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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||
| PERLITE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2003� | 2004 | 2005e | 2006e | 2007e | ||||||
| Armeniae | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
| Australiae, 4 | 5,000 | r | 5,000 | r | 6,000 | r | 6,500 | r | 7,000 | ||
| Greece, screened | 525,000 | 525,000 | e | 525,000 | 525,000 | 525,000 | |||||
| Georgia | NA | 45,000 | e | 45,000 | 45,000 | 45,000 | |||||
| Hungarye, 4 | 59,530 | 5 | 65,100 | r | 65,000 | r | 71,000 | r | 71,000 | ||
| Iran | 26,495 | 31,259 | 31,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Italye� | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
| Japane | 240,000 | 240,000 | 240,000 | 240,000 | 240,000 | ||||||
| Mexico4 | 194,463 | 188,027 | 91,724 | 5 | 41,219 | p, 5 | 41,000 | ||||
| Philippines | 6,000 | 5,510 | 4,410 | 5 | 4,500 | 4,500 | |||||
| Slovakia | 15,000 | 23,840 | r | 13,000 | r | 20,000 | r | 20,000 | |||
| South Africae | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | ||||||
| Turkey4 | 136,633 | 133,829 | 140,000 | 250,000 | r | 270,000 | |||||
| United States6 | 493,000 | 508,000 | 508,000 | 5 | 454,000 | 5 | 409,000 | 5 | |||
| Zimbabwee | 5,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Total | 1,810,000 | 1,870,000 | r | 1,770,000 | r | 1,790,000 | r | 1,760,000 | |||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. NA Not available. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Unless otherwise stated, figures represent processed ore output. Table contains data available through May 20, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, Algeria, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Iceland, Morocco, Mozambique, and Russia are thought� | |||||||||||
| to have produced perlite, but output is not reported, and available information is inadequate for the formulation of estimates� | |||||||||||
| of output levels. | |||||||||||
| 4Crude ore. | |||||||||||
| 5Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 6Processed ore sold and used by producers. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program