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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT NATURAL GRAPHITE STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Apparent consumption2 | metric tons | 23,600 | 30,000 | 17,600 | 42,400 | 30,400 | |||||||
| Exports: | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | do. | 21,600 | 22,200 | 46,100 | 22,100 | 22,200 | |||||||
| Value | thousands | $19,200 | $19,500 | $24,900 | $15,900 | $16,000 | |||||||
| Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | metric tons | 45,100 | 52,300 | 63,700 | 64,500 | 52,600 | |||||||
| Value | thousands | $22,300 | $24,400 | $29,900 | $34,700 | $29,100 | |||||||
| World, production | metric tons | 932,000 | 999,000 | 1,020,000 | 1,040,000 | r | 1,030,000 | e | |||||
| eEstimated. rRevised.�� | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||||
| 2Domestic production plus imports minus exports. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program