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| �TABLE 17 | |||||||||||
| FULLER'S EARTH: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006e | ||||||
| Algeria | 3,521 | 2,573 | 2,284 | 831 | -- | ||||||
| Argentinae | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Australia, attapulgite� | 12,000 | r | 11,000 | r | 10,000 | r | 9,800 | r | 10,000 | ||
| Germany, unprocessede | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Guatemala | 10 | 9 | 9 | -- | 19 | 4 | |||||
| Israel | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | r | -- | ||
| Italye� | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Mexico | 147,064 | 152,917 | 129,502 | 107,265 | 110,000 | ||||||
| Morocco, smectite | 43,243 | 14,944 | 15,000 | e | 15,000 | e | 15,000 | ||||
| Pakistane | 15,521 | r | 16,670 | r | 13,986 | r | 17,001 | r | 18,000 | ||
| Senegal, attapulgite | 138,400 | 194,900 | 200,000 | e | 200,000 | e | 200,000 | ||||
| South Africa, attapulgite | 13,288 | 14,585 | 20,419 | 34,340 | r | 49,225 | p, 4 | ||||
| Spain: | |||||||||||
| Attapulgite | 22,918 | 18,975 | 20,796 | r | 20,000 | e | 20,000 | ||||
| Sepiolite | 733,134 | 690,395 | 851,647 | r | 850,000 | r, e | 850,000 | ||||
| United Kingdome, 5 | 140,000 | 140,000 | 140,000 | 140,000 | 140,000 | ||||||
| United States6 | 2,730,000 | 3,600,000 | 3,260,000 | 2,730,000 | r | 2,540,000 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 4,030,000 | r | 4,890,000 | r | 4,690,000 | r | 4,160,000 | r | 3,980,000 | ||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1Excludes centrally planned economy countries and former such countries, some of which presumably produce fuller's earth but for which | |||||||||||
| no information is available. Table includes data available through August 21, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 2World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the market economy countries listed, France, India, Iran, Japan, and Turkey have reportedly produced fuller's earth in the�� | |||||||||||
| past and may continue to do so, but output is not reported, and available information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output� | |||||||||||
| levels. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 5Salable product. | |||||||||||
| 6Sold or used by producers. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program