Salient Peat Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT PEAT STATISTICS¹

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)

		2003		2004		2005	2006	2007
United States:²
Number of active producers		54		50		45	39	38
Production		634		696		685	551	635
Sales by producers:
Quantity:
Bulk		447		550		537	525	590
Packaged		185		191		214	209	104
Total		632		741		751	734	694
Value		18,800		21,200		20,800	20,100	17,800
Average value	dollars per metric ton	29.74		28.64		27.76	27.34	25.59
Average value, bulk	do.	22.60		22.88		23.08	23.00	24.69
Average value, packaged or baled	do.	46.98		45.20		39.54	38.28	30.64
Exports		29		29		36	41	56
Imports for consumption		767		786		891	924	977
Consumption, apparent³		1,400		1,380		1,600	1,500	1,590
Stocks, December 31, producers		180		251		195	128	98
World, production		33,700	^r	25,500	^r	25,700	25,800	25,700	^e
^eEstimated. ^rRevised. do. Ditto.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except average values per metric ton.
²Excludes Alaska.
³Apparent consumption equals U.S. production plus imports minus exports plus adjustments for industry stock changes.