Salient Silicon Statistics1 (Contained Silicon, Unless Otherwise Noted)

TABLE 1
SALIENT SILICON STATISTICS¹
(Contained silicon, unless otherwise noted)

		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010
United States:
Production:
Ferrosilicon--------	thousand metric tons	146		155		180		139		176
Silicon metal	do.	W		W		W		W		W
Exports:
Ferrosilicon	do.	5		7		10		9		15
Silicon metal	do.	27		28		35		38		65
Imports for consumption:
Ferrosilicon	do.	223		208		190		70		157
Silicon metal	do.	146		147		168		113		171
Apparent consumption:
Ferrosilicon	do.	363		359		352		207	^r	312
Silicon metal	do.	W		W		W		W		W
Price, average:
Ferrosilicon, 50% Si²	- cents per pound	62.93		73.96		115.86		76.93		109.33
Ferrosilicon, 75% Si³	do.	54.87		65.62		108.71		68.91		97.18
Silicon metal⁴	do.	79.29		112.69		162.29		116.37		140.05
World production, gross weight:--
Ferrosilicon	thousand metric tons	6,410	^r	7,310	^r	7,430	^r	7,320	^r	7,890
Silicon metal⁵	do.	1,490	^r	1,600	^r	1,680	^r	1,790	^r	2,180
^rRevised. do. Ditto. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²Ryan-s Notes North American transaction prices based on weekly averages.
³Platts Metals Week mean import prices based on monthly averages.
⁴Platts Metals Week dealer import prices based on monthly averages.
⁵Excluding the United States.