Ammonia: World Production, By Country

TABLE 12
AMMONIA:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}
�
(Thousand metric tons of contained nitrogen)

Country	2003		2004		2005		2006^e		2007^e
Afghanistan^e	20		20	^�	20	^�	20	^�	20
Albania^e	10	^�	10	^�	10	^�	10	^�	10
Algeria	578		543		550	^�	470	^�	500
Argentina	726	^r	705	^r	655	^r	727	^{r, 3}	700
Australia^e	787	³	790		790		1,200		1,200
Austria^e	440		440		440		440		440
Bahrain	312		311		330		360	^r	350
Bangladesh⁴	1,389		1,380		1,380		1,250		1,300
Belarus	766	^r	767	^r	774	^r	815	^r	830
Belgium�	874		857	^�	860	^�	850	^�	850
Bosnia and Herzegovina^e	1	^r	1	^r	1	^r	1	^r	1
Brazil	939	^�	1,077	^�	950	^e	950		950
Bulgaria�	321	^�	320	^r	320	^r	309	^r	350
Burma^e	63	³	35		30		30	^�	30
Canada	3,662	^�	4,107	^�	4,100		4,100	^r	4,100
China��	31,500	^�	34,770		37,850		40,660	^{r, 3}	42,480	³
Colombia	108	^�	98	^�	100	^�	100	^�	100
Croatia�	264	^�	332	^�	404	^r	400	^r	400
Cuba^e	21		51		28		42	^{r, 3}	42
Czech Republic�	235	^�	233	^�	250	^r	250	^r	235
Denmark^e	2		2	^�	2	^�	2		2
Egypt	1,790	^�	1,675	^�	1,640	^�	1,800		1,750
Estonia	81	^�	166		170		170		170
Finland^e	77		61		63		62		62
France	1,153	^�	1,120	^�	1,206	^r	616	^{r, 3}	800
Georgia^e	125	³	130		130		140		150
Germany	2,803	^��	2,741	^r	2,789	^r	2,718	^{r, 3}	2,746	³
Greece�	123	^�	132	^�	130	^�	130		130
Hungary	232	^�	274	^r	275	^r	275	^r	300
India⁵	10,048	^�	10,718		10,800	^e	10,900		11,000
Indonesia�	4,250	^�	4,120		4,400		4,300		4,400
Iran	1,115	^�	1,088		1,020		1,020		2,000
Iraq^e	--	^�	30		30	^r	10	^r	10
Italy	475	^�	532		525	^r	480	^{r, 3}	460
Japan	1,061		1,101		1,083		1,091	^{r, 3}	1,090
Korea, North^e	100		100		100		100		100
Korea, Republic of�	119		163		165	^e	90		100
Kuwait	444		413		467		470		450
Libya^e	577		577		580	³	520	^�	520
Lithuania��	462		424		430		453	^{r, 3}	936	³
Malaysia�	910	^�	843		920	^e	950		960
Mexico	439		560		423		487	^{r, 3}	487	³
Netherlands^e	1,750		1,970		1,700	³	1,800		1,800
New Zealand�	128	^�	124		120		120		125
Norway	354	^�	420		300		350		350
Oman	--		--		620		1,000	^r	1,300
Pakistan�	2,357	^�	2,114		2,114		2,200		2,250
Peru^e	5	^�	5		5		5		5
Poland	1,906	^�	1,984		2,080		2,100		1,900
See footnotes at end of table.

TABLE 12�Continued
AMMONIA:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}
�
(Thousand metric tons of contained nitrogen)

Country	2003		2004		2005		2006^e		2007^e
Portugal�	245	^�	244		244		244	^r	244
Qatar	1,185	^�	1,428		1,754	^r	1,800	^r	1,800
Romania	1,180	^�	1,182	^r	1,320	^r	1,338	^{r, 3}	1,300
Russia	9,100		9,800		10,000		10,500	³	10,500
Saudi Arabia	1,743	^�	1,726		1,780		2,000		2,600
Serbia	62	⁶	136	⁶	111	^{r, e, 6}	80	^r	80
Slovakia�	288	^r	275	^r	295	^r	300	^r	300
South Africa	493	^�	459	^�	460	^�	480	^�	480
Spain�	432	^�	404		460		400		400
Switzerland��	29	^�	32		32		32		32
Syria	161	^�	115		120	^e	170		170
Taiwan^e	11	³	11		11		12	^�	12
Tajikistan^e	15	^r	45	^r	45	^r	35	^r	25
Trinidad and Tobago	3,529	^�	3,875		5,187		5,111	^{r, 3}	5,100
Turkey	289	^�	329		330		100		100
Turkmenistan^e	150	^r	200	^r	220	^r	250	^r	270
Ukraine^e	3,900		3,900		4,300	³	4,200	^�	4,200	^�
United Arab Emirates	421	^�	380		360		380		380
United Kingdom	1,044	^�	1,071		1,080		750	^r	1,050
United States⁷	8,450		8,990		8,340		8,190	^{r, 3}	8,840	³
Uzbekistan	815	^e	875	^r	880	^r	940	^r	1,000	^�
Venezuela	732	^�	1,012		900		1,160		1,000
Vietnam�	80	^e	216		220	^{r, e}	230	^r	300
Zimbabwe^e	55		48		30		10		10
�� Total	110,000		117,000		123,000	^r	126,000	^r	131,000	�
^eEstimated. ^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data have been rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.�
²Table includes data available through June 13, 2008.
³Reported figure.
⁴May include nitrogen content of urea.
⁵Data are for years beginning April 1 of that stated.
⁶Montenegro and Serbia formally declared independence in June 2006 from each other and dissolved their union.
⁷Synthetic anhydrous ammonia; excludes coke oven byproduct ammonia.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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