Salient Mica Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT MICA STATISTICS¹

		2010	2011	2012		2013		2014
United States:
Production, sold or used by producers:
Scrap and flake mica:
Quantity	metric tons	56,100	52,000	47,500		48,100		46,000
Value	thousands	$8,250	$6,890	$6,070		$5,940		$5,500
Ground mica:
Quantity	metric tons	75,600	80,400	78,500		79,200		73,800
Value	thousands	$22,800	$24,000	$23,500		$23,600		$22,500
Prices:
Scrap and flake mica	dollars per metric ton	147	133	128		124		120
Ground:
Dry	do.	285	281	281		279		285
Wet	do.	360	360	360		360		369
Sheet, muscovite and phlogopite:
Block	dollars per kilogram	130	152	145		129	^r	148
Splittings	do.	1.53	1.63	1.72		1.72		1.70
Consumption:
Block, muscovite:
Quantity	kilograms	906	893	909		854		912
Value	thousands	$117	$135	$160		$152	^r	$162
Splittings, all types
Quantity	metric tons	275	271	285		269		268
Value	thousands	$421	$444	$490		$463		$455
Exports	metric tons	7,410	6,910	7,560		7,530		9,110
Imports	do.	28,400	29,700	29,600		32,800		35,200
World, production^e	do.	1,110,000	1,100,000	1,080,000	^r	1,130,000	^r	1,130,000
^eEstimated. ^-rRevised.- do. Ditto.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.