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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT TITANIUM STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||
| U | |||||||||||||
| Mineral concentrate: | |||||||||||||
| Imports for consumption | metric tons | 1,230,000 | 1,230,000 | 1,060,000 | 1,190,000 | 1,230,000 | |||||||
| Consumption2 | do. | 1,780,000 | 1,790,000 | 1,920,000 | 1,720,000 | 1,870,000 | |||||||
| Sponge metal: | |||||||||||||
| Imports for consumption | do. | 10,700 | 9,590 | 11,900 | 15,800 | 24,400 | |||||||
| Consumption | do. | 17,300 | 17,100 | 21,200 | 26,100 | 28,400 | |||||||
| Price, yearend3 | dollars per pound | 3.64 | 2.72-3.95 | 3.55-6.44 | 3.46-12.22 | 5.87-12.84 | |||||||
| Titanium dioxide pigment: | |||||||||||||
| Production | metric tons | 1,410,000 | 1,420,000 | 1,540,000 | 1,310,000 | 1,400,000 | |||||||
| Imports for consumption | do. | 231,000 | 240,000 | 264,000 | 341,000 | 288,000 | |||||||
| Consumption, apparent | do. | 1,110,000 | 4 | 1,070,000 | 4 | 1,170,000 | 5 | 1,130,000 | 5 | 1,110,000 | 5 | ||
| Producer price index, yearend (1982=100):6 | 146 | 144 | 158 | 172 | 165 | ||||||||
| World, production: | |||||||||||||
| Ilmenite concentrate7 | metric tons | 5,400,000 | r | 5,780,000 | r | 5,940,000 | r | 6,090,000 | r | 6,700,000 | |||
| Rutile concentrate, natural8 | do. | 446,000 | 361,000 | 353,000 | r | 373,000 | r | 511,000 | |||||
| Titaniferous slage | do. | 1,870,000 | 1,880,000 | 1,880,000 | 1,880,000 | 2,160,000 | |||||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices. | |||||||||||||
| 2Excludes consumption used to produce synthetic rutile. | |||||||||||||
| 3Landed duty-paid unit based on U.S. imports for consumption. | |||||||||||||
| 4Production plus imports minus exports plus stock decrease or minus stock increase.� | |||||||||||||
| 5Production plus imports minus exports. Excludes stock changes. | |||||||||||||
| 6Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. | |||||||||||||
| 7Includes U.S. production of ilmenite, leucoxene, and rutile rounded to one significant digit to avoid disclosing company� | |||||||||||||
| proprietary data. | |||||||||||||
| 8U.S. production of rutile included with ilmenite to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program