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| TABLE 9 | |||||||||||
| FERROCHROMIUM:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons, gross weight) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Albania | 22,100 | 37,800 | 47,700 | 35,780 | 35,000 | e | |||||
| Brazil3 | 164,140 | 204,339 | 216,277 | 197,653 | r | 200,000 | p | ||||
| Chinae | 330,000 | 500,000 | 640,000 | 850,000 | r | 1,000,000 | |||||
| Finland | 248,181 | 250,490 | 264,492 | 234,881 | 243,350 | ||||||
| Germany | 20,018 | 18,318 | 24,857 | 22,672 | 26,710 | ||||||
| India4 | 311,927 | 468,677 | 527,100 | 611,373 | 634,200 | ||||||
| Irane | 8,000 | 10,000 | 7,750 | 5 | 8,000 | 8,000 | |||||
| Japan3 | 91,937 | 19,427 | 13,472 | 12,367 | 13,056 | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 835,800 | 993,000 | 1,080,993 | 1,156,168 | 1,200,000 | e | |||||
| Norway | 61,100 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Russia | 210,000 | 357,000 | 454,000 | e | 578,000 | 600,000 | e | ||||
| Slovakia | 5,695 | 1,924 | 1,784 | 867 | 19 | ||||||
| South Africa6 | 2,351,122 | 2,813,000 | 2,965,000 | 2,812,000 | r | 3,030,000 | |||||
| Sweden | 118,823 | 110,529 | 128,191 | 127,451 | 136,374 | ||||||
| Turkey | 11,200 | 35,393 | 33,686 | r | 26,043 | 67,975 | |||||
| United States7 | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Zimbabwe | 258,164 | 245,200 | 193,077 | 235,000 | 200,000 | e | |||||
| Total | 5,050,000 | 6,070,000 | 6,600,000 | r | 6,910,000 | r | 7,390,000 | ||||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. 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 inculdes data available through August 10, 2007.�� | |||||||||||
| 3Includes high- and low-carbon ferrochromium.�� | |||||||||||
| 4Includes ferrochrome and charge chrome.�� | |||||||||||
| 5Reported figure.�� | |||||||||||
| 6Includes high- and low-carbon ferrochromium and ferrochromiumsilicon.�� | |||||||||||
| 7Includes chromium metal, high- and low-carbon ferrochromium, ferrochromiumsilicon, and other chromium materials.�� | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program