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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||
| SALIENT U.S. REFINED THORIUM STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||
| (Kilograms and dollars per kilogram) | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Exports, gross weight: | ||||||||||
| Thorium ore, including monazit | -- | 23,000 | 18,000 | -- | -- | |||||
| Compounds | 880 | 590 | 731 | 737 | 1,090 | |||||
| Imports, gross weight: | ||||||||||
| Thorium ore, including monazit | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10,000 | |||||
| Compounds | 650 | 4,140 | 5,320 | 4,930 | 48,600 | |||||
| Prices, yearend: | ||||||||||
| Nitrate, gross weight2, 3 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | |||||
| Oxide, 99.9% purity3 | 82.50 | 82.50 | 82.50 | 82.50 | 82.50 | |||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices. | ||||||||||
| 2Source: Rhodia Canada, Inc., free on board port of entry, duty paid, thorium oxide basis. | ||||||||||
| 3Source: Rhodia Electronics and Catalysis, Inc. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program