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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT SULFUR STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons of sulfur content and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Quantity: | |||||||||||||
| Production: | |||||||||||||
| Frasch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Recovered2 | 8,500 | 8,910 | r | 9,380 | 8,790 | r | 8,390 | ||||||
| Other | 772 | 683 | 739 | 711 | 674 | ||||||||
| Totale | 9,270 | 9,600 | 10,100 | 9,500 | r | 9,060 | |||||||
| Shipments: | |||||||||||||
| Frasch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Recovered2 | 8,550 | r | 8,970 | r | 9,410 | 8,770 | r | 8,290 | |||||
| Other | 772 | 725 | r | 739 | 711 | 674 | |||||||
| Total | 9,320 | r | 9,690 | r | 10,100 | 9,480 | r | 8,960 | |||||
| Exports: | |||||||||||||
| Elemental3 | 709 | 840 | 949 | 684 | 635 | ||||||||
| Sulfuric acid | 48 | 67 | 67 | 110 | 79 | ||||||||
| Imports: | |||||||||||||
| Elemental | 2,560 | 2,870 | e | 2,850 | e | 2,820 | e | 2,950 | e | ||||
| Sulfuric acid | 346 | 297 | 784 | 877 | 793 | ||||||||
| Consumption, all forms4 | 11,500 | r | 11,900 | 12,800 | 12,400 | r | 12,000 | ||||||
| Stocks, December 31, producer, recovered | 181 | 206 | 185 | 160 | 221 | ||||||||
| Value: | � | � | |||||||||||
| Shipments, free on board (f.o.b.) mine or plant: | |||||||||||||
| Frasch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Recoverede, 2 | 100,000 | 256,000 | 306,000 | 270,000 | 272,000 | ||||||||
| Other | 35,500 | 34,000 | 61,100 | 80,200 | 64,700 | ||||||||
| Total | 136,000 | 290,000 | 367,000 | 351,000 | 337,000 | ||||||||
| Exports, elemental5 | 43,100 | 54,400 | 63,300 | 55,200 | 43,800 | ||||||||
| Imports, elemental | 26,800 | 70,600 | 76,800 | 70,500 | 70,400 | ||||||||
| Price, elemental, f.o.b. mine or plante | dollars per metric ton | 11.82 | 28.70 | 32.62 | 30.88 | r | 32.85 | ||||||
| World, production, all forms (including pyrites) | 62,000 | r | 63,500 | r | 65,500 | r | 65,600 | r | 65,700 | ||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program