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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT AMMONIA STATISTICS1, 2 | |||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons of contained nitrogen unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| U | |||||||||||||
| Production | 10,300 | 8,450 | 8,990 | 8,340 | r | 8,520 | p | ||||||
| Exports | 437 | 400 | 381 | 525 | 194 | ||||||||
| Imports for consumption | 4,670 | 5,720 | 5,900 | 6,520 | 5,920 | ||||||||
| Consumption, apparent3 | 14,500 | 13,900 | 14,400 | 14,400 | r | 14,300 | p | ||||||
| Stocks, December 31, producers' | 286 | 195 | 298 | 254 | r | 182 | |||||||
| Average annual price, free on board Gulf Coast4 | dollars per short ton | 137 | 245 | 274 | 314 | 302 | |||||||
| Net import reliance as a percentage of apparent consumption5 | 29 | 39 | 38 | 42 | r | 40 | p | ||||||
| Natural gas price, wellhead, average price6 | dollars per thousand cubic feet | 2.95 | 4.88 | 5.46 | 7.33 | r | 6.42 | p | |||||
| Production | 109,000 | 110,000 | 117,000 | 122,000 | r | 124,000 | e | ||||||
| Trade7 | 12,900 | 13,900 | 14,600 | 15,600 | 15,900 | ||||||||
| 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