Salient Peat Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT PEAT STATISTICS¹

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)

		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006
United States:²
Number of active producers		55		54		50		45		39
Production		642		634		696		685		551
Sales by producers:
Quantity:
Bulk		515		447		550		537		525
Packaged		213		185		191		214		209
Total		728		632		741		751		734
Value		21,000		18,800		21,200		20,800		20,100
Average value	dollars per metric ton	28.85		29.74		28.64		27.76		27.34
Average value, bulk	do.	22.74		22.60		22.88		23.08		23.00
Average value, packaged or baled	do.	43.61		46.98		45.20		39.54		38.28
Exports		32		29		29		36		41
Imports for consumption		763		767		786		891		924
Consumption, apparent³		1,420		1,400		1,380		1,600		1,500
Stocks, December 31, producers'		207		180		251		195		128
World, production		26,300	^r	24,000	^r	26,100	^r	25,700	^r	25,800	^e
^eEstimated. ^rRevised
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.