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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||
| SALIENT MAGNESIUM COMPOUND STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||
| Caustic-calcined and specified magnesias:2 | |||||||||||
| Shipped by producers:3 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | 127 | 154 | 132 | 137 | 116 | ||||||
| Value�������������������������������������� | 38,100 | 61,000 | 55,400 | 60,300 | 52,200 | ||||||
| Exports4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| Imports for consumption4 | 148 | 150 | 157 | 152 | 163 | ||||||
| Refractory magnesia: | |||||||||||
| Shipped by producers:3 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | 123 | 84 | W | W | W | ||||||
| Value������������������������������������� | 37,800 | 23,500 | W | W | W | ||||||
| Exports | 73 | 56 | 30 | 25 | 20 | ||||||
| Imports for consumption� | 394 | 379 | 418 | 478 | 433 | ||||||
| World, production of magnesite | 14,100 | r | 14,400 | r | 15,100 | r | 14,100 | r | 14,100 | e | |
| eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||
| 2Excludes caustic-calcined magnesia used in the production of refractory magnesia. | |||||||||||
| 3Includes magnesia used by producers. | |||||||||||
| 4Caustic-calcined magnesia only. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program