Salient Potash Statistics

TABLE 1-
SALIENT POTASH STATISTICS^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)

	2010		2011		2012		2013		2014
United States:
Production:³
Gross weight	2,200		2,300		2,100		2,200		1,800
K₂O equivalent	930		1,000		900		960		850
Sales by producers:
Quantity:³
Gross weight	2,400		2,300		2,200		2,000		2,000
K₂O equivalent	1,000		990		980		880		930
Value^{3, 4}	660,000		740,000		750,000		630,000		680,000
Average value:⁵
Gross weight---------- dollars per metric ton	275		320		340		315		345
K₂O equivalent----------------------------------- do.	630		745		770		715		740
Exports:
Gross weight	657	^r	576	^r	566	^r	611	^r	292
K₂O equivalent	264	^r	178	^r	202	^r	257	^r	100
Imports for consumption:^{6, 7}
Quantity:
Gross weight	7,840		8,210		7,010		7,660		8,200
K₂O equivalent	4,760		4,980		4,240		4,650		4,970
Value, customs	2,620,000		3,450,000		2,220,000		2,640,000		1,960,000
Consumption, apparent:^{3, 8}
Gross weight	9,600	^r	9,900	^r	8,700	^r	9,100	^r	9,900
K₂O equivalent	5,500	^r	5,800	^r	5,000	^r	5,300	^r	5,800
World, production, marketable K₂O equivalent	33,900	^r	35,700	^r	32,700	^r	35,600	^r	40,600
^rRevised. do. Ditto.-
¹Includes muriate of potash, sulfate of potash, potassium magnesium sulfate, and some parent salts. Excludes other
chemical compounds that contain potassium.
²Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits unless otherwise specified.
³Data are rounded to no more than two significant digits.
⁴Free on board mine.
⁵Rounded to the nearest $5 to avoid disclosing proprietary data.
⁶Excludes potassium chemicals and mixed fertilizers.
⁷Includes nitrate of potash.
⁸Calculated from sales plus imports minus exports.