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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 phosph | 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