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| TABLE 9 | ||||||||
| U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF PHOSPHATE ROCK AND PHOSPHATIC | ||||||||
| MATERIALS1 | ||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | |||||||
| Phosphatic materials | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | ||||
| Phosphate rock: | ||||||||
| Unground | 2,690 | 325,000 | r | 2,120 | 193,000 | |||
| Ground | 476 | 57,500 | r | 268 | 45,400 | |||
| Total | 3,170 | 382,000 | 2,390 | 238,000 | ||||
| Dicalcium phosphate | 10 | 18,200 | 11 | 13,800 | ||||
| Elemental phosphorus | 15 | 54,000 | 16 | 59,400 | ||||
| Normal superphosphate | 1 | 460 | 3 | 1,070 | ||||
| Triple superphosphate | 236 | 105,000 | 432 | 180,000 | ||||
| Diammonium phosphate | 142 | 74,600 | 404 | 198,000 | ||||
| Monoammonium phosphate | 669 | 342,000 | 959 | 467,000 | ||||
| Fertilizer containing nitrates and phosphates | 10 | 1,270 | 21 | 11,900 | ||||
| Phosphoric acid | 2 | 548 | 1 | 263 | ||||
| rRevised. | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||
| 2Declared cost, insurance, freight values. | ||||||||
| Sources: U.S. Census Bureau. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
