Salient U.S. Industrial Garnet Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT U.S. INDUSTRIAL GARNET STATISTICS¹

		2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
United States:
Crude production:
Quantity	metric tons	38,500	29,200	28,400	40,100	34,100
Value	thousands	$4,500	$3,170	$3,050	$3,840	$4,240
Sold or used:²
Quantity	metric tons	37,500	33,100	30,400	23,100	16,800
Value	thousands	$11,100	$10,900	$10,000	$6,200	$5,330
Exports:
Quantity	metric tons	10,400	11,000	10,900	13,400	13,300
Value	thousands	$8,930	$7,460	$8,990	$9,700	$9,450
Imports for consumption:
Quantity	metric tons	27,200	34,800	36,500	41,800	50,800
Value	thousands	$3,610	$3,710	$4,260	$5,910	$8,340
Apparent consumption³	metric tons	55,300	53,000	54,000	68,600	71,600
World, production^e	do.	277,000	277,000	302,000	324,000	325,000	^e
^eEstimated.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²May exclude some unreported exports.
³Domestic production plus imports minus exports.