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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||||
| CRUDE IODINE: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country� | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | 349 | r | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | |||||
| Chile3 | 15,580 | 4 | 14,931 | 4 | 15,346 | 4 | 16,494 | r, 4 | 15,473 | 4 | |
| China | 500 | 550 | 550 | 560 | 570 | ||||||
| Indonesia�� | 75 | � | 75 | � | 75 | � | 75 | � | 75 | � | |
| Japan | 6,524 | 4 | 7,264 | 4 | 8,095 | 4 | 8,724 | r, 4 | 8,700 | e | |
| Russia | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | ||||||
| Turkmenistan | 200 | 250 | 270 | 270 | 270 | ||||||
| United States | 1,090 | 4 | 1,130 | 4 | 1,570 | 4 | W | W | |||
| Uzbekistan� | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| ���� Total | 24,600 | 24,800 | � | 26,500 | � | 26,700 | r | 25,700 | � | ||
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in total. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through June 10, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 3Includes iodine production reported by Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Miner�a. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program