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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||||
| U.S. PEAT PRODUCTION AND SALES BY PRODUCERS IN 2015, BY STATE1 | |||||||||||||
| Sales | |||||||||||||
| Active | Production | Quantity | Value2 | Percent | |||||||||
| Region and State | operations | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | packaged | ||||||||
| East: | |||||||||||||
| Florida | 5 | 315,000 | 317,000 | $7,110 | -- | ||||||||
| Other3 | 5 | 29,300 | 34,800 | 2,090 | -- | ||||||||
| Total or average | 10 | 345,000 | 352,000 | 9,210 | -- | ||||||||
| Great Lakes: | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 8 | 71,300 | 58,300 | 2,860 | 49 | ||||||||
| Other4 | 9 | 36,400 | 46,400 | 832 | 73 | ||||||||
| Total or average | 17 | 108,000 | 105,000 | 3,690 | 38 | ||||||||
| West5 | 2 | 3,180 | 1,360 | 102 | 47 | ||||||||
| Grand total or average | 29 | 455,000 | 458,000 | 13,000 | 9 | ||||||||
| -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||
| 2Free on board producing plant. | |||||||||||||
| 3Includes Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. | |||||||||||||
| 4Includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. | |||||||||||||
| 5Includes Iowa, Washington, and Wisconsin. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
