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TABLE 11
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PHOSPHATE ROCK AND PHOSPHATIC
MATERIALS1
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)
 
2005   2006
Phosphatic materials Quantity Value2 Quantity Value2
Phosphate rock:                
Unground3   1,200   44,600   1,260   51,400
Ground3   518   27,300   511   32,900
Total4   2,630   ######   2,420   ######
Dicalcium phosphate   6   8,310   8   11,200
Elemental phosphorus   19   44,100   13   30,600
Normal superphosphate   1   169   28   5,870
Triple superphosphate   8   5,600   17   3,580
Diammonium phosphate   10   9,130   54   32,000
Fertilizer containing nitrates and phosphates 2   1,080   (5)   105
Phosphoric acid   58   27,900   75   30,500
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


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