TABLE 9
FLUORSPAR: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY'
(Metric tons)


Country2 and grade3


Argentina


Brazil (marketable):


Acid grade
Metallurgical grade


Total
Canada: Acid grade
China:


Acid grade
Metallurgical grade


Total
Czech Republic'
Czechoslovakia'
Egypt
France:


Acid and ceramic grades
Metallurgical grade


Total
Germany:
Eastern states
Western states (marketable)
Total
Greece
India:


Acid grade
Metallurgical grade


Total


Italy:
Acid grade
Metallurgical grade
Total
Kazakhstand
Kenya: Acid grade
Korea, North: Metallurgical grade
Korea, Republic of: Metallurgical grade
Mexico:.
Acid grade


Ceramic grade
Metallurgical grade
Submetallurgical grade'


Total
Mongolia:
Acid grade
Other grades'
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1989          1990          1991
23,317       r23,727        r28,925
56,973        47,724        52,415
38,550        22,659        28,898
95,523        70,383         81,313
'50,794       '21,400           -
'700,000      '700,000      '700,000
r1, 000000    '1,000,000    V1 000,000
1,700,000     1,700,000    '1,700,000
68,910        46,966        *40,000
1,721         1,249         1,790
158,000        145,000     r 150,000
62,000      r f113,000    r"50,000
1220,000      '258,000     r "200,000
'93,762       '61,830           -
74,500       '85,300            -
'168,262     re147,130     r"f76,515
450            r_
10,300        10,399         9,700
12,589        13,042        14,439
22,889        23,441         24,139
'6,000         4,767        12,260
66,600        81,822         60,650
59,679       '40,661         37,868
126,279      r122,483        98,518
95,181       112,295        77,402
40,000        40,000        41,000
856           560           290
'524,000      r428,000      '277,000
27,000        11,000            -
225,000       192,000        90,000
'3,000        '3,000         '3,000
779,000       634,000       370,000


115,000       119,000        120,000
586,000        495,000       250,000
701,000        614,000       370,000


1992          1993f
'23,157        20,000
r"54,000        52,000
" 32,000        29,000
'86,000         81,000
r700,000       800,000
rl 200,000     1,300,000
r',900,000     2,100,000
-          20,000
'40,000
*1,700         1,700
1 18,000       100,000
r15,000        25,000
r133,000       125,000
r53,051        50,000
'10,000        10,500
*15,000         9,500
'25,000        20,000
r9,182        10,000
r"35,000        50,000
'25,000        25,000
r 60,000        75,000
'100,000        90,000
80,630        78,725
41,000        41,000
'70           100
'220,000       250,000
r87,000       117,000
'3,000         3,000
'310 000       370,000
'97,100        80,000
*180,000       100,000
*277,100       180,000


See footnotes at end of table.


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