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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||
| SALIENT U.S. ZIRCONIUM STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Zircon: | ||||||||||
| Production: | ||||||||||
| Concentrates | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Milled zircon | 37,000 | 35,200 | 31,400 | 31,400 | 33,500 | |||||
| Exports | 47,100 | 74,300 | r | 71,400 | r | 101,000 | 76,300 | |||
| Imports for consumption2 | 36,000 | r | 38,100 | r | 36,200 | r | 38,200 | 36,200 | ||
| Consumption, apparent2, 3 | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Stocks, December 31, dealers and consumers4 | 21,600 | 27,900 | 16,700 | 16,100 | 17,600 | |||||
| Zirconium oxide: | ||||||||||
| Production5 | 17,600 | 20,400 | 21,300 | 19,900 | 21,700 | |||||
| Exports6 | 1,950 | 1,520 | 1,600 | 2,260 | 3,340 | |||||
| Imports for consumption6 | 2,900 | 2,350 | 3,960 | 3,160 | 2,820 | |||||
| Consumption, apparent3 | 21,100 | r | 20,700 | 23,700 | 21,000 | 24,200 | ||||
| Stocks, December 31, producers5 | 2,490 | 2,030 | 2,070 | 2,210 | 1,560 | |||||
| Zirconium; unwrought powder, waste and scrap, other: | ||||||||||
| Exports | 1,640 | 1,700 | 1,700 | 1,970 | 1,880 | |||||
| Imports | 556 | 542 | 796 | 1,020 | 728 | |||||
| Ferrozirconium: | ||||||||||
| Exports | 868 | 1,930 | 913 | 65 | 491 | |||||
| Imports | 167 | 154 | 165 | 306 | 197 | |||||
| Hafnium, unwrought powder, waste and scrap, other, imports | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||
| 2Includes insignificant amounts of baddeleyite. | ||||||||||
| 3Defined as production plus imports for consumption minus exports plus or minus government shipments. | ||||||||||
| 4Excludes foundries. | ||||||||||
| 5Excludes intermediate oxides associated with metal production. | ||||||||||
| 6Includes germanium oxides and zirconium dioxides. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program