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TABLE 7
MARKETABLE POTASH: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY 1, 2
(Thousand metric tons of K2O equivalent)
 
Country-   2006   2007   2008   2009   2010e  
Belarus 4,605 4,972 4,968 2,485 5,250
Brazil 403 424 383 453 453
Canada 8,518 11,085 10,379 4,297 9,788 3
Chile 496 515 559 691 r 800
Chinae 1,800 2,600 2,750 3,000 3,200
Germany 3,625 3,637 3,280 1,825 r 3,000
Israel 2,187 2,182 2,170 1,900 r 1,960
Jordan 1,036 1,096 1,223 683 1,200
Russiae 5,740 r 6,430 r 5,990 r 3,730 r 6,280
Spaine 435 3 435 435 400 r 415
Ukraine -- r -- r -- r -- r --
United Kingdom 420 427 427 e 427 e 427
United States4 1,100 1,100 1,100 720 930 3
Total   30,400   34,900 r 33,700 r 20,600 r 33,700  
eEstimated. rRevised. -- Zero.
1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not
add to totals shown.
2Table includes data available through May 12, 2011.
3Reported figure.
4Rounded to no more two significant digits.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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