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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 | |||||||
| C | 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