TABLE 1 | |||||||||||
SALIENT U.S. CLAY STATISTICS1, 2 | |||||||||||
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||||||
Domestic clays sold or used by producers: | |||||||||||
Quantity | 24,500 | 25,600 | 25,700 | 25,900 | r | 24,000 | |||||
Value | 1,330,000 | 1,480,000 | 1,540,000 | 1,560,000 | r | 1,510,000 | |||||
Exports: | |||||||||||
Quantity | 3,830 | 4,360 | 4,240 | 4,270 | r | 4,140 | |||||
Value | 702,000 | 862,000 | 988,000 | 870,000 | r | 892,000 | |||||
Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||
Quantity | 325 | 555 | 593 | 524 | 523 | ||||||
Value | 104,000 | 81,200 | 97,400 | 108,000 | 106,000 | ||||||
rRevised. | |||||||||||
1Does not include Puerto Rico. | |||||||||||
2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices