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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||||
| BROMINE: ESTIMATED WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| China | 75,000 | r | 80,000 | r | 105,000 | r | 124,000 | r | 130,000 | ||
| France | 100 | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Germany4 | 388 | 5 | 248 | 5 | 274 | 5 | 431 | 5 | 1,612 | 5 | |
| India | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | ||||||
| Israel | 176,000 | 5 | 202,000 | 5 | 207,048 | 5 | 179,000 | 5 | 159,400 | 5 | |
| Italy | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Japan | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
| Jordan | -- | 5 | 34,000 | r | 66,000 | r | 69,000 | r | 69,000 | ||
| Spain | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
| Turkmenistan | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | ||||||
| Ukraine | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | -- | r | -- | r | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| United States6 | 216,000 | 5 | 222,000 | 5 | 226,000 | 5 | 243,000 | 5 | W | ||
| ��� Total | 494,000 | r | 565,000 | r | 631,000 | r | 643,000 | r | 387,000 | 7 | |
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in total. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through May 15, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, several other nations, including Iran, produced bromine, but output data were not reported; | |||||||||||
| available general information is inadequate to formulate reliable estimates of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 4Includes bromides and oxides. | |||||||||||
| 5Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 6Sold or used by producers. | |||||||||||
| 7U.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. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program