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| TABLE 7���� | |||||||||||
| NATURAL IRON OXIDE PIGMENTS:� ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
| Austria� | 5,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Brazil� | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Cyprus, umber | 11,900 | 4 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | |||||
| France�� | 2,500 | r | 2,500 | r | 2,500 | r | 2,791 | r, 4 | 2,800 | ||
| Germany | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Guatemala | 2,276 | 4 | 2,823 | 4 | 11,268 | r, 4 | 7,341 | r, 4 | 7,000 | ||
| Honduras | 17,000 | r | 17,363 | r, 4 | 17,000 | r | 17,000 | r | 17,000 | ||
| India, ocher | 365,000 | 360,000 | 360,000 | 360,000 | 360,000 | ||||||
| Iran�� | 2,300 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,600 | 2,600 | ||||||
| Italy�� | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | ||||||
| Lithuania | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Pakistan, ocher� | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,500 | 5,500 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Paraguay, ocher�� | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | ||||||
| South Africa | 764 | 4 | 512 | 4 | 510 | 4 | 590 | 4 | 232 | p | |
| Spain, ocher | 174,153 | 4 | 138,050 | 4 | 140,000 | 140,000 | 140,000 | ||||
| Turkey | 200,000 | r | 230,000 | r | 280,000 | r | 206,000 | r | 260,000 | ||
| United Kingdom, iron oxides | |||||||||||
| and hydroxides5 | 17,024 | 4 | 15,000 | 12,000 | 8,913 | 4 | 8,000 | ||||
| United States | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| rRevised. W� Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1Estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through June 4, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||
| 5Includes iron oxide pigments. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program