WASHINGTON: Imports from Italy totaled 19 000 kg last year, more than double the amount in 2013 and significantly more than typical amounts of less than 2 000 kg/y since 2004.
Imports from Switzerland equalled 13 000 kg in 2014 compared with an unusually low 3 kg in 2013.
The USGS explained that from 2004 to 2013, the greatest yearly amount of unwrought palladium imported from Switzerland was 5 600 kg in 2012.





