Salient Phosphate Rock Statistics

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SALIENT PHOSPHATE ROCK STATISTICS¹

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------		2006	2007	2008	2009		2010
United States:
Mine production (crude ore)		111,000	126,000	124,000	107,000		106,000
Marketable production:
Quantity:
Gross weight		30,100	29,700	30,200	26,400		25,800
P₂O₅ content		8,680	8,480	8,590	7,640		7,400
Value		919,000	1,520,000	2,320,000	3,360,000		1,980,000
Value, average²	dollars per metric ton	30.49	51.10	76.76	127.19		76.69
Sold or used by producers:
Quantity:
Gross weight		30,200	31,100	28,900	25,500		28,100
P₂O₅ content		8,710	8,890	8,200	7,380		8,000
Value		922,000	1,600,000	2,210,000	3,250,000		2,210,000
Value, average	dollars per metric ton	30.52	51.36	76.64	127.22		78.50
Imports for consumption^{e, 3, 4}
Quantity, gross weight		2,420	2,670	2,750	2,000		2,400
Value, cost, insurance, and freight^e		115,000	154,000	266,000	161,000		211,000
Value, average	dollars per metric ton	47.52	57.54	96.95	80.61		87.79
Consumption, gross weight^{e, 5}		32,600	33,500	31,600	27,500		30,500
Stocks, December 31, producers		7,070	4,970	6,340	8,120		5,620
World, production, gross weight		151,000	160,000	165,000	161,000	^r	181,000	^e
^eEstimated. ^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except average values per metric ton.
²Average value based on the sold or used values.
³Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
⁴Includes some estimated phosphate rock tonnage imported from Morocco but not reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.
⁵Expressed as sold or used plus imports.