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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| SALIENT U.S. INDUSTRIAL GARNET STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Crude production: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | metric tons | 29,200 | 28,400 | 40,100 | 34,100 | 61,400 | |||||||||||||
| Value | thousands | $3,170 | $3,050 | $3,840 | $4,240 | $11,300 | |||||||||||||
| Sold or used:2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | metric tons | 33,100 | 30,400 | 23,100 | 16,800 | 20,700 | |||||||||||||
| Value | thousands | $10,900 | $10,000 | $6,200 | $5,330 | $5,830 | |||||||||||||
| Exports: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | metric tons | 11,000 | 10,900 | 13,400 | 13,300 | 12,000 | |||||||||||||
| Value | thousands | $7,460 | $8,990 | $9,700 | $9,450 | $9,620 | |||||||||||||
| Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | metric tons | 34,800 | 36,500 | 41,800 | 50,800 | 52,300 | |||||||||||||
| Value | thousands | $3,710 | $4,260 | $5,910 | $8,340 | $8,010 | |||||||||||||
| Apparent consumption3 | metric tons | 53,000 | 54,000 | 68,600 | 71,600 | 102,000 | |||||||||||||
| World, productione | do. | 277,000 | 302,000 | 324,000 | 325,000 | 352,000 | |||||||||||||
| eEstimated. do. Ditto. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2May exclude some unreported exports. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3Domestic production plus imports minus exports. | |||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program