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SALIENT PHOSPHATE ROCK STATISTICS1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)
 
����������������������������������������������������������������������������������     2003   2004   2005   2006   2007  
United States:    
Mine production (crude ore)     153,000   146,000   151,000   111,000   126,000  
Marketable production:                        
Quantity:  
Gross weight     35,000   35,800   36,100   30,100   29,700  
P2O5 content     10,300   10,400   10,300   8,680   8,480  
Value     946,000   995,000   1,070,000   919,000   1,520,000  
Value, average2 dollars per metric ton   27.01   27.79   29.61   30.49   51.10  
Sold or used by producers:3                        
Quantity:  
Gross weight     36,400   36,500   35,200   30,200   31,100  
P2O5 content     10,600   10,500   10,200   8,710   8,890  
Value4     981,000   1,010,000   1,040,000   922,000   1,600,000  
Value, average dollars per metric ton   26.95   27.76   29.60   30.52   51.36  
Exports:                        
Quantity, gross weight     64 5 -- 6 -- 6 -- 6 -- 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Value6�     W   --   --   --   --  
Value, average dollars per metric ton   W   XX   XX   XX   XX  
Imports for consumptione, 5, 7                        
Quantity, gross weight     2,400   2,500   2,630   2,420   2,670  
Value, cost, insurance, and freighte     84,000   91,300   107,000   115,000   154,000  
Value, average dollars per metric ton   35.55   36.50   40.91   47.52   57.54  
Consumption, gross weighte, 8     38,800   39,000   37,800   32,600   33,500  
Stocks, December 31, producers     7,540   7,220   6,970   7,070   4,970  
World, production, gross weight     138,000 r 143,000   150,000 r 151,000 r 156,000  
rRevised. eEstimated. 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

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