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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||||
| DIATOMITE:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2� | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005e | 2006e | ||||||
| Algeria | 3 | 3 | 3 | r | 2 | r, 3 | 3 | ||||
| Argentina | 23 | 36 | 8 | e | 29 | r, 3 | 10 | ||||
| Australiae | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||||||
| Brazil, marketablee | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | p | ||||
| Chile | 30 | 26 | 30 | 27 | r, 3 | 30 | |||||
| Chinae | 370 | 380 | 390 | 410 | 420 | ||||||
| Colombiae | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Independent Statese, 4 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | ||||||
| Costa Rica� | 26 | e | 26 | 27 | e | 26 | r | 26 | |||
| Czech Republice� | 28 | 3 | 41 | 33 | 38 | r | 40 | ||||
| Denmarke, 5 | 230 | 3 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | |||||
| Ethiopia6 | 1 | e | 1 | 2 | (8) | r | (8) | ||||
| Francee | 80 | 80 | 3 | 75 | 75 | 75 | |||||
| Germany | 54 | 55 | 54 | e | 54 | r | 54 | ||||
| Iceland | 26 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | ||||||
| Iran7 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Italye | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
| Japan | 124 | 112 | 125 | 130 | 130 | ||||||
| Kenya | 1 | (8) | r | (8) | (8) | r, 3 | (8) | ||||
| Korea, Republic of | 21 | 16 | 2 | 2 | r, 3 | 2 | |||||
| Macedoniae� | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Mexico | 62 | 53 | 59 | 62 | 3 | 60 | 3 | ||||
| Mozambique | -- | -- | 3 | e | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Perue | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | ||||||
| Poland | 1 | 1 | r, e | 1 | e | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Portugale | (8) | (8) | r | (8) | r | (8) | (8) | ||||
| Romania� | 20 | 31 | 21 | r | 1 | r, 3 | 10 | ||||
| Spaine, 9 | 54 | r | 58 | r | 34 | r | 34 | r | 35 | ||
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Turkeye | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| United States10 | 624 | 599 | 620 | 653 | 3 | 799 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 1,970 | r | 1,970 | r | 1,940 | r | 2,010 | r | 2,160 | ||
| eEstimated.� pPreliminary. �rRevised.� -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| Purity and moisture content are generally not reported or estimated. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through April 4, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 4Information is inadequate for formulation of reliable estimates for individual countries.� | |||||||||||
| 5Data represent "extracted moler" (reported cubic meters times 1.5). Contains about 30% clay. | |||||||||||
| 6Year ending July 7 of that stated. | |||||||||||
| 7Data are for year beginning March 21 of that stated. | |||||||||||
| 8Less than � unit. | |||||||||||
| 9Includes tripoli. | |||||||||||
| 10Sold or used by producers. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program