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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||
| SALIENT SODA ASH STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars except average annual value) | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
| United States: | ||||||||||
| Production: | ||||||||||
| Soda ash:2 | ||||||||||
| Quantity | 10,600 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,100 | |||||
| Value | 765,000 | 770,000 | 968,000 | 1,170,000 | 1,260,000 | |||||
| Value, average annual: | ||||||||||
| Per short ton | $65.21 | $63.75 | $80.19 | $96.64 | $103.53 | |||||
| Per metric ton | $71.88 | $70.27 | $88.39 | $106.53 | $114.12 | |||||
| Wyoming trona | 15,500 | 16,500 | 17,000 | 16,700 | 17,200 | |||||
| Exports: | ||||||||||
| Quantity | 4,450 | 4,670 | 4,680 | 4,820 | 5,130 | |||||
| Value | 515,000 | 514,000 | 640,000 | 736,000 | 734,000 | |||||
| Imports for consumption: | ||||||||||
| Quantity | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | |||||
| Value | 1,510 | 1,880 | 2,460 | 2,290 | �� | 2,760 | ||||
| Stocks, December 31, producers' | 330 | 338 | 243 | 290 | 206 | |||||
| Consumption: | ||||||||||
| Apparent | 6,090 | 6,290 | 6,380 | 6,100 | 6,030 | |||||
| Reported | 6,270 | 6,260 | 6,200 | 6,110 | 5,940 | |||||
| World, productione | 37,100 | r | 39,700 | r | 41,200 | r | 42,500 | r | 44,800 | |
| eEstimated. rRevised.� | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except average annual value. | ||||||||||
| 2Natural only; soda liquors and purge liquors are withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program