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TABLE 11
SULFUR: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION IN ALL FORMS, BY COUNTRY AND SOURCE1, 2
(Thousand metric tons)
Country and source3   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015  
Australia, byproduct:
Metallurgy 800 800 810 810 810
Petroleum 60   60   90 90   90  
Total 860   860   900   900   900  
Belgium:
Byproduct, all forms, unspecified 175 175 175 175 175
Elemental 225   225   225 225   225
Total 400   400   400   400   400  
Brazil, byproduct:
Metallurgy 322 4 275 4 324 4 287 r, 4 290
Petroleum 170 4 223 4 218 4 240 r, 4 240
Total 492 4 497 4 542 4 527 r, 4 530  
Canada, byproduct:4
Metallurgy 609 638 699 649 570 p
Natural gas, petroleum, oil sands 5,914   5,545   5,666   5,265   5,210 p
Total 6,523   6,183   6,365   5,914   5,780 p
Chile, byproduct, metallurgy 1,723 4 1,681 4 1,700   1,700   1,700  
China:
Byproduct, all sources, unspecified 3,300 3,300 2,600 2,840 2,800
Elemental 1,100 1,200 930 1,000 1,000
Pyrites 5,300 5,400 4,580 5,000 5,000
Total 9,700   9,900   8,110   8,840   8,800  
Finland:
Byproduct:
Metallurgy 280 280 280 280 280
Petroleum 133 130 130 130 130
Pyrites 338 330 330 330 330
Total 751   740   740   740   740  
France, byproduct, natural gas and petroleum 650   650   400   400   400  
Germany, byproduct:
Metallurgy 2,394 4 2,373 4 2,400 2,400 2,400
Natural gas and petroleum 1,514 4 1,445 4 1,400   1,400   1,400  
Total 3,908 4 3,818 4 3,800   3,800   3,800  
India:5
Byproduct:
Metallurgy (from fertilizer plants) 1,000 1,209 4 1,200 1,200 1,200
Natural gas and petroleum 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,500 1,500
Pyrites 30   30   30 30 30  
Total 2,630   2,840   2,830   2,730   2,730  
Iran, byproduct:                    
Metallurgy- 75 90 95 95 r 95
Natural gas and petroleum 1,575 4 2,000   2,100   2,100 r 2,100  
Total 1,650 4 2,090   2,200   2,200 r 2,200  
Italy, byproduct:
Metallurgy 90 90 90 90 90
Petroleum 650   650   650   650   650  
Total 740   740   740   740   740  
Japan, byproduct:
Metallurgy 1,450 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500
Petroleum 1,755 4 1,747 4 1,779 4 1,751 4 1,750
Total 3,205 4 3,247 4 3,279 4 3,251 4 3,250  
Kazakhstan, byproduct:
Metallurgy 300 300 300 320 320
Natural gas and petroleum 2,400   2,151 4 2,443 4 2,455 4 2,500  
Total 2,700   2,451 4 2,743 4 2,775 4 2,820  
Korea, Republic of, byproduct, natural gas and petroleum 1,200 1,350 1,400 1,400 1,400
Kuwait, byproduct, petroleum 825 900 r 850 800 850
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 11-Continued
SULFUR: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION IN ALL FORMS, BY COUNTRY AND SOURCE1, 2
(Thousand metric tons)
Country and source3   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015  
Mexico, byproduct:
Metallurgy 800 800 810 810 810
Natural gas and petroleum 636 4 592 4 620 4 603 4 600  
Total 1,440   1,390   1,430   1,410   1,410  
Netherlands, byproduct:
Metallurgy 115 115 115 115 115
Petroleum 400 400 400 400 400
Total 515   515   515   515   515  
Poland:6
Byproduct:
Metallurgy 250 250 250 250 250
Natural gas 24 25 24 24 24
Petroleum (oil refineries and coking plants) 235 4 260 4 259 260 260
All sources, unspecified 1 4 (7) 4 1 1 1
Frasch 657 4 677 4 526 4 605 4 600  
Total4 1,166   1,212   1,060   1,140   1,135  
Qatar, byproduct, natural gas 850   820   820   850   850  
Russia:
Byproduct:
Metallurgy 200 300 300 200 200
Natural gas 6,488 4 6,416 4 5,977 4 5,859 4 5,900
Petroleum 600 700 700 500 500
Native 69 4 69 4 123 4 120 120
Pyrites 200 200 200 180 180
Total 7,557 4 7,685 4 7,300 4 6,859 4 6,900  
