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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT BROMINE AND BROMINE COMPOUNDS STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| (Metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||
| HTS2 number | � | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Bromine sold or used:3 | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | 222,000 | 216,000 | 222,000 | 226,000 | 243,000 | ||||||||
| Value�� | 166,000 | 155,000 | 191,000 | 168,000 | 339,000 | ||||||||
| Apparent consumption | 232,000 | 256,000 | 274,000 | 277,000 | 275,000 | ||||||||
| Exports:4, 5 | |||||||||||||
| Elemental bromine: | 2801.30.2000 | ||||||||||||
| Quantity | 6,070 | 2,280 | 2,840 | 2,710 | 4,320 | ||||||||
| Value� | 4,680 | 3,090 | 2,070 | 3,990 | 5,180 | ||||||||
| Bromine compounds:4, 6 | |||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 8,000 | 7,160 | 7,850 | 8,130 | 9,430 | ||||||||
| Contained bromine | 6,750 | 6,040 | 6,600 | 6,830 | 7,920 | ||||||||
| Value� | 13,600 | 11,800 | 13,800 | 12,800 | r | 17,600 | |||||||
| Imports:4, 7 | |||||||||||||
| Elemental bromine: | 2801.30.2000 | ||||||||||||
| Quantity | 2,020 | 1,920 | 2,650 | 2,740 | 807 | ||||||||
| Value� | 1,530 | 1,450 | 2,000 | 2,300 | 1,340 | ||||||||
| Bromine compounds: | |||||||||||||
| Ammonium bromide: | 2827.59.2500 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 17,800 | r | 46,600 | 59,700 | r | 58,200 | 37,200 | ||||||
| Contained bromine | 14,500 | r | 38,000 | r | 48,700 | r | 47,500 | r | 30,300 | ||||
| Value� | 9,050 | r | 21,100 | 27,400 | r | 30,400 | 43,600 | ||||||
| Calcium bromide: | 2827.59.2500 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 164 | 9 | -- | 922 | 8 | 4,350 | 8 | ||||||
| Contained bromine | 131 | 7 | -- | 727 | r | 3,500 | |||||||
| Value� | 100 | e | 4 | e | -- | 645 | r, e | 3,000 | e | ||||
| Potassium bromate: | 2829.90.0500 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 76 | r, 8 | 36 | r | 54 | 122 | 103 | ||||||
| Contained bromine | 40 | r | 19 | r | 26 | 58 | 50 | ||||||
| Value� | 248 | r | 111 | r | 163 | 394 | 328 | ||||||
| Potassium bromide:9 | 2827.51.0000 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 171 | 8 | 497 | 598 | 434 | 8 | 159 | 8 | |||||
| Contained bromine | 115 | 334 | 401 | 291 | 107 | ||||||||
| Valuee� | 417 | 1,210 | 1,800 | 1,310 | 500 | ||||||||
| Sodium bromate: | 2829.90.2500 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight | 1,020 | 967 | 992 | 950 | 852 | ||||||||
| Contained bromine | 539 | 512 | 525 | 503 | 451 | ||||||||
| Value� | 2,020 | 2,010 | 1,930 | 1,800 | r, e | 1,850 | |||||||
| Sodium bromide:9 | 2827.51.0000 | ||||||||||||
| Gross weight8 | 2,980 | 3,670 | 4,610 | 4,530 | r | 4,750 | |||||||
| Contained bromine | 2,320 | 2,940 | 3,580 | 3,520 | r | 3,690 | |||||||
| Valuee� | 4,600 | 5,660 | 5,300 | 5,400 | r | 7,100 | |||||||
| Other compounds: | |||||||||||||
| Gross weight10 | 4,920 | 5,460 | r | 7,140 | r | 6,090 | r | 6,800 | |||||
| Contained bromine | 3,620 | r | 4,140 | r | 5,780 | r | 4,870 | r | 5,300 | ||||
| Value 10 | 10,800 | r | 12,600 | r | 13,500 | r | 13,500 | r | 23,400 | ||||
| World, productione | 503,000 | 488,000 | 543,000 | r | 556,000 | r | 545,000 | ||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | |||||||||||||
| TABLE 1�Continued | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT BROMINE AND BROMINE COMPOUNDS STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. -- 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. | |||||||||||||
| 4Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
| 5Export values are free alongside ship. | |||||||||||||
| 6Includes methyl bromine and ethylene dibromide. | |||||||||||||
| 7Import values are cost, insurance, and freight. | |||||||||||||
| 8Source: The Journal of Commerce Port Import/Export Reporting Service. | |||||||||||||
| 9"Potassium bromide" and "Sodium bromide" import data are reported by a mutual HTS number, 2827.51.0000. | |||||||||||||
| 10Data for these compounds are detailed in table 3. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program