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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

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