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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||
| CRUDE IODINE: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | ||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||
| Country3- | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 223 | r | 230 | r | 240 | r | 249 | r | 221 | |
| Chile4 | 15,793 | 5 | 16,000 | 5 | 17,494 | 5 | 20,656 | 5 | 20,000 | |
| Indonesia | 56 | r | 61 | r | 44 | r | 43 | r | 50 | |
| Japan | 9,216 | 5 | 9,277 | 5 | 9,315 | 5 | 9,334 | 5 | 9,500 | |
| Russia | 230 | 210 | 200 | -- | r | -- | ||||
| Turkmenistan | 470 | r | 470 | r | 480 | 500 | 500 | |||
| United States | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Total6 | 26,000 | r | 26,200 | r | 27,800 | r | 30,800 | r | 30,300 | |
| rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in total. -- Zero. | ||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Includes data available through June 4, 2015. | ||||||||||
| 3In addition to the countries listed, China and Iran also produce crude iodine, but output is not officially reported, and- | ||||||||||
| available general information is inadequate for the formulation of reliable estimates of output levels. | ||||||||||
| 4Includes iodine production reported by Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Miner-a. | ||||||||||
| 5Reported figure. | ||||||||||
| 6Does not include U.S. production. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
