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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT IRON ORE STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| United States, iron ore, usable, less than 5% manganese:2 | |||||||||||||
| Production | 51,600 | 48,600 | 54,700 | 54,300 | 52,700 | ||||||||
| Shipments: | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | 51,500 | 46,100 | 54,900 | 53,200 | 52,700 | ||||||||
| Valuee | � | 1,340,000 | 1,490,000 | 2,080,000 | 2,370,000 | 2,840,000 | |||||||
| Average value at mines | dollars per metric ton | � | 26.04 | 32.30 | 37.92 | 44.50 | 53.88 | ||||||
| Exports: | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | 6,750 | 6,770 | 8,400 | 11,800 | 8,270 | ||||||||
| Value | 249,000 | 248,000 | 334,000 | 584,000 | 636,000 | ||||||||
| Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | 12,500 | 12,600 | 11,800 | 13,000 | 11,500 | ||||||||
| Value | 313,000 | 328,000 | 371,000 | 532,000 | 611,000 | ||||||||
| Consumption, iron ore and agglomerates | 59,700 | 61,600 | 64,500 | 60,100 | 58,200 | ||||||||
| Stocks, December 31: | |||||||||||||
| At mines, plants and loading docks3 | 4,090 | 4,910 | 3,930 | 2,040 | r | 1,380 | 4 | ||||||
| At receiving docks5 | 1,820 | 1,630 | (6) | (6) | (6) | ||||||||
| At consuming plants | 12,400 | 10,900 | (6) | (6) | (6) | ||||||||
| Total7 | 18,300 | 17,500 | (6) | (6) | (6) | ||||||||
| Additional stocks, December 31: | |||||||||||||
| Crude ore at mines and plants | 410 | 688 | 496 | 915 | r | 1,140 | 4 | ||||||
| Unagglomerated concentrates for pelletizing plants | 878 | 1,560 | 1,820 | 1,870 | 1,260 | ||||||||
| World, production8 | 1,100,000 | 1,210,000 | r | 1,360,000 | 1,540,000 | r | 1,800,000 | e | |||||
| eEstimated. rRevised.� | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Direct-shipping ore, concentrates, agglomerates, and byproduct ore. | |||||||||||||
| 3Excludes byproduct ore. | |||||||||||||
| 4Crude ore stocks and unagglomerated concentrates for pelletizing plants removed. Marketable stocks only. | |||||||||||||
| 5Transfer and/or receiving docks of lower Great Lake ports. | |||||||||||||
| 6American Iron and Steel Institute no longer collects this data as of 2004. | |||||||||||||
| 7Sum of stocks at mines, consuming plants, and U.S. docks. | |||||||||||||
| 8Gross weight. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program