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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT BROMINE AND BROMINE COMPOUNDS STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| (Metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||
| HTS2 number | � | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Bromine sold or used:3 | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | 216,000 | 222,000 | 226,000 | 243,000 | W | 4 | |||||||
| Value�� | 155,000 | 191,000 | 168,000 | 339,000 | W | 4 | |||||||
| Apparent consumption | 256,000 | 274,000 | 277,000 | 275,000 | W | 4 | |||||||
| Exports: 5 | |||||||||||||
| Elemental bromine:6 | 2801.30.2000 | ||||||||||||
| Quantity | 2,280 | 2,700 | r | 2,910 | r | 4,470 | r | 5,660 | |||||
| Value� | 3,090 | 3,250 | r | 3,990 | 5,370 | r | 6,090 | ||||||
| Bromine compounds:7 | |||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 7,160 | 6 | 7,850 | 6 | 8,130 | 6 | 9,430 | 6 | 6,260 | 8 | |||
| Contained bromine | 6,040 | 6,600 | 6,830 | 7,920 | 5,280 | ||||||||
| Value� | 11,800 | 13,800 | 12,800 | 17,600 | 13,600 | e | |||||||
| Imports:6, 9 | |||||||||||||
| Elemental bromine: | 2801.30.2000 | ||||||||||||
| Quantity | 1,920 | 2,650 | 2,740 | 807 | 2,270 | ||||||||
| Value� | 1,450 | 2,000 | 2,300 | 1,340 | 3,440 | ||||||||
| Bromine compounds: | |||||||||||||
| Ammonium bromide: | 2827.59.2500 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 46,600 | 59,700 | 58,200 | 37,200 | 21,700 | ||||||||
| Contained bromine | 38,000 | 48,700 | 47,500 | 30,300 | 17,700 | ||||||||
| Value� | 21,100 | 27,400 | 30,400 | 43,600 | 38,800 | ||||||||
| Calcium bromide: | 2827.59.2500 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 9 | -- | 922 | 8 | 4,350 | 8 | 1,820 | 8 | |||||
| Contained bromine | 7 | -- | 727 | 3,500 | r | 1,460 | |||||||
| Value� | 4 | e | -- | 645 | e | 3,000 | �e | 1,440 | e | ||||
| Potassium bromate: | 2829.90.0500 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 36 | 54 | 122 | 103 | 55 | ||||||||
| Contained bromine | 17 | r | 26 | 58 | 50 | 26 | |||||||
| Value� | 111 | 163 | 394 | 328 | 236 | ||||||||
| Potassium bromide:10 | 2827.51.0000 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 497 | 598 | 434 | 8 | 159 | 8 | 187 | 8 | |||||
| Contained bromine | 334 | 401 | 291 | 107 | 126 | ||||||||
| Valuee� | 1,210 | 1,800 | 1,310 | 500 | 646 | e | |||||||
| Sodium bromate: | 2829.90.2500 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 967 | 992 | 950 | 852 | 467 | ||||||||
| Contained bromine | 512 | 525 | 503 | 451 | 247 | ||||||||
| Value� | 2,010 | 1,930 | 1,800 | �e | 1,850 | 1,060 | |||||||
| Sodium bromide:10 | 2827.51.0000 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight8 | 3,670 | 4,610 | 4,530 | 4,750 | 6,330 | ||||||||
| Contained bromine | 2,850 | r | 3,580 | 3,520 | 3,690 | 4,920 | |||||||
| Valuee� | 5,660 | 5,300 | 5,400 | 7,100 | 11,300 | e | |||||||
| Other compounds: | |||||||||||||
| Gross weight11 | 4,530 | r | 7,140 | 6,090 | 6,800 | 5,460 | |||||||
| Contained bromine | 2,820 | r | 4,800 | r | 3,830 | r | 4,120 | r | 3,420 | ||||
| Value 11 | 8,892 | r | 13,500 | 13,500 | 20,370 | r | 16,200 | ||||||
| World, productione | 494,000 | r | 565,000 | r | 631,000 | r | 643,000 | r | 387,000 | ||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||||
| TABLE 1�Continued | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT BROMINE AND BROMINE COMPOUNDS STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||||
| 2Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. | |||||||||||||
| 3Elemental bromine sold as such to nonproducers, including exports, or used by primary U.S. producers in preparing bromine compounds. | |||||||||||||
| 4U.S. production data are withheld because of proprietary data requirements that resulted from a bromine recovery facility in the� | |||||||||||||
| United States closing at the end of 2006. | |||||||||||||
| 5Export values are free alongside ship. | |||||||||||||
| 6Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
| 7Includes methyl bromide and ethylene dibromide. | |||||||||||||
| 8Source: The Journal of Commerce Port Import/Export Reporting Service.� | |||||||||||||
| 9Import values are cost, insurance, and freight. | |||||||||||||
| 10"Potassium bromide" and "Sodium bromide" import data are reported by a mutual HTS number, 2827.51.0000. | |||||||||||||
| 11Data for these compounds are detailed in table 3. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program