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| TABLE 7 | |||||||||||
| MARKETABLE POTASH:� WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons of K2O equivalent) | |||||||||||
| Country� | 2003 | 2004� | 2005 | 2006 | 2007e� | ||||||
| Belarus | 4,230 | 4,600 | 4,844 | 4,605 | 4,972 | 3 | |||||
| Brazil | 416 | 403 | 405 | 403 | r | 405 | p | ||||
| Canada | 9,104 | 10,100 | 10,140 | r | 8,518 | r | 11,112 | 3 | |||
| Chilee� | 563 | 559 | 547 | 496 | r | 500 | |||||
| Chinae | 650 | r | 770 | r | 1,500 | r | 1,800 | r | 2,000 | ||
| Germany | 3,564 | 3,627 | 3,664 | 3,625 | r | 3,600 | |||||
| Israel | 1,960 | r | 2,140 | r | 2,224 | r | 2,190 | r | 2,200 | ||
| Jordan | 1,194 | r | 1,180 | r | 1,115 | 1,036 | 1,090 | 3 | |||
| Russiae | 5,465 | r | 6,405 | r | 7,131 | r | 6,610 | r | 6,600 | ||
| Spaine | 594 | r, 3 | 590 | r | 575 | r | 580 | r | 580 | ||
| Ukraine | 10 | r, e | 10 | r | 13 | r | 8 | r | 12 | ||
| United Kingdom | 1,040 | r | 547 | r | 439 | r | 420 | r | 427 | ||
| United Statese, 4 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 29,900 | r | 32,100 | r | 33,800 | r | 31,400 | r | 34,600 | ||
| eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.�� | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through April 24, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 4Rounded to within 100,000 metric tons to avoid disclosing proprietary data. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program