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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT ASBESTOS STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Exports and reexports:2 | |||||||||||||
| Unmanufactured, value������������������������������������ | thousands | $920 | $333 | $398 | $866 | $421 | |||||||
| Asbestos products, value���������������������������������� | do. | $290,000 | $341,000 | $374,000 | r | $443,000 | $29,200 | 3 | |||||
| Imports for consumption, unmanufactured: | |||||||||||||
| Quantity������������������������������� | metric tons | 4,650 | 3,450 | 2,530 | 2,230 | 1,730 | |||||||
| Value4 ������������������������������������������������������������� | thousands | $5,840 | $806 | $1,420 | $1,000 | $819 | |||||||
| Consumption, apparent5 ������� | metric tons | 4,650 | 3,450 | 2,530 | 2,230 | 1,730 | |||||||
| World, production������������������������������������� | do. | 2,400,000 | r | 2,330,000 | r | 2,250,000 | r | 2,180,000 | r | 2,200,000 | |||
| rRevised. do. Ditto.� | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||||
| 2Free alongside ship value; includes exports of crudes, fibers, stucco, sand, and refuse. | |||||||||||||
| 3Includes only asbestos products in 2007. Product export data prior to 2007 also included nonasbestos products. | |||||||||||||
| 4U.S. customs declared value. | |||||||||||||
| 5Consumption assumed to equal imports. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program