Salient Peat Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT PEAT STATISTICS¹

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)

		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015
United States:²
Number of active producers		36		36		31		31		29
Production		568		488		465		468		455
Sales by producers:
Quantity:
Bulk		535		406		378		426		418
Packaged		60		78		74		53		41
Total		595		484		453		479		458
Value		13,500		11,800		11,500		12,000		13,000
Average value	dollars per metric ton	22.73		24.44		25.37		24.97		28.37
Average value, bulk	do.	22.12		25.37		26.39		25.72		29.01
Average value, packaged or baled	do.	28.14		19.65		20.20		19.05		21.77
Exports		49		75		41		29		28
Imports for consumption		982		909		915		994	^r	1,150
Consumption, apparent³		1,470		1,240		1,380		1,390	^r	1,620
Stocks, December 31, producers-		133		218		174		222		179
World, production		30,000	^r	27,500	^r	30,900	^r	28,200	^r	27,500	^e
^rRevised. do. Ditto.-
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except average values.
²Does not include Alaska.
³U.S. production plus imports minus exports plus adjustments for industry stock changes.