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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT AMMONIA STATISTICS1, 2 | |||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons of contained nitrogen unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||
| U | |||||||||||||
| Production | 8,450 | 8,990 | 8,340 | 8,190 | r | 8,840 | p | ||||||
| Exports | 400 | 381 | 525 | 194 | 145 | ||||||||
| Imports for consumption | 5,720 | 5,900 | 6,520 | 5,920 | 6,530 | ||||||||
| Consumption, apparent3 | 13,900 | 14,400 | 14,400 | 14,000 | r | 15,200 | p | ||||||
| Stocks, December 31, producers' | 195 | 298 | 254 | 170 | r | 155 | |||||||
| Average annual price, free on board Gulf Coast4 | dollars per short ton | 245 | 274 | 304 | r | 302 | 309 | ||||||
| Net import reliance as a percentage of apparent consumption5 | 39 | 38 | 42 | 41 | r | 42 | p | ||||||
| Natural gas price, wellhead, average price6 | dollars per thousand cubic feet | 4.88 | 5.46 | 7.33 | 6.40 | r | 6.39 | ||||||
| Production | 110,000 | 117,000 | 123,000 | r | 126,000 | r | 131,000 | e | |||||
| Trade7 | 13,900 | 14,600 | 15,600 | 15,900 | 15,800 | ||||||||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised.� | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||||
| 2Synthetic anhydrous ammonia, excluding coke oven byproduct; data are for calendar year and are from the U.S. Census Bureau unless otherwise noted. | |||||||||||||
| 3Calculated from production plus imports minus exports and industry stock changes. | |||||||||||||
| 4Source: Green Markets. | |||||||||||||
| 5Defined as imports minus exports; adjusted for industry stock changes. | |||||||||||||
| 6Source: Monthly Energy Review, U.S. Department of Energy. | |||||||||||||
| 7Source: International Fertilizer Industry Association Statistics, World Anhydrous Ammonia Trade. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program