Salient Sulfur Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT SULFUR STATISTICS¹

(Thousand metric tons, sulfur content and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)

		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015
United States:
Quantity:
Production:
Recovered		8,230	²	8,410	²	8,590		9,050	^r	8,890
Other		720		586		616		587		646
Total		8,950		9,000		9,210		9,630		9,540
Shipments:
Recovered		8,210	²	8,450	²	8,590		9,080		8,910
Other		720		586		616		587		646
Total		8,930		9,030		9,200		9,670		9,560
Exports:
Elemental		1,310	³	1,860		1,770		2,010	^r	1,850
Sulfuric acid		108		53		54		52		56
Imports:
Elemental^e		3,270		2,930		2,990		2,370		2,240
Sulfuric acid		871		933		972		1,000	^r	1,160
Consumption, all forms⁴		11,700		11,000		11,300		11,000		11,100
Stocks, December 31, producer, recovered		176	^r	132		160	^r	141	^r	138
Value:
Shipments, free on board (f.o.b.) mine or plant:
Recovered^e		1,310,000	²	1,040,000	²	590,000		727,000		781,000
Other		113,000		109,000		101,000		92,100		36,700
Total		1,430,000		1,150,000		691,000		819,000		818,000
Exports, elemental		266,000	⁵	368,000	⁵	235,000		315,000	^r	281,000
Imports, elemental		301,000		238,000		202,000		134,000		136,000
Price, elemental, f.o.b. mine or plant^e	dollars per metric ton	159.88		123.54		68.71		80.07		87.62
World, production, all forms (including pyrites)		69,900	^r	69,800	^r	68,000	^r	69,100		69,500
^eEstimated.^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits except prices; may not add to totals shown.
²Includes the U.S. Virgin Islands.
³Includes exports from the U.S. Virgin Islands to foreign countries.
⁴Calculated as shipments minus exports plus imports.
⁵Includes value of exports from the U.S. Virgin Islands to foreign countries.