Salient Magnesium Compound Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT MAGNESIUM COMPOUND STATISTICS¹

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)

	2003		2004		2005		2006		2007
United States:
Caustic-calcined and specified magnesias:²
Shipped by producers:³
Quantity	154		132		137		133	^r	125
Value��	61,000		55,400		60,300		60,300	^r	41,100
Exports⁴	4		4		5		6		4
Imports for consumption⁴	150		157		152		163		134
Refractory magnesia:
Shipped by producers:³
Quantity	84		W		W		W		W
Value��	23,500		W		W		W		W
Exports	56		30		25		20		22
Imports for consumption�	379		418		478		433		437
World, production of magnesite	14,100	^r	16,500	^r	15,100	^r	15,000	^r	15,200	^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.