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| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||
| SALIENT BROMINE STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||
| (Metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||
| United States: | ||||||||||
| Bromine sold or used:2 | ||||||||||
| Quantity | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Value | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| Exports:3 | ||||||||||
| Quantity (Br equivalent) | 7,950 | r | 6,800 | r | 6,400 | r | 7,860 | r | 7,400 | |
| Value | 21,400 | r | 18,100 | r | 24,700 | r | 23,200 | r | 27,600 | |
| Imports for consumption:4, 5 | ||||||||||
| Quantity (Br equivalent) | 45,400 | 47,500 | r | 53,600 | 36,700 | r | 59,800 | |||
| Value | 91,900 | r | 107,000 | r | 121,000 | 88,800 | r | 123,000 | ||
| Apparent consumption | W | W | W | W | W | |||||
| World, productione, 6 | 371,000 | 389,000 | 370,000 | 416,000 | r | 441,000 | ||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||
| 2Elemental bromine sold as such to nonproducers, including exports, or used by primary U.S. producers- | ||||||||||
| in preparing bromine compounds. | ||||||||||
| 3Export values are free alongside ship. | ||||||||||
| 4Source: U.S. Census Bureau and PIERS. | ||||||||||
| 5Import values are cost, insurance, and freight. | ||||||||||
| 6Does not include U.S. production. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
