Quicklime And Hydrated Lime, Including Dead-Burned Dolomite: World Production, By Country

TABLE 8
QUICKLIME AND HYDRATED LIME, INCLUDING DEAD-BURNED DOLOMITE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons)

Country³	2010		2011		2012		2013		2014^e
Australia, sales^e	2,200		2,200		2,200		2,100		2,000
Austria	734		801		768	^r	764	^r	760
Belgium⁴	1,439	^r	1,509	^r	1,427	^r	1,404	^r	1,400
Bosnia and Herzegovina	339		489		398		387	^r	410
Brazil	7,761		8,235		8,300		8,350		8,300
Bulgaria	1,309		1,495		1,425		1,400		1,500
Canada	1,863	^r	1,937	^r	1,965	^r	1,856	^r	1,945	^{p, 5}
Chile^e	890		860		970		950		900
China^e	190,000		200,000		220,000		230,000		230,000
Croatia	330		271		207	^r	185	^r	205	⁵
Czech Republic^e	1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000
Egypt^e	800		800		800		800		790
Finland^e	460		460	^r	450	^r	450	^r	460
France	3,800		3,900		3,900		3,900		3,900
Germany	6,856		7,113		6,672		6,883	^r	6,900
Hungary	260		250		230		249	^r	272	⁵
India^e	14,000		15,000		15,000		16,000		16,000
Iran^e	2,700		2,800		2,800		2,800		2,800
Ireland^e	220		300		300		300		310
Israel	658		715		770	^r	300	^r	310
Italy^{e, 4}	5,800	^r	5,800	^r	5,800	^r	3,640	^r	3,600
Jamaica^e	300		300		300		300		290
Japan, quicklime only	8,547		8,005		7,581		7,619	^r	7,911	⁵
Kazakhstan	887	^r	960	^r	908	^r	869	^r	870
Korea, Republic of^e	4,400	^r	5,100	^r	5,200	^r	5,000	^r	5,100
Malaysia, sales^e	1,000		1,000		1,100		1,100		1,400
Peru^e	220		220		220		230		240
Poland	1,799		2,036		1,779		1,665		1,700
Romania	1,703	^r	1,679	^r	1,708	^r	1,698	^r	1,700
Russia^e	9,500	⁵	10,100	⁵	10,800	^r	10,902		11,000
Serbia	239		274		239	^r	279	^{r, e}	320
Slovakia	986		971		903	^r	813	^r	820
Slovenia^e	100	^r	100	^r	100	^r	100	^r	100
South Africa, burnt lime sales	1,292		1,539		1,209		1,187	^r	1,200
Spain, sales^e	1,900		1,900		1,800		1,900		1,900
Sweden^e	700		700		700		700		700
Taiwan⁶	322	^r	318	^r	287	^r	282	^r	261	³
Thailand, sales^e	800		800		800		800		800
Tunisia	343	^r	282	^r	340		293	^r	300
Turkey, sales^{e, 7}	4,300		4,300		4,500		4,500		4,400
Ukraine	4,220	^r	4,487	^r	4,415	^r	3,892	^r	3,700
United Arab Emirates^e	170		340		400		450		430
United Kingdom^e	1,500		1,500		1,500		1,500		1,500
United States, including Puerto Rico	18,300		19,100		18,800		19,200		19,500	⁵
Venezuela^e	400		400		400		400		360
Vietnam^e	1,454	⁵	850	^r	850	^r	850	^r	850
Other^{e, 8}	1,700	^r	1,600	^r	1,900	^r	2,000	^r	2,100
Grand total	310,000	^r	320,000		340,000		350,000		360,000
^eEstimated. ^pPreliminary. ^rRevised.-
¹Totals (grand and -other-) and estimated data are rounded to no more than two significant digits, except for U.S. production, which is-
rounded to no more than three significant digits. Data may not add to totals shown.
²Includes data available through October 29, 2015.
³In addition to the countries listed, Argentina, Chad, Iraq, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and
several other nations produce lime, but output data are not reported; available general information is inadequate to formulate
reliable estimates of output levels.
⁴Includes hydraulic lime.
⁵Reported figure.
TABLE 8-Continued
QUICKLIME AND HYDRATED LIME, INCLUDING DEAD-BURNED DOLOMITE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons)

⁶Source: Taiwan Department of Statistics, Ministry of Economic Affairs.
⁷Production estimate based on sales only; data may be incomplete.
⁸Includes Algeria, Azerbaijan (construction only), Belarus, Congo (Kinshasa), Cuba, Cyprus (hydrated), Denmark (sales), Eritrea,-
Ethiopia, Guatemala, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Macedonia, Malawi, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro,
New Zealand (sales), Nicargua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Senegal, Switzerland, Tanzania,-
Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uruguay, and Zambia.