Salient U.S. Clay Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT U.S. CLAY STATISTICS^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)

	2002	2003	2004	2005		2006
Domestic clays sold or used by producers:
Quantity	39,300	40,000	41,200	41,200	^r	41,200
Value	#######	#######	#######	#######	^r	#######
Exports:
Quantity	4,960	5,130	5,630	5,620		5,980
Value	817,000	859,000	936,000	929,000		#######
Imports for consumption:
Quantity	217	279	251	301		346
Value	39,400	51,200	61,700	59,400		79,200
^rRevised.
¹Excludes Puerto Rico.
²Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.