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TABLE 1
SALIENT STATISTICS OF BORON MINERALS AND COMPOUNDS1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)
 
    2003   2004   2005   2006   2007  
United States:        
Sold or used by producers:
Quantity:
Gross weight2   1,150   1,210   1,150 W W
B2O3 content   605   637   612   W   W
Value   591,000   626,000   713,000   W   W
Exports:3        
Boric acid:4
Quantity   70   61   183 221 248
Value   36,400   34,900   96,800   126,000 r 124,000
Sodium borates:        
Quantity   131   135   308 393 446
Value   55,400   60,200   110,000   138,000 r 146,000
Imports for consumption:        
Borax:3
Quantity   (5)   (5)   1 2 1
Value   19   62   319   701   647
Boric acid:3        
Quantity   47   49   52 85 67
Value   19,000   20,300   22,500   34,900   27,500
Colemanite:        
Quantity6   24   21   31 25 26
Value   6,960   6,070   8,900   7,260   7,640
Ulexite:        
Quantity6   80   110   103 131 92
Value   16,000   21,900   31,000   39,200   27,600
Consumption, B2O3 content   366   385   W   W   W
World, production7   4,750 r 4,960 r 4,840 r 3,580 r 3,840 e
eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
2Minerals and compounds sold or used by producers, including actual mine production, and marketable products.
3Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
4Includes orthoboric and anhydrous boric acid. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States codes 2840.19.0000, 2840.20.0000,
and 2840.30.0000.
5Less than � unit.
6Source: Journal of Commerce Port Import/Export Reporting Service.
7United States production withheld from World production in 2006 and 2007 to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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