IndexMundi Home

Salient Phosphate Rock Statistics

Home > Minerals > Phosphate Rock >

TABLE� 1
SALIENT PHOSPHATE ROCK STATISTICS1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
 
����������������������������������������������������������������������������������     2002   2003   2004   2005   2006  
United States:    
Mine production (crude ore)     154,000   153,000   146,000   151,000 r 111,000  
Marketable production:                        
Quantity:  
Gross weight     36,100   35,000   35,800   36,100 r 30,100  
P2O5 content     10,700   10,300   10,400   10,300 r 8,680  
Value     993,000   946,000   995,000   1,070,000 r 919,000  
Value, average2 dollars per metric ton   27.47   27.01   27.79   29.61 r 30.49  
Sold or used by producers:3                        
Quantity:  
Gross weight     34,700   36,400   36,500   35,200 r 30,200  
P2O5 content     10,300   10,600   10,500   10,200 r 8,710  
Value4     962,000   981,000   1,010,000   1,040,000 r 922,000  
Value, average dollars per metric ton   27.69   26.95   27.76   29.60 r 30.52  
Exports:                        
Quantity, gross weight     62 5 64 5 -- 6 -- 6 -- 6
Value6�     W   W   --   --   --  
Value, average dollars per metric ton   W   W   XX   XX   XX  
Imports for consumptione, 5, 7                        
Quantity, gross weight     2,700   2,400   2,500   2,630   2,420  
Value, cost, insurance, and freighte     112,000   84,000   91,300   107,000   115,000  
Value, average dollars per metric ton   41.45   35.55   36.50   40.91   47.52  
Consumption, gross weighte, 8     37,400   38,800   39,000   37,800   32,600  
Stocks, December 31, producers     8,860   7,540   7,220   6,970   7,070  
World, production, gross weight     136,000 r 139,000 r 143,000 r 151,000 r 142,000  
rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. XX Not applicable. -- Zero.
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.
3Includes domestic sales and exports.
4Total value of all domestic and export sales.
5Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
6Reported by producers.
7Includes some estimated phosphate rock tonnage imported from Morocco but not reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.
8Expressed as sold or used plus imports minus exports.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

Home | About | Search | Site Map