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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||
| PHOSPHATE ROCK SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY- | |||||||||
| PERIOD1 | |||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||
| P2O5 | |||||||||
| Period- | Rock | content | Value2 | ||||||
| 2009: | |||||||||
| January-June | 11,200 | 3,230 | 2,310,000 | ||||||
| July-December | 14,300 | 4,150 | 936,000 | ||||||
| Total | 25,500 | 7,380 | 3,250,000 | ||||||
| 2010: | |||||||||
| January-June | 13,700 | 3,850 | 912,000 | ||||||
| July-December | 14,400 | 4,160 | 1,290,000 | ||||||
| Total | 28,100 | 8,000 | 2,210,000 | ||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.- | |||||||||
| 2Free on board mine. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices