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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||
| CRUDE IODINE:� ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | ||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||
| Country� | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | |||||
| Chile3 | 11,648 | 4 | 15,580 | r, 4 | 14,931 | 4 | 15,364 | r, 4 | 15,500 | |
| China | 500 | 500 | 550 | 550 | 560 | |||||
| Indonesia�� | 75 | � | 75 | � | 75 | � | 75 | � | 75 | |
| Japan | 6,548 | 4 | 6,524 | 4 | 7,264 | 4 | 8,095 | r, 4 | 8,000 | |
| Russia | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | |||||
| Turkmenistan | 200 | � | 200 | � | 200 | � | 270 | 270 | ||
| United States4 | 1,420 | 1,090 | 1,130 | 1,570 | W | |||||
| Uzbekistan� | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 21,000 | � | 24,600 | r | 24,800 | 26,500 | r | 25,000 | ||
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary information. | ||||||||||
| 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, 2007. | ||||||||||
| 3Includes iodine production reported by Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Miner�a. | ||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program