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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| SALIENT ASBESTOS STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| United States: | ||||||||||||||||
| Production, sales��������������������� | metric tons | 2,720 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Exports and reexports:2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Unmanufactured, value������������������������������������ | thousands | $2,020 | $920 | $333 | $398 | $866 | ||||||||||
| Asbestos products, value���������������������������������� | do. | $203,000 | $290,000 | $341,000 | $375,000 | r | $443,000 | |||||||||
| Imports for consumption, unmanufactured: | ||||||||||||||||
| Quantity������������������������������� | metric tons | 6,850 | 4,650 | 3,450 | 2,530 | 2,230 | ||||||||||
| Value3������������������������������������������������������������� | thousands | $1,770 | $5,840 | $806 | $1,420 | $1,000 | ||||||||||
| Consumption, apparent4�������� | metric tons | 6,850 | 4,650 | 3,450 | 2,530 | 2,230 | ||||||||||
| World, production������������������������������������� | do. | 2,320,000 | 2,440,000 | r | 2,310,000 | r | 2,320,000 | r | 2,300,000 | |||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Free alongside ship value; includes exports of crudes, fibers, stucco, sand, and refuse. May also include nonasbestos materials. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3U.S. customs declared value. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4Production plus imports minus producer exports of asbestos fiber plus adjustments in Government and industry stocks. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program