Salient Ammonia Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT AMMONIA STATISTICS^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons of contained nitrogen unless otherwise specified)

		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015
United States:
Production		9,350	³	8,730	⁴	9,170	⁴	9,330	⁴	9,590	⁴
Exports		26		31		196		111		93
Imports for consumption		5,600		5,170		4,960		4,150		4,320
Consumption, apparent⁵		14,900		13,900		13,900		13,300		13,700
Stocks, December 31, producers		178	^e	180	^e	240	^e	280		420
Average annual price, free on board gulf coast⁶	dollars per short ton	531		579		541		531		481
Net import reliance⁷	percent of apparent consumption	37		37		34		30		30
Natural gas price, wellhead, average price⁸	dollars per million British thermal units	4.00		2.75		3.73		4.37	^r	2.62
World:
Production^e		138,000	^r	138,000	^r	144,000		140,000	^r	145,000
Trade⁹		16,000		15,500		15,000		15,100		15,100
^eEstimated. ^rRevised.-
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²Synthetic anhydrous ammonia, excluding coke oven byproduct; data are for calendar year and are from the U.S. Census Bureau unless otherwise noted.
³Source: U.S. Census Bureau and The Fertilizer Institute; data adjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey.
⁴Source: The Fertilizer Institute; data adjusted by the U.S. Geological Survey.
⁵Calculated from production plus imports minus exports and industry stock changes.
⁶Source: Green Markets.
⁷Defined as imports minus exports; adjusted for industry stock changes.
⁸Source: Natural Gas Monthly, U.S. Energy Information Administration.-
⁹Source: International Fertilizer Industry Association Statistics, World Anhydrous Ammonia Trade.