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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT SULFUR STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons of sulfur content and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Quantity: | |||||||||||||
| Production: | |||||||||||||
| Frasch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Recovered2 | 8,490 | 8,500 | 8,920 | 9,380 | 8,750 | ||||||||
| Other | 982 | 772 | 683 | 739 | 711 | ||||||||
| Totale | 9,470 | 9,270 | 9,600 | 10,100 | 9,460 | ||||||||
| Shipments: | |||||||||||||
| Frasch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Recovered2 | 8,470 | 8,490 | 8,910 | 9,410 | 8,720 | ||||||||
| Other | 982 | 772 | 683 | 739 | 711 | ||||||||
| Total | 9,450 | 9,260 | 9,600 | 10,100 | 9,430 | ||||||||
| Exports: | |||||||||||||
| Elemental3 | 711 | 709 | 840 | 949 | 684 | ||||||||
| Sulfuric acid | 69 | 48 | 67 | 67 | 110 | ||||||||
| Imports: | |||||||||||||
| Elemental | 1,730 | 2,560 | 2,870 | e | 2,850 | e | 2,820 | e | |||||
| Sulfuric acid | 462 | 346 | 297 | 784 | 877 | ||||||||
| Consumption, all forms4 | 10,900 | 11,400 | 11,900 | 12,800 | 12,300 | ||||||||
| Stocks, December 31, producer, Frasch and recovered | 232 | 181 | 206 | 185 | 160 | ||||||||
| Value: | � | � | |||||||||||
| Shipments, free on board (f.o.b.) mine or plant: | |||||||||||||
| Frasch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Recoverede, 2 | 84,700 | 100,000 | 256,000 | 306,000 | 270,000 | ||||||||
| Other | 49,500 | 35,500 | 34,000 | 61,100 | 80,200 | ||||||||
| Total | 134,000 | 136,000 | 290,000 | 367,000 | 351,000 | ||||||||
| Exports, elemental5 | 52,000 | 43,100 | 54,400 | 63,300 | 55,200 | ||||||||
| Imports, elemental | 22,100 | 26,800 | 70,600 | 76,800 | 70,500 | ||||||||
| Price, elemental, f.o.b. mine or plante | dollars per metric ton | 9.99 | r | 11.82 | r | 28.70 | r | 32.62 | r | 30.92 | |||
| World, production, all forms (including pyrites) | 61,400 | r | 62,600 | r | 64,200 | r | 66,000 | r | 66,000 | e | |||
| eEstimated.� rRevised.� -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits except prices; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Includes U.S. Virgin Islands. | |||||||||||||
| 3Includes exports from the U.S. Virgin Islands to foreign countries. | |||||||||||||
| 4Consumption is calculated as shipments minus exports plus imports. | |||||||||||||
| 5Includes value of exports from the U.S. Virgin Islands to foreign countries. | |||||||||||||
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Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program