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| TABLE 10 | |||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PHOSPHATE ROCK AND PHOSPHATIC MATERIALS1 | |||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||
| Phosphatic materials | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | |||||
| Phosphate rock: | |||||||||
| Unground3 | 1,260 | 51,400 | 1,260 | 65,500 | |||||
| Ground3 | 511 | 32,900 | 534 | 37,400 | |||||
| Total4 | 2,420 | 115,000 | 2,670 | 154,000 | |||||
| Dicalcium phosphate | 8 | 11,200 | 9 | 13,400 | |||||
| Elemental phosphorus | 13 | 30,600 | 12 | 25,800 | |||||
| Normal superphosphate | 28 | 5,870 | 85 | 27,200 | |||||
| Triple superphosphate | 17 | 3,580 | 82 | 33,400 | |||||
| Diammonium phosphate | 54 | 32,000 | 15 | 10,100 | |||||
| Fertilizer containing nitrates and phosphates | (5) | 105 | (5) | 213 | |||||
| Phosphoric acid | 75 | 30,500 | 555 | 26,500 | |||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||
| 2Declared cost, insurance, freight values. | |||||||||
| 3Some phosphate rock tonnages and values were suppressed by the U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||
| 4Includes an estimate for data suppressed by U.S. Census Bureau based on reported Moroccan exports to the United States. | |||||||||
| 5Less than � unit. | |||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program