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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||||
| SALIENT ASBESTOS STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||
| United States: | ||||||||||||
| Exports and reexports: | ||||||||||||
| Unmanufactured: | ||||||||||||
| Quantity2 | -metric tons | 169 | 47 | 27 | 279 | 517 | ||||||
| Value3 | thousands | $207 | $69 | $48 | $54 | $116 | ||||||
| Asbestos products, value3 | do. | $27,000 | $26,400 | $33,300 | r | $29,800 | r | $26,000 | ||||
| Imports for consumption, unmanufactured: | ||||||||||||
| Quantity | -metric tons | 1,180 | 1,610 | 772 | 406 | 343 | ||||||
| Value4 | thousands | $1,100 | $2,520 | $1,160 | $741 | $612 | ||||||
| Consumption, apparente | -metric tons | 1,180 | 1,020 | 772 | 406 | 343 | ||||||
| World, production | do. | 2,000,000 | r | 2,020,000 | 2,050,000 | 2,030,000 | r | 2,030,000 | e | |||
| eEstimated. rRevised. do. Ditto.- | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||||
| 2Includes exports of crudes, fibers, stucco, sand, and refuse. May also include reexports and nonasbestos materials. Asbestos- | ||||||||||||
| is no longer mined in the United States. | ||||||||||||
| 3Free alongside ship value; unmanufactured exports include crudes, fibers, stucco, sand, and refuse. May also include reexports- | ||||||||||||
| and nonasbestos material. | ||||||||||||
| 4U.S. customs declared value. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
