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| TABLE 7 | |||||||||||
| BARITE:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country� | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006e | ||||||
| Afghanistane, 3 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 | ||||||
| Algeria | 51,733 | 45,649 | 47,945 | 52,813 | 53,000 | ||||||
| Argentina | 3,048 | 6,934 | 2,762 | 3,910 | r | 4,000 | |||||
| Australiae | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 21,000 | ||||||
| Belgiume | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | ||
| Bolivia | 15,556 | 1,851 | 5,774 | 11,379 | r | 7,400 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovinae | 2,000 | 1,851 | 4 | 1,900 | 4 | 160 | r | 200 | |||
| Brazil, beneficiated | 53,098 | 57,452 | 59,612 | 44,041 | r | 50,000 | |||||
| Bulgariae, 5 | 123,000 | r, 4 | 91,200 | r | 75,400 | r | 79,500 | r | 80,000 | ||
| Burma | 15,050 | 4,850 | 2,224 | 2,058 | r | 2,000 | |||||
| Canada | 17,417 | 27,369 | 20,601 | 21,000 | 21,000 | ||||||
| Chilee | 384 | 229 | 31 | 91 | r, 4 | 100 | |||||
| Chinae | 3,100,000 | 3,600,000 | 3,900,000 | 4,200,000 | 4,400,000 | ||||||
| Colombiae | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | ||||||
| Ecuadore | 1,180 | 2,139 | 3,695 | r, 4 | 3,879 | r, 4 | 3,500 | ||||
| Egypte | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | ||||||
| France� | 80,000 | 81,000 | 82,000 | e | 82,000 | e | 30,000 | ||||
| Georgiae | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | ||
| Germany, marketable Ba2SO | 100,993 | 109,506 | 93,624 | 88,591 | r | 90,000 | |||||
| Greece, crude oree | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | ||
| Guatemalae | 100 | 100 | 70 | 4 | 181 | r, 4 | 150 | ||||
| Indiae | 675,000 | r | 723,000 | r | 1,100,000 | r | 1,200,000 | r | 950,000 | ||
| Iran3 | 178,652 | 196,169 | 275,607 | 280,000 | e | 290,000 | |||||
| Italye | 10,215 | r | 12,214 | r | 9,608 | r | 12,000 | 10,000 | |||
| Kazakhstan6 | 79,000 | 79,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | ||||||
| Korea, Northe | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | �������� -- | e | �������� -- | �������� -- | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 78 | 140 | 50 | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | |||||
| Laos | 12,695 | 18,070 | 10,470 | e | 950 | r | 10,000 | ||||
| Malaysia | 3,082 | �������� -- | �������� -- | e | �������� -- | �������� -- | |||||
| Mexico | 163,620 | 287,451 | 306,668 | 268,657 | r | 206,106 | p | ||||
| Morocco | 469,934 | 358,500 | 355,800 | 475,700 | r | 350,000 | |||||
| Nigeriae, 7 | 20,000 | r | 20,000 | r | 20,000 | r | 20,000 | r | 20,000 | ||
| Pakistane | 21,451 | r | 40,745 | r | 44,207 | r | 42,087 | r | 43,000 | ||
| Peru | 3,806 | 2,906 | 3,606 | 3,700 | 3,700 | p | |||||
| Poland | 2,700 | 2,900 | r | 3,183 | r | 2,357 | r | 3,000 | |||
| Romania, processed | 100 | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | r | �������� -- | |||
| Russiae | 59,000 | 78,000 | 63,000 | 63,000 | 63,000 | ||||||
| Saudi Arabiae | 9,000 | 9,000 | 15,000 | r, 4 | 15,000 | r, 4 | 16,000 | ||||
| Slovakia, concentrate | 25,800 | r | 12,000 | r | 27,100 | r | 12,000 | r | 15,000 | ||
| Spain, marketable Ba2SO4 | 52,494 | 44,660 | 40,776 | r | 37,000 | r | 35,000 | ||||
| Thailand | 137,469 | 115,600 | 211,278 | 120,000 | e | 120,000 | |||||
| Tunisia | 5,539 | 3,000 | 1,813 | �������� -- | �������� -- | ||||||
| Turkey | 106,843 | 119,648 | 134,504 | 157,179 | r | 180,000 | |||||
| United Kingdome | 59,000 | r | 57,000 | r | 61,000 | r | 62,000 | r | 50,000 | ||
| United States8 | 420,000 | 468,000 | 532,000 | 489,000 | 589,000 | 4 | |||||
| Vietnam | 60,228 | 81,456 | 101,040 | 116,000 | 120,000 | ||||||
| Total | 6,160,000 | r | 6,780,000 | r | 7,760,000 | r | 8,110,000 | r | 7,960,000 | ||
| 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, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 3Data are for fiscal year beginning March 21 of that stated. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5Marketable concentrate based on reported or estimated noncountry data but is in accord with the trends in reported Bulgarian | |||||||||||
| raw barite production. | |||||||||||
| 6Estimated marketable barite, however, reported figures are as follows, in metric tons: 2002�154,500; 2003�214,200; | |||||||||||
| 2004�310,700; 2005�251,000; and 2006�251,000. | |||||||||||
| 7Considerably more barite is produced, but it is considered to be commercially unusable. | |||||||||||
| 8Sold or used by producers. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program