Salient Vermiculite Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT VERMICULITE STATISTICS¹

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified)

		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015
United States:
Production, concentrate^{e, 2, 3}		100		100		100		100		100
Exfoliated:^e
Quantity		62		59		64		63		65
Value^e		42,100		45,400		50,100		51,700		50,100
Average value^e	dollars per metric ton	673		766		779		823		771
Exports^{e, 4}		2		2		2		3		2
Imports for consumption⁴		53		57		36		43		21
World, production		394	^r	370	^r	378	^r	395	^r	410	^e
^eEstimated. ^rRevised.-
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits unless otherwise specified.
²Sold or used by producers.
³Rounded to the nearest 100,000 metric tons to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
⁴Source: JOC Group Inc., 2016, PIERS: Newark, NJ, JOC Group Inc. (Accessed April 7, 2016, via
http://i.piers.com/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/app/Default.aspx.)