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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||||
| SALIENT MERCURY STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||||||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||||||
| Imports for consumption | 206 | 294 | 110 | 249 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Exports | 753 | 459 | 133 | 103 | (2) | ||||||||||
| Industry stocks, yearend:3 | 30 | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||||||
| Chloralkali | 27 | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||||||
| Other | 3 | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||||||
| Price, average, free market4 | dollars per flask | 610 | 1,076 | 1,850 | 1,850 | 1,850 | |||||||||
| World, mine production | 1,880 | r | 2,150 | r | 1,850 | r | 1,580 | r | 1,880 | e | |||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. NA Not available. | |||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices. | |||||||||||||||
| 2Less than - unit. | |||||||||||||||
| 3Stocks at consumer and dealers only. | |||||||||||||||
| 4Source: Platts Metals Week. | |||||||||||||||
| Note: Industrial secondary production and consumption data are not available. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
