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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||
| SALIENT U.S. CLAY STATISTICS1, 2 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Domestic clays sold or used by produce | ||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program