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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT STATISTICS OF BORON MINERALS AND COMPOUNDS1 | |||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||
| Sold or used by producers: | |||||||||||||
| Quantity: | |||||||||||||
| Gross weight | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||||
| B2O3 content | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||||
| Value | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||||
| Exports:2 | |||||||||||||
| Boric acid:3 | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | 171 | 264 | 235 | 190 | 232 | ||||||||
| Value | 109,000 | 170,000 | 166,000 | 155,000 | 211,000 | ||||||||
| Sodium borates: | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | 417 | 423 | 492 | 457 | r | 514 | |||||||
| Value | 176,000 | 218,000 | 244,000 | 260,000 | r | 287,000 | |||||||
| Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||||
| Borax:2 | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | (4) | (4) | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Value | 376 | 183 | 959 | 844 | 778 | ||||||||
| Boric acid:2 | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | 36 | 50 | 57 | 55 | 53 | ||||||||
| Value | 26,100 | 30,100 | 40,800 | 42,800 | r | 36,700 | |||||||
| Colemanite:5 | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | 31 | 50 | 20 | 28 | 5 | ||||||||
| Value | 8,630 | 18,400 | 19,000 | 23,200 | 2,970 | ||||||||
| Ulexite:5 | |||||||||||||
| Quantity | 28 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||
| Value | 11,300 | 238 | 858 | 2,940 | 3,080 | ||||||||
| Consumption, B2O3 content | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||||
| World, production6 | 3,600 | r | 4,120 | r | 3,780 | r | 3,230 | r, e | 3,470 | e | |||
| eEstimated.- rRevised.- W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||||
| 2Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||||
| 3Includes orthoboric and anhydrous boric acid. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United | |||||||||||||
| States codes 2840.19.0000, 2840.20.0000, and 2840.30.0000. | |||||||||||||
| 4Less than - unit. | |||||||||||||
| 5Source: PIERS. | |||||||||||||
| 6U.S. production withheld from world production to avoid disclosing company proprietary | |||||||||||||
| data. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
