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| TABLE 5 | |||||||||||
| �CELESTITE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country3 | 2003 | � | 2004 | � | 2005 | � | 2006 | � | 2007e | � | |
| Argentina | 4,300 | 6,727 | 7,233 | 19,822 | r | 20,000 | � | ||||
| Chinae | 130,000 | 150,000 | 180,000 | 180,000 | 190,000 | ||||||
| Iran4 | 2,100 | 7,500 | 672 | r | -- | r, e | -- | � | |||
| Mexico | 130,329 | 87,609 | 110,833 | 125,000 | 125,000 | ||||||
| Moroccoe | 2,700 | 2,700 | 2,700 | 2,700 | 2,700 | � | |||||
| Pakistan� | 402 | 570 | 1,855 | 1,900 | e | 2,000 | |||||
| Spain | 152,383 | 192,942 | r | 188,000 | r, e | 188,000 | r, e | 190,000 | � | ||
| Turkeye | 70,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 12,000 | r | 9,000 | � | ||||
| ��� Total | 492,000 | 508,000 | r | 551,000 | r | 529,000 | r | 539,000 | |||
| eEstimated. rRevised.� -- Zero.� | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through May 20, 2008. | |||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, Tajikistan was thought to produce celestite, but information was not available to make | |||||||||||
| �reliable estimates.� | |||||||||||
| 4Data are for year beginning March 21 of that stated. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program