Salient Natural And Synthetic Graphite Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC GRAPHITE STATISTICS¹

		2010		2011		2012		2013		2014
United States:
Natural:
Exports:
Quantity	metric tons	5,600		6,430	^r	6,280	^r	9,180	^r	11,600
Value	thousands	$15,200		$15,000	^r	$17,300	^r	$16,600	^r	$17,600
Imports for consumption:
Quantity	metric tons	65,400		71,800		56,700		61,300		64,200
Value	thousands	$52,100		$81,300		$68,400		$70,500		$72,300
Apparent consumption:²
Quantity	metric tons	59,800		65,400	^r	50,400		52,100	^r	52,600
Value	thousands	$37,000	^r	$66,300	^r	$51,100	^r	$53,900	^r	$54,700
Synthetic:
Production:
Quantity	metric tons	134,000		149,000		141,000		129,000		135,000
Value	thousands	$1,070,000		$1,090,000		$946,000		$976,000		$939,000
Exports:
Quantity	metric tons	40,000		53,500	^r	48,600		29,000		32,000
Value	thousands	$136,000		$179,000	^r	$170,000		$207,000		$220,000
Imports for consumption:
Quantity	metric tons	43,900	^r	79,700		122,000		59,100		60,700
Value	thousands	$113,000	^r	$176,000		$191,000		$130,000		$134,000
Apparent consumption:²
Quantity	metric tons	138,000		175,000	^r	214,000		159,000		163,000
Value	thousands	$1,050,000		$1,080,000		$967,000		$898,000	^r	$854,000
World production, natural^e	metric tons	1,040,000	^r	1,180,000	^r	1,210,000	^r	1,150,000	^r	1,160,000
^eEstimated. ^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²Domestic production plus imports minus exports.