 1,326,878    2,514,749   1,909,733
1981------    6,625    1,510    303,135  115,106   87,494  34,474    470,627   181,380      867,881     332,470
1982------    1,462      368    340,179   87,644   50,077  14,756    400,489   105,977      792,206     208,748
1983------    2,084      554    535,944  197,996   30,979   9,516    424,812   169,383      993,819     377,449
1984------   32,596    8,335    375,077  102,452   31,135   9,178    321,610    86,339      760,417     206,306
1985------    8,394    1,651    321,147   67,884   38,112   9,551    392,246    81,746      759,899     160,832
1986------    8,840    1,630    401,715   72,729   56,148  11,436    314,440    56,785      781,142     142,581
1987------      472      150    425,325   96,738   67,286  16,294    349,610    79,123      842,693     192,305
1988------   25,450    1,416    475,481   99,797   53,733  10,844    443,831    94,029      998,495     206,086
1989------      607      166    770,788  145,340   78,664  15,478    430,110    77,812    1,280,169     238,797
1990------   21,861    3,994  1,077,421  159,194   13,184   2,353    735,993   119,892    1,848,458     285,434
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  NA  Not available.
  1/Because of the implementation of the Harmonized Tariff System in Jan. 1989, export data may not be comparable
with previous years' data.
  2/Data may not add to total shown because of independent rounding.
  3/Data totals do not include Dore and precipitates.

  Source:  Bureau of the Census.