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| �TABLE 17 | |||||||||||
| FULLER'S EARTH: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007e | ||||||
| Algeria | 2,573 | 2,284 | 831 | -- | -- | ||||||
| Australia, attapulgite� | 11,000 | r | 10,000 | r | 9,800 | r | 10,000 | 10,000 | |||
| Guatemala | 9 | 9 | -- | 19 | 20 | ||||||
| Italye� | 3,000 | r | 3,000 | r | 3,000 | r | 3,000 | r | 3,000 | ||
| Mexico | 152,917 | 129,502 | 107,265 | 102,400 | r | 102,000 | |||||
| Morocco, smectitee | 14,944 | 4 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | |||||
| Pakistane | 16,670 | 13,986 | 17,001 | 18,000 | 19,000 | ||||||
| Senegal, attapulgite | 194,900 | 200,000 | e | 127,000 | r | 140,000 | r | 140,000 | |||
| South Africa, attapulgite | 14,585 | 20,419 | 33,682 | r | 49,225 | 68,377 | p, 4 | ||||
| Spain: | |||||||||||
| Attapulgite | 18,975 | 20,796 | 20,000 | e | 20,000 | e | 20,000 | ||||
| Sepiolite | 690,395 | 851,647 | 850,000 | e | 850,000 | e | 850,000 | ||||
| United Kingdome, 5 | 19,000 | r | 140,000 | 115,000 | r | -- | r | -- | |||
| United States6 | 3,600,000 | 3,260,000 | 2,730,000 | 2,540,000 | 2,660,000 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 4,740,000 | r | 4,670,000 | r | 4,030,000 | r | 3,750,000 | r | 3,890,000 | ||
| 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, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 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�� | |||||||||||
| reportedlyproduced 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