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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||
| SALIENT U.S. RHENIUM STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||
| (Kilograms, gross weight) | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Supply2 | 3,400 | r | 3,400 | r | 5,900 | 7,100 | 8,100 | |||
| Apparent consumptione, 3 | 20,000 | r | 18,000 | r | 25,100 | r | 36,000 | 46,800 | ||
| Imports: | ||||||||||
| Metal | 14,300 | 13,200 | 11,800 | 21,800 | 22,000 | |||||
| Ammonium perrhenate | 3,330 | r | 1,990 | 10,600 | r | 10,300 | 24,200 | |||
| eEstimated. rRevised� | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||
| 2Rhenium contained in molybdenite concentrates, based on calculations by the U.S. Geological Survey. | ||||||||||
| 3Calculated as production plus imports minus exports and industry stock changes. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program