TABLE 1 | ||||||||||||||
ESTIMATED SALIENT INDUSTRIAL GARNET STATISTICS 1 | ||||||||||||||
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||||
United States: | ||||||||||||||
Crude production: | ||||||||||||||
Quantity | metric tons | 30,700 | r | 31,300 | r | 38,700 | r | 51,600 | r | 44,200 | ||||
Value | thousands | $4,320 | r | $4,670 | r | $5,920 | r | $7,500 | r | $6,540 | ||||
Refined garnet production: | ||||||||||||||
Quantity | metric tons | 23,700 | r | 23,300 | r | 29,100 | r | 40,200 | r | 34,700 | ||||
Value | thousands | $6,730 | r | $6,420 | r | $8,220 | r | $11,600 | r | $9,860 | ||||
Exports: | ||||||||||||||
Quantity | metric tons | 11,700 | 14,500 | 14,600 | 14,400 | 15,400 | ||||||||
Value | thousands | $14,400 | $14,100 | $14,700 | $16,000 | $12,800 | ||||||||
Imports for consumption: | ||||||||||||||
Quantity | metric tons | 79,700 | 116,000 | 166,000 | 148,000 | 213,000 | ||||||||
Value | thousands | $20,800 | $24,500 | $34,500 | $34,000 | $44,600 | ||||||||
Apparent consumption2 | ||||||||||||||
Quantity | metric tons | 98,700 | r | 133,000 | r | 190,000 | r | 185,000 | r | 242,000 | ||||
Value | thousands | $10,800 | r | $15,000 | r | $25,800 | r | $25,500 | r | $38,400 | ||||
World, production | metric tons | 1,410,000 | 1,660,000 | 1,670,000 | 1,660,000 | 1,660,000 | ||||||||
rRevised. | ||||||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||||||
2Domestic crude production plus imports minus exports. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices