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| TABLE- 1 | |||||||||||
| SALIENT PHOSPHATE ROCK STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||
| Mine production (crude ore) | 106,000 | 129,000 | 150,000 | 139,000 | 112,000 | ||||||
| Marketable production: | |||||||||||
| Quantity: | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 25,800 | 28,100 | 30,100 | 31,200 | 25,300 | ||||||
| P2O5 content | 7,400 | 8,160 | 8,590 | 8,930 | 7,110 | ||||||
| Value | 1,980,000 | 2,720,000 | 3,080,000 | 2,850,000 | 1,990,000 | ||||||
| Value, average2 | 76.69 | 96.64 | 102.54 | 91.11 | 78.59 | ||||||
| Used by producers: | |||||||||||
| Quantity: | |||||||||||
| Gross weight | 28,100 | 28,600 | 27,300 | 28,800 | 26,700 | ||||||
| P2O5 content | 8,000 | 8,320 | 7,720 | 8,200 | 7,540 | ||||||
| Value | 2,210,000 | 2,850,000 | 2,620,000 | 2,610,000 | 2,150,000 | ||||||
| Value, average | 78.50 | 99.61 | 96.12 | 90.72 | 80.31 | ||||||
| Imports for consumption:3 | |||||||||||
| Quantity, gross weight | 2,780 | r | 3,750 | r | 3,570 | 3,170 | 2,390 | ||||
| Value, cost, insurance, and freight | 235,000 | r | 477,000 | r | 481,000 | 382,000 | 238,000 | ||||
| Value, average | 84.55 | r | 127.36 | r | 134.67 | 120.73 | r | 99.75 | |||
| Consumption, apparent, gross weight4 | 30,900 | r | 32,400 | r | 30,900 | r | 31,900 | r | 29,100 | ||
| Stocks, December 31, producers | 5,620 | 4,580 | 6,700 | 9,000 | 5,880 | ||||||
| World, production, gross weight | 183,000 | r | 200,000 | r | 215,000 | r | 226,000 | r, e | 218,000 | e | |
| eEstimated. rRevised.- | |||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except average values per metric ton. | |||||||||||
| 2Average value based on the used-by-producer values. | |||||||||||
| 3Source: U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||||
| 4Expressed as used by producer plus imports. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
