U.S. Exports Of Major Nitrogen Compounds

TABLE 10
U.S. EXPORTS OF MAJOR NITROGEN COMPOUNDS¹

(Thousand metric tons)

	2006		2007
	Gross	Nitrogen	Gross	Nitrogen
Compound	weight	content	weight	content	Principal destinations, 2007
Ammonium nitrate²	127	43	194	66	Mexico, 67%; Canada, 32%.
Ammonium sulfate²	1,010	272	846	228	Brazil, 69%; Argentina, 7%; Canada, 6%.
Anhydrous ammonia	236	194	177	145	Republic of Korea, 66%; Canada, 24%.
Diammonium phosphate	5,660	1,020	4,180	752	India, 39%; Mexico, 9%; Brazil, 7%.
Monoammonium phosphate	2,310	254	2,450	270	Canada, 37%; Australia, 19%; Brazil, 14%.
Urea	656	301	310	142	Mexico, 34%; Chile, 17%; Republic of Korea, 17%.
Total	9,990	2,080	8,160	1,600
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Includes industrial chemical products.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.