Salient Potash Statistics

TABLE 1�
SALIENT POTASH STATISTICS^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)

		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007
United States:
Production:³
Gross weight		2,300		2,700		2,500		2,400		2,600
K₂O equivalent		1,100		1,200		1,200		1,100		1,100
Sales by producers:
Quantity:³
Gross weight		2,600		2,700		2,500		2,400		2,600
K₂O equivalent		1,200		1,300		1,200		1,100		1,200
Value^{3, 4}		280,000		340,000		410,000		410,000		480,000
Average value:⁵
Gross weight	dollars per metric ton	$110		$125		$165		$170		$185
K₂O equivalent	do.	$230		$270		$350		$375		$400
Exports:
Gross weight		801		640		569		809		510
K₂O equivalent		329		233		200		332		199
Imports for consumption:^{6, 7}
Quantity:
Gross weight		7,810		8,140		8,110		7,380		8,190
K₂O equivalent		4,720		4,920		4,920		4,470		4,970
Value, customs		646,000		751,000		1,170,000		1,150,000		1,310,000
Consumption, apparent:^{3, 8}
Gross weight		9,600		10,000		10,000		9,000		10,000
K₂O equivalent		5,600		6,000		5,900		5,200		5,900
World, production, marketable K₂O equivalent		29,900	^r	32,100	^r	33,800	^r	31,400	^r	34,600	^e
^eEstimated.^rRevised. do. Ditto.
¹Includes muriate of potash, sulfate of potash, potassium magnesium sulfate, and some parent salts. Excludes other chemical
compounds that contain potassium.
²Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits unless otherwise specified.
³Data are rounded to no more than two significant digits.
⁴Free on board mine.
⁵Rounded to the nearest $5 to avoid disclosing proprietary data.
⁶Excludes potassium chemicals and mixed fertilizers.
⁷Includes nitrate of potash.
⁸Calculated from sales plus imports minus exports.