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TABLE 1
SALIENT FELDSPAR AND NEPHELINE SYENITE STATISTICS1
        2002   2003   2004   2005   2006  
United States:  
Produced, feldspar:  
Quantitye, 2 metric tons 790,000 800,000 770,000 750,000 3 760,000 3
Valuee, 2 thousands   $42,800   $43,400   $44,000 3 $43,000 3 $45,000 3
Exports, feldspar:4                        
Quantity metric tons   9,590   8,950   9,630   15,200   10,400  
Value5 thousands   $1,370   $1,310   $1,420   $2,070   $1,930  
Imports for consumption:4                        
Feldspar:  
Quantity metric tons   5,450   7,980   20,600   26,200   5,180  
Value6 thousands   $775   $1,020   $944   $1,700   $549  
Nepheline syenite:7  
Quantity metric tons 333,000   308,000   350,000   340,000   426,000  
Value6 thousands   $26,100   $28,200   $29,000   $33,800   $36,000  
Consumption, apparente, 8   thousand metric tons 1,120 1,110   1,130   1,100   1,180  
World, production9 ����� do.   14,100 r 14,300 r 14,800 r 15,100 r 15,400 e
eEstimated. rRevised.������
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
2Includes hand-cobbed feldspar, flotation-concentrate feldspar, feldspar in feldspar-quartz mixtures, and aplite; may differ from sales in table 4.
3Rounded to two significant digits.
4Source:U.S. Census Bureau.
5Free alongside ship (f.a.s.) value.
6Customs value.
7No nepheline syenite produced in the United States for glass and ceramic use.
8Production plus imports minus exports.Includes feldspar and nepheline syenite.
9Feldspar only.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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