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| TABLE 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. EXPORTS OF POTASH, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons of product) | ||||||||||||||||
| Potassium sulfates, | ||||||||||||||||
| Potassium chloride | all grades2 | Potassium nitrate | Total | |||||||||||||
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2005 | 2006 | 2005 | 2006 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||
| Argentina | -- | -- | 3 | 4,030 | -- | -- | 3 | 4,030 | ||||||||
| Australia | 18 | 36 | 24,800 | 15,900 | -- | -- | 24,800 | 15,900 | ||||||||
| Barbados | 1,100 | 34 | 157 | 156 | -- | 3 | 1,260 | 193 | ||||||||
| Belize | -- | 1 | 36 | 175 | -- | 23 | 36 | 199 | ||||||||
| Brazil | 25,000 | 236,000 | 10,500 | 2,960 | -- | -- | 35,500 | 239,000 | ||||||||
| Canada | 2,060 | 2,090 | 76,200 | 70,300 | 846 | 614 | 79,100 | 73,000 | ||||||||
| Chile | -- | -- | 29,800 | 51,100 | -- | -- | 29,800 | 51,100 | ||||||||
| China | -- | -- | 28,000 | 35,500 | 10 | 5 | 28,000 | 35,500 | ||||||||
| Colombia | 72 | 69 | 33,300 | 35,400 | 3 | 23 | 33,400 | 35,500 | ||||||||
| Costa Rica | 6,000 | 12,600 | 40,000 | 32,700 | -- | 15 | 46,000 | 45,300 | ||||||||
| C�te d'Ivoire | -- | -- | 3,000 | 9,050 | -- | -- | 3,000 | 9,050 | ||||||||
| Czech Republic | 320 | 240 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 320 | 240 | ||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 4,000 | -- | 6,000 | 1,810 | 5 | -- | 10,000 | 1,810 | ||||||||
| Ecuador | 18 | 17 | 9,010 | 17,000 | -- | -- | 9,030 | 17,000 | ||||||||
| El Salvador | 6,200 | -- | 2 | 2,800 | -- | -- | 6,200 | 2,800 | ||||||||
| Guatemala | 6 | 2,120 | 3,000 | 2,400 | -- | -- | 3,010 | 4,520 | ||||||||
| Guyana | 2,500 | 2,750 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2,500 | 2,750 | ||||||||
| Honduras | -- | -- | 8,510 | 12,500 | -- | -- | 8,510 | 12,500 | ||||||||
| India | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2,150 | 9 | 2,150 | 9 | ||||||||
| Indonesia | -- | 19 | -- | 454 | -- | -- | -- | 473 | ||||||||
| Israel | -- | -- | 935 | 477 | -- | -- | 935 | 477 | ||||||||
| Jamaica | -- | 3,730 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3,730 | ||||||||
| Japan | 40 | 40 | 46,700 | 50,000 | 1 | -- | 46,700 | 50,100 | ||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | -- | 5,070 | 3 | 71 | 29 | 5,150 | 32 | ||||||||
| Martinique | 13,900 | 7,380 | 3,560 | 3,450 | -- | -- | 17,500 | 10,800 | ||||||||
| Mexico | 57,400 | 51,400 | 61,500 | 61,700 | 377 | 2,540 | 119,000 | 116,000 | ||||||||
| Morocco | -- | -- | 474 | 947 | -- | -- | 474 | 947 | ||||||||
| New Zealand | -- | -- | -- | 7,590 | 32 | 55 | 32 | 7,640 | ||||||||
| Nicaragua | 4,400 | -- | 3,750 | 500 | -- | -- | 8,150 | 500 | ||||||||
| Panama | 10,400 | -- | 1,750 | 3,260 | -- | -- | 12,200 | 3,260 | ||||||||
| Peru | 20 | 45 | 20,000 | 17,000 | -- | -- | 20,000 | 17,000 | ||||||||
| Russia | 274 | 209 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 274 | 209 | ||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 617 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 617 | -- | ||||||||
| South Africa | -- | -- | -- | 6,350 | -- | -- | -- | 6,350 | ||||||||
| Suriname | -- | 73 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 73 | ||||||||
| Thailand� | 258 | 204 | -- | -- | -- | 74 | 258 | 278 | ||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,200 | -- | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | 1,200 | 2 | ||||||||
| Venezuela | 2 | 17,400 | 12,200 | 21,200 | -- | -- | 12,200 | 38,700 | ||||||||
| Other | 471 | 906 | 332 | r | 610 | 412 | 362 | 1,220 | r | 1,880 | ||||||
| Total | 136,000 | 337,000 | 429,000 | 467,000 | 3,910 | 3,750 | 569,000 | 809,000 | ||||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes potassium magnesium sulfate. | ||||||||||||||||
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, as adjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program