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| TABLE 6 | ||||
| U.S. PRODUCER STOCKS OF FIXED NITROGEN | ||||
| COMPOUNDS AT END OF PERIOD | ||||
| (Thousand metric tons of contained nitrogen) | ||||
| Material1 | 2005 | 2006p | ||
| Ammonia: | ||||
| January-June | 227 | r | 234 | |
| July-December | 254 | r | 182 | |
| Nitrogen solutions:2 | ||||
| January-June | 152 | r | 132 | |
| July-December | 122 | r | 139 | |
| Urea: | ||||
| January-June | 37 | r | 67 | |
| July-December | 63 | r | 47 | |
| Ammonium phosphates:3 | ||||
| January-June | 63 | 78 | ||
| July-December | 85 | r | 49 | |
| Ammonium nitrate: | ||||
| January-June | 35 | r | 54 | |
| July-December | 42 | r | 52 | |
| Ammonium sulfate: | ||||
| January-June | 22 | 30 | ||
| July-December | 39 | r | 27 | |
| Yearend total4 | 605 | r | 496 | |
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||
| TABLE 6─Continued | ||||
| U.S. PRODUCER STOCKS OF FIXED NITROGEN | ||||
| COMPOUNDS AT END OF PERIOD | ||||
| pPreliminary. rRevised. | ||||
| 1Ranked in relative order of importance. | ||||
| 2Urea-ammonium nitrate and ammoniacal solutions. | ||||
| 3Diammonium and monoammonium phosphates. | ||||
| 4Calendar year ending December 31. | ||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Industrial Reports | ||||
| MQ325B. | ||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program