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| TABLE 10 | ||||||||||||
| BAUXITE:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||||||||||
| Country | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007e | |||||||
| Australia | 55,602 | 56,593 | 59,959 | 61,780 | r | 62,428 | 3 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 573 | 917 | r | 1,032 | r | 817 | r | 800 | ||||
| Brazil | 17,363 | 20,950 | r | 22,034 | r | 22,055 | r | 22,100 | p | |||
| Chinae | 13,000 | 17,000 | r | 22,000 | r | 27,000 | r | 30,000 | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 6 | 79 | 535 | 500 | e | 500 | ||||||
| Ghana | 495 | 498 | 607 | r | 842 | r | 840 | |||||
| Greece | 2,418 | 2,444 | 2,495 | r | 2,163 | r | 2,220 | |||||
| Guineae, 4 | 15,000 | 15,254 | 16,817 | r | 16,956 | r | 18,000 | |||||
| Guyana4 | 1,846 | 1,506 | 1,648 | r | 1,558 | r | 1,600 | |||||
| Hungary | 666 | 647 | 511 | e | 538 | r | 546 | 3 | ||||
| India | 10,414 | 11,285 | 12,385 | 13,940 | r | 19,221 | 3 | |||||
| Indonesia3 | 1,263 | 1,331 | 1,442 | 1,502 | 1,251 | 3 | ||||||
| Iran | 366 | 420 | 438 | r | 500 | e | 500 | |||||
| Jamaica4, 5 | 13,444 | 13,296 | 14,116 | r | 14,865 | r | 14,568 | 3 | ||||
| Kazakhstan | 4,737 | 4,706 | 4,800 | e | 4,800 | e | 4,800 | |||||
| Malaysia | 6 | 2 | 5 | 92 | r | 80 | ||||||
| Montenegro | 540 | r, 6 | 610 | r, 6 | 672 | r, 6 | 659 | r | 650 | |||
| Mozambique | 12 | 7 | 10 | 11 | r | 11 | ||||||
| Pakistan | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| Russiae | 5,500 | 6,000 | 6,400 | 6,600 | 6,400 | |||||||
| Sierra Leone | -- | -- | -- | 1,072 | 1,168 | 3 | ||||||
| Suriname | 4,215 | 4,052 | 4,757 | 4,924 | r | 4,900 | ||||||
| Tanzania | -- | -- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Turkey7 | 364 | 366 | 475 | 771 | r | 780 | ||||||
| United States | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||||
| Venezuela | 5,446 | 5,842 | 5,900 | 5,928 | r | 5,900 | ||||||
| Vietname | 20 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 30 | 30 | ||||||
| ��� Total | 153,000 | 164,000 | r | 179,000 | r | 190,000 | r | 199,000 | ||||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. NA Not available. -- Zero.���� | ||||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.�� | ||||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through August 3, 2008.�� | ||||||||||||
| 3Reported figure.�� | ||||||||||||
| 4Dry bauxite equivalent of crude ore.�� | ||||||||||||
| 5Bauxite processed for conversion to alumina in Jamaica plus kiln-dried ore prepared for export.�� | ||||||||||||
| 6Montenegro and Serbia formally declared independence in June 2006 from each other and dissolved their union.�� | ||||||||||||
| 7Public-sector production only.�� | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program