Salient Bauxite Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT BAUXITE STATISTICS¹

(Thousand metric tons)

	2002	2003	2004		2005		2006
United States:
Production, crude ore, dry equivalent:
� Quantity	NA	NA	NA		NA		NA
� Value	NA	NA	NA		NA		NA
Exports, as shipped:
Crude and dried	27	55	42		34		20
Calcined	15	22	21		18		14
Imports for consumption, as shipped:
Crude and dried	7,340	8,390	10,000		11,800	^r	11,600
Calcined	237	307	341		818	^r	752
Consumption, dry equivalent	9,980	11,300	13,600		12,400	^r	12,300
World, production	#####	#####	#####	^r	#####	^r	#####	^e
^eEstimated. ^rRevised. NA Not available.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.