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TABLE 1 | |||||||||||
SALIENT BAUXITE STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||
(Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||||||
United States: | |||||||||||
Exports, as shipped: | |||||||||||
Crude and dried | 21 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
Calcined | 19 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 7 | ||||||
Imports for consumption, as shipped: | |||||||||||
Crude and dried | 8,120 | 9,540 | 10,300 | 9,830 | 10,800 | ||||||
Calcined | 690 | 353 | 406 | 582 | r | 601 | |||||
Consumption, dry equivalent | 8,180 | 8,820 | 9,560 | 10,200 | 9,780 | ||||||
World, production | 240,000 | r | 260,000 | r | 259,000 | r | 282,000 | r | 245,000 | e | |
eEstimated. rRevised. | |||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.-- |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices