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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||||
| PRODUCTION OF PHOSPHATE ROCK IN THE UNITED STATES, BY PERIOD1 | |||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||
| Mine� production, crude ore | Marketable production, beneficiated | ||||||||||||
| P2O5 | P2O5 | Ending stocks, | |||||||||||
| Period� | Rock | content | Rock | content | Value2 | rock | |||||||
| 2006: | |||||||||||||
| January-June | 57,300 | 5,900 | 15,200 | 4,370 | 456,000 | 7,450 | |||||||
| July-December | 53,300 | 5,680 | 14,900 | 4,300 | 462,000 | 7,070 | |||||||
| Total | 111,000 | 11,600 | 30,100 | 8,680 | 919,000 | XX | |||||||
| 2007: | |||||||||||||
| January-June | 61,400 | 6,230 | 14,700 | 4,160 | 704,000 | 6,100 | |||||||
| July-December | 64,900 | 6,680 | 15,000 | 4,320 | 813,000 | 4,970 | |||||||
| Total | 126,000 | 12,900 | 29,700 | 8,480 | 1,520,000 | XX | |||||||
| XX Not applicable.�� | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Based on the per ton sold or used values. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program