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| TABLE 7���� | |||||||||||
| NATURAL IRON OXIDE PIGMENTS:� ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Austria� | 5,000 | 5,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Brazil� | 2,000 | � | 2,000 | � | 2,000 | � | 2,000 | � | 2,000 | � | |
| Cyprus, umber | 8,200 | 4 | 11,900 | 4 | 12,000 | � | 12,000 | � | 12,000 | � | |
| France�� | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Germany | 4,000 | r | 4,000 | r | 4,000 | r | 4,000 | r | 4,000 | ||
| Guatemala | 35,226 | 4 | 2,276 | 4 | 2,823 | 4 | 6,041 | 4 | 6,000 | ||
| Honduras | 71,000 | 71,000 | 71,000 | 71,000 | 71,000 | ||||||
| India, ocher | 360,000 | 365,000 | 360,000 | 360,000 | 360,000 | ||||||
| Iran�� | 2,300 | 4 | 2,300 | � | 2,500 | � | 2,500 | � | 2,600 | � | |
| Italy�� | 500 | � | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |||||
| Pakistan, ocher� | 5,000 | r | 5,000 | r | 5,000 | r | 5,500 | r | 5,500 | ||
| Paraguay, ocher�� | 300 | � | 250 | 250 | 250 | � | 250 | � | |||
| South Africa | 252 | 4 | 764 | 4 | 512 | 4 | 510 | r, 4 | 590 | 4 | |
| Spain, ocher | 140,000 | r | 174,153 | r, 4 | 138,050 | r, 4 | 140,000 | r | 140,000 | ||
| Turkey | 580 | 560 | 640 | 780 | 880 | ||||||
| United States | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.�� | |||||||||||
| 1Estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through June 4, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, a number of others undoubtedly produce iron oxide pigments, but output is not� | |||||||||||
| reported and no basis is available for formulating estimates of output levels. Such countries include Azerbaijan,� | |||||||||||
| China, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. Unreported output is probably substantial. | |||||||||||
| 4Reported figure. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program