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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||
| SALIENT GYPSUM STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||
| Crude: | |||||||||||
| Production: | |||||||||||
| Quantity | 15,700 | 16,700 | 17,200 | 21,100 | 21,100 | ||||||
| Value | 108,000 | 114,000 | 124,000 | 158,000 | 192,000 | ||||||
| Imports for consumption | 7,970 | 8,300 | 10,100 | 11,200 | 11,400 | ||||||
| Synthetic gypsum sales | 9,900 | � | 8,300 | 8,400 | 8,690 | 9,290 | |||||
| Calcined: | |||||||||||
| Production: | |||||||||||
| Quantity | 18,600 | � | 20,400 | 23,200 | 21,000 | 26,100 | |||||
| Value | 372,000 | � | 400,000 | 489,000 | 426,000 | 460,000 | |||||
| Products sold, value | 2,480,000 | r | 2,640,000 | r | 2,940,000 | r | 3,260,000 | r | 5,680,000 | ||
| Exports, value | 104,000 | r | 113,000 | r | 129,000 | r | 144,000 | r | 163,000 | ||
| Imports for consumption, value | 196,000 | 184,000 | 231,000 | 288,000 | 401,000 | ||||||
| World, production | 111,000 | r | 114,000 | r | 120,000 | r | 122,000 | r | 125,000 | e | |
| eEstimated. rRevised. | |||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program