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| TABLE 7 | |||||||||||
| BARITE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country� | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006e | 2007e | ||||||
| Afghanistane, 3 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | ||||||
| Algeria | 45,649 | 47,945 | 52,813 | 64,787 | r, 4 | 63,098 | 4 | ||||
| Argentina | 6,934 | 2,762 | 3,355 | r | 6,276 | r, 4 | 6,300 | ||||
| Australiae | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 21,000 | 16,000 | ||||||
| Bolivia | 1,851 | 5,774 | 11,379 | 7,300 | r | 7,000 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovinae | 80 | r | 65 | r | 160 | 190 | r, 4 | 200 | |||
| Brazil, beneficiated | 57,452 | 49,046 | r | 39,545 | r | 19,151 | r, 4 | 13,300 | |||
| Bulgariae, 5 | 91,200 | 75,400 | 76,600 | r | 74,500 | r | 51,000 | ||||
| Burma | 4,850 | 2,224 | 2,058 | 2,930 | r, 4 | 2,500 | |||||
| Canada | 27,369 | 20,601 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | ||||||
| Chilee | 229 | 31 | 91 | 4 | 375 | r, 4 | 77 | 4 | |||
| Chinae | 3,600,000 | 3,900,000 | 4,200,000 | 4,400,000 | 4,400,000 | ||||||
| Colombiae | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | ||||||
| Ecuador | 2,139 | 3,695 | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | |||
| Egypte | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | ||||||
| France� | 81,000 | 82,000 | e | 82,000 | e | 30,000 | -- | ||||
| Germany, marketable Ba2SO4 | 109,506 | 93,624 | 88,591 | r | 85,524 | r, 4 | 88,265 | p, 4 | |||
| Guatemala | 100 | e | 70 | 4 | 181 | 4 | -- | r | -- | ||
| Indiae | 723,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,200,000 | 950,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||
| Iran3 | 196,169 | 275,607 | 231,184 | r | 230,000 | r | 240,000 | ||||
| Italy | 12,214 | 9,698 | r | 4,722 | r | 5,000 | r | 5,000 | |||
| Kazakhstan6 | 79,000 | 115,000 | r | 95,000 | r | 95,000 | r | 95,000 | |||
| Korea, Republic of | 140 | 50 | �������� -- | �������� -- | -- | 4 | |||||
| Laos | 18,070 | 10,470 | 28,500 | r | 29,000 | r | 29,000 | ||||
| Malaysia | �������� -- | �������� -- | �������� -- | 910 | r | 500 | |||||
| Mexico | 287,451 | 306,668 | 268,657 | 206,106 | 4 | 185,921 | 4 | ||||
| Morocco5 | 325,000 | r | 313,000 | r | 335,000 | r | 506,000 | r | 485,000 | ||
| Nigeriae, 7 | 5,000 | r | 6,000 | r | 6,000 | r | 6,300 | r | 6,000 | ||
| Pakistan | 40,745 | 44,207 | 42,087 | 43,000 | 44,000 | ||||||
| Peru | 2,906 | 3,606 | 3,700 | 3,700 | 3,700 | ||||||
| Poland | 2,900 | 3,183 | 2,357 | 3,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Russiae | 78,000 | 63,000 | 63,000 | 63,000 | 63,000 | ||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 9,000 | e | 15,000 | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | |||
| Slovakia, concentrate | 12,000 | 27,100 | 12,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
| Spain, marketable Ba2SO4 | 44,660 | 40,776 | 37,000 | 45,001 | r, 4 | 40,000 | |||||
| Thailand | 115,600 | 211,278 | 3,989 | r | 4,549 | r, 4 | 4,500 | ||||
| Tunisia | 3,000 | 1,813 | �������� -- | �������� -- | 4 | -- | |||||
| Turkey | 119,648 | 134,504 | 157,179 | 200,000 | r | 150,000 | |||||
| United Kingdome | 57,000 | 61,000 | 62,000 | 50,000 | 55,000 | ||||||
| United States8 | 468,000 | 532,000 | 489,000 | 589,000 | 4 | 455,000 | 4 | ||||
| Vietnam | 81,456 | 101,040 | 116,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | ||||||
| Total | 6,730,000 | r | 7,680,000 | r | 7,760,000 | r | 7,900,000 | r | 7,670,000 | ||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through June 10, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 3Data are for fiscal year beginning March 21 of that stated. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5Estimated marketable production based on export data. | |||||||||||
| 6Estimated marketable barite, however, reported figures are as follows, in metric tons: 2003�214,200; 2004�310,700; 2005-06�251,000;� | |||||||||||
| and 2007�not available. | |||||||||||
| 7Considerably more barite is produced, but it is considered to be commercally unusable. | |||||||||||
| 8Sold or used by producers. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program