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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 consumptione, 3, 4                      
Quantity, gross weight     2,420   2,670   2,750   2,000   2,400  
Value, cost, insurance, and freighte     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 weighte, 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.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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