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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||
| SALIENT BROMINE STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||
| (Metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||||||
| United States: | ||||||||||
| Bromine sold or used:2 | ||||||||||
| Quantity | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Value-- | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Exports:3 | ||||||||||
| Quantity (Br equivalent) | 8,560 | 9,640 | 6,130 | r | 8,150 | 7,150 | ||||
| Value-- | 15,200 | 16,200 | 12,500 | r | 22,300 | 18,400 | ||||
| Imports for consumption:4, 5 | ||||||||||
| Quantity (Br equivalent) | 32,200 | 41,200 | 36,000 | r | 45,400 | r | 47,100 | |||
| Value-- | 817,000 | 97,300 | 81,000 | r | 88,900 | r | ###### | |||
| Apparent consumption | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| World, productione, 6 | 415,000 | 415,000 | 367,000 | -r | 695,000 | -r | ###### | |||
| eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||
| 2Elemental bromine sold as such to nonproducers, including exports, or used by primary U.S. producers in- | ||||||||||
| preparing bromine compounds. | ||||||||||
| 3Export values are free alongside ship. | ||||||||||
| 4Source: U.S. Census Bureau or PIERS (see table 4). | ||||||||||
| 5Import values are cost, insurance, and freight. | ||||||||||
| 6Excludes U.S. production. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
