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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||
| ARSENIC TRIOXIDE:� ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2, 3�� | |||||||||||
| � | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country4 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Belgium���� | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Bolivia | 237 | 5 | 276 | 5 | 168 | 5 | 120 | r, 5 | 200 | ||
| Canada� | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | ||||||
| Chile�� | 11,400 | 11,600 | 11,500 | r | 11,700 | r | 11,800 | ||||
| China� | 40,000 | 40,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| France | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Germany� | 100 | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Iran� | 400 | 275 | 5 | 89 | 5 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Japan� | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| Kazakhstan� | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | ||||||
| Mexico | 1,946 | 5 | 1,729 | 5 | 1,829 | 5 | 1,664 | r, 5 | 1,750 | ||
| Peru6 | 2,970 | 5 | 3,000 | 5 | 3,500 | � | 3,600 | � | 3,500 | p | |
| Portugal� | 50 | � | 50 | � | 50 | � | 50 | � | 50 | ||
| Russia� | 1,500 | � | 1,500 | � | 1,500 | � | 1,500 | � | 1,500 | ||
| Total | 62,400 | r | 62,200 | r | 52,400 | r | 52,500 | 52,700 | |||
| pPreliminary.� rRevised.� -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1Including calculated arsenic trioxide equivalent of output of elemental arsenic compounds other than arsenic trioxide | |||||||||||
| where inclusion of such materials would not duplicate reported arsenic trioxide production. | |||||||||||
| 2World totals and estimated data have been rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 3Table includes data available through April 1, 2007.� | |||||||||||
| 4Austria, Hungary, the Republic of Korea, Serbia and Montenegro (union dissolved in 2006), South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, | |||||||||||
| the United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe have produced arsenic and/or arsenic compounds in previous years, but information | |||||||||||
| is inadequate to make estimates of output levels, if any. | |||||||||||
| 5Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 6Output of Empresa Minera del Centro del Per� (Centrom�n Per�) as reported by the Ministerio de Energ�a y Minas. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program