Saudi Arabia, byproduct, all sources 4,579 4 4,092 4 3,900 4 4,400 4,900
United Arab Emirates, byproduct, natural gas and petroleum 1,885 4 1,900   2,000   2,400   2,400  
United States, byproduct:4
Metallurgy 720 586 616 587 646
Natural gas 1,140 1,040 1,020 1,000 982
Petroleum 7,090   7,370   7,570   8,040   7,910  
Total 8,950   9,000   9,210   9,630   9,540  
Uzbekistan, byproduct:
Metallurgy 170 170 175 170 170
Natural gas and petroleum 350 370 380 370 370
Total 520   540   555   540   540  
Venezuela, byproduct, natural gas and petroleum 800   800   800   700   700  
Other:
Byproduct:
Metallurgy 1,270 808 825 825 825
Natural gas, petroleum, oil sands, undifferentiated 247 444 312 r 320 r 300
Petroleum 1,180 1,180 1,100 1,120 r 1,120
All forms and sources, unspecified 707 r 791 r 914 r 1,020 r 1,120
Native and elemental 267 290 280 r 261 r 244
Pyrites 35 32 28 25 25
Total 3,710 r 3,540 r 3,460 r 3,570 r 3,630  
Grand total 69,900 r 69,800 r 68,000 r 69,100   69,500  
Of which:
Byproduct:
Metallurgy 12,600 r 12,300 r 12,500 r 12,300 r 12,300
Natural gas 8,500 8,300 7,840 7,730 7,760
Natural gas, petroleum, oil sands, undifferentiated 18,800 18,800 19,100 18,900 r 18,900
Petroleum 13,100 r 13,600 13,800 14,000 13,900
All forms and sources, unspecified 8,760 r 8,360 r 7,590 r 8,430 r 8,990
Frasch 657 677 526 605 600
Native and elemental 1,660 1,780 1,560 r 1,610 r 1,590
Pyrites 5,900 5,990 5,170 5,570 5,570
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 11-Continued
SULFUR: ESTIMATED WORLD PRODUCTION IN ALL FORMS, BY COUNTRY AND SOURCE1, 2
(Thousand metric tons)
eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero.
1Grand totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Includes data available through November 16, 2017.
3The term -source- reflects the means of collecting sulfur and the type of raw material. Sources listed include the following:-
Frasch recovery; native comprising all production of elemental sulfur by traditional mining methods (thereby excluding Frasch);-
pyrites (whether or not the sulfur is recovered in the elemental form or as acid); byproduct recovery, either as elemental sulfur-
or as sulfur compounds from coal gasification, metallurgical operations including associated coal processing, crude oil-
and natural gas extraction, petroleum refining, oil sand cleaning, and processing of spent oxide from stack-gas scrubbers;
and recovery from processing mined gypsum. Recovery of sulfur in the form of sulfuric acid from synthetic gypsum produced-
as a product of phosphatic fertilizer production is excluded, because to include it would result in double counting. Production of
Frasch sulfur, other native sulfur, pyrites-derived sulfur, mined gypsum derived sulfur, byproduct sulfur from extraction of-
crude oil and natural gas, and recovery from oil sands are all credited to the country of origin of the extracted raw materials.
In contrast, byproduct recovery from metallurgical operations, petroleum refineries, and spent oxides are credited to the nation-
where the recovery takes place, which is not the original source country of the crude product from which the sulfur is extracted.
4Reported figure.
5Data for fiscal year ending March 31 of the year stated.
6Government of Poland sources report total Frasch and native mined elemental sulfur output annually, undifferentiated;-
this figure has been divided between Frasch and other native sulfur on the basis of information obtained-
from supplementary sources.
7Less than - unit.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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