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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

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