Peat: World Production, By Country

TABLE 9
PEAT: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons)

Country³	2003		2004		2005		2006		2007^e
Argentina, horticultural use	9		9		11		15	^r	15	^�
Australia^e	5	^�	6		6	^�	7	^�	7	^�
Belarus:
Horticultural use^e	100		100		100		100	^�	100	^�
Fuel use	1,802		2,008		2,308		2,400	^e	2,400	^�
Total��	1,902		2,108		2,408		2,500	^e	2,500
Burundi, fuel use	5	^�	5		5		10	^r	10
Canada, horticultural use	1,341	^r	1,347		1,304		1,245		1,250
Denmark, horticultural use^e	295		296		298		300		300
Estonia:
Horticultural use	10,886		769		1,034		1,207		1,300
Fuel use	362		279		378		507		600
Total��	11,248	^r	1,048	^r	1,412	^r	1,714	^r	1,900
Finland:
Horticultural use	929		905		900	^e	900	^e	900
Fuel use	8,415		8,159		8,200	^e	8,200	^e	8,200
Total��	9,344		9,064		9,100	^e	9,100	^e	9,100
France, horticultural use^e	200		200		200		200		200
Germany, horticultural use	135		120		120	^e	120	^e	120
Hungary, horticultural use^e	(4)	^r	(4)	^r	(4)	^r	(4)	^r	(4)
Ireland:⁵
Horticultural use^e	451	⁶	400	^�	475		500	^�	500	^�
Fuel use	2,739		5,200	^�	4,100		3,800	^e	3,800	^�
Total��	3,190		5,600	^�	4,575		4,300	^e	4,300	^�
Latvia, horticultural use and fuel use	1,076		595	^r	791	^r	931	^r	1,000	^�
Lithuania, horticultural use and fuel use	367		368		536		471	^r	307	⁶
Moldova, fuel use^e�	475		475		475	^�	475	^�	475	^�
New Zealand, horticultural use^e	24		25		26	^�	27	^�	27	^�
Norway, horticultural use^e	30		30		30	^�	30	^�	30	^�
Poland, horticultural use��	431		509	^r	500	^r	500	^{r, e}	500	^�
Russia,horticultural use and fuel use	1,000		1,500		1,600	^r	1,400	^r	1,300	⁶
Spain^e	50		57	⁶	60		60	^�	60	^�
Sweden:^e				^�		^�		^�		^�
Horticultural use	540	^�	330	^�	360	^�	400	^�	380	^�
Fuel use	790	^�	560	^�	570	^�	970	^�	900	^�
Total��	1,330	^�	890	^�	930	^�	1,370	^�	1,280	^�
Ukraine, horticultural use and fuel use	559	^{r, e}	544	^r	639	^r	462	^r	395	⁶
United Kingdom^e	(4)	^r	(4)	^r	(4)	^{r, 6}	(4)	^r	(4)	⁶
United States, horticultural use	634		696		685		551		635	⁶
Grand total�	33,700	^r	25,500	^r	25,700		25,800		25,700	^�
Of which:
Horticultural use	16,000	^r	5,740	^r	6,040	^r	6,090	^r	6,260	^�
Fuel use	14,600	^r	16,700	^r	16,000	^r	16,400	^r	16,400
Unspecified	3,060	^r	3,070	^r	3,630	^r	3,330	^r	3,070
^eEstimated. ^rRevised.��
¹World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Table includes data available through June 20, 2008.
³In addition to the countries listed, Austria, Chile, Iceland, Italy, and Romania produced negligible amounts of peat.
⁴Less than � unit.
⁵Fiscal year data.�
⁶Reported figure.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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