Industrial Sand And Gravel (Silica) Production by Country (Thousand metric tons)

Rank	Country	World Production, By Country (Thousand metric tons)
1	United States	31,700
2	Slovenia	10,000
3	Germany	7,700
4	Austria	6,800
5	France	6,500
6	Spain	5,100
7	United Kingdom	5,000
8	Japan	3,900
9	Australia	3,700
10	South Africa	3,215.92
11	Italy	3,000
12	Mexico	2,629.74
13	Slovakia	2,000
14	Iran, Islamic Republic Of	1,900
15	Belgium	1,800
16	Canada	1,600
17	Brazil	1,600
18	India	1,600
19	Norway	1,500
20	Poland	1,500
21	Romania	1,500
22	Gambia	1,390
23	Turkey	1,200
24	Chile	1,150
25	Czech Republic	1,000
26	Bulgaria	900
27	Peru	900
28	Sweden	700
29	Egypt	650
30	Thailand	580
31	Korea, Republic Of	550
32	Malaysia	550
33	Hungary	520
34	Argentina	500
35	Venezuela	500
36	Philippines	225
37	Israel	200
38	Indonesia	135
39	Finland	100
40	Greece	100
41	Serbia and Montenegro	100
42	Croatia	95
43	New Zealand	66
44	Denmark	60
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50
46	Lithuania	50
47	Latvia	50
48	Jordan	46
49	New Caledonia	40
50	Ecuador	38
51	Estonia	38
52	Belize	33
53	Paraguay	25
54	Jamaica	14.3
55	Cuba	14
56	Kenya	13
57	Netherlands	5
58	Portugal	5
59	Ireland	5
60	Ethiopia	4.6
61	Iceland	4.2
62	Zimbabwe	0.9
63	Guatemala	0.5

Year of Estimate: 2006

Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Resources Program

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