Salient Talc And Pyrophyllite Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT TALC AND PYROPHYLLITE STATISTICS¹

-(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)

	2011		2012		2013		2014		2015
United States:
Mine production, crude:
Quantity:
Talc	616		515		542		608	^r	687
Pyrophyllite	W		W		W		W		W
Value:
Talc	21,800		17,100		20,800		16,700	^{r, e}	19,400	^e
Pyrophyllite	W		W		W		W		W
Sold by producers, processed:
Quantity:
Talc	567		575		560		551	^r	552
Pyrophyllite	W		W		W		W		W
Value:
Talc	87,700		87,200		91,300		94,000	^{r, e}	93,400	^e
Pyrophyllite	W		W		W		W		W
Exports, talc:²
Quantity	223		270		196		190	^r	206
Value	52,700		56,800		56,900		55,500	^r	59,400
Imports for consumption, talc:²
Quantity	285		350		275		308	^r	322
Value	77,100		109,000		111,000		102,000		109,000
Apparent consumption³	678		595		621		726	^r	803
World, production	7,780	^r	7,830	^r	8,550	^r	8,370	^r	8,430	^e
^eEstimated. ^rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.--
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²Excludes powder-talcum (in packages), face, and compact.
³Mine production plus imports minus exports. Company stockpiles were not considered because data were unavailable.