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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||
| ARSENIC TRIOXIDE:� ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2, 3�� | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country4 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
| Belgium���� | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Bolivia | 276 | 5 | 168 | 5 | 120 | 5 | 240 | r | 200 | ||
| Canada� | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | ||||||
| Chile�� | 11,600 | 11,500 | 11,700 | 11,700 | r | 11,400 | |||||
| China� | 40,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
| France | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Iran� | 275 | 5 | 89 | 5 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Japan� | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| Kazakhstan� | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | ||||||
| Mexico | 1,729 | 5 | 1,829 | 5 | 1,664 | 5 | 1,595 | r, 5 | 1,600 | ||
| Morocco | 6,872 | 5 | 6,866 | 5 | 8,939 | 5 | 8,900 | 5 | 8,950 | 5 | |
| Peru6 | 4,640 | r, 5 | 3,037 | r, 5 | 3,150 | r, 5 | 4,399 | r, 5 | 4,321 | 5 | |
| Portugal� | 25 | r | 15 | r | 15 | r | 15 | r | 15 | ||
| Russia� | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | ||||||
| ��� Total | 69,700 | r | 57,800 | r | 60,000 | r | 61,200 | r | 55,900 | ||
| 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, 2008.� | |||||||||||
| 4Austria, Hungary, the Republic of Korea, Serbia and Montenegro, 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