TABLE 2
PRODUCTION, SALES, AND INVENTORY OF U.S. PRODUCED POTASH, BY TYPE AND GRADE
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)


Type and grade


January-June:
Muriate of potash, 60% K20
mmsnumn:
Standard
Coase
Granular
Chemical
Potassium sufate
Otier potassium salta'
Total'
July-December.
Muriate of potash, 60% K20
minimum:


Production                               Sold or used                   
 Stocks, end of 6-monh period
Gros weight    K20 equivalent  Gros weight    K20 equivalent       Vahlu
e        Gros weight   K20 equivalent
1992    1993   1992    1993    1992    1993   1992    1993     1992     
 1993    1992   1993    1992    1993


340    274    '207    168     351    267    214     163   '28,414    21,059
   97     99     59
92     62      57     38     123     98     75      60    '9,671     7,255
   33      9     20
642    525     391    319    722     621    439     377   '59,063    46,826
  132     79     80
9      7       5      4      9       7      5       4        W         W
     1      2      1
246    282     125    143     305    286    154     145   '50,293    47,642
   56     63     29
398    419     106    114    497     506    129     137        W        
W    143    148     31
1,728  1,569    891     787  2,007   1,786  1,016    887  '192,199    166,642
  462   399    220


Standard                         324    272     198    167     320    227
    195    139     26,700    18,384    98    144     60
Coarse                           101     89      62     54      90     84
     54     51     '7,426     6,774    45     14     28
Granular                         533    410     323    249     492    313
    299    191    '41,507    25,313   175    175    106
Chemical                           7      6       4      4       7      7
     4       4        W         W       1      1      1
Potasium sulfate                 232    213     118    108     221    196
    113    100    '37,591    33,136    68     80     34
Other potassium sak'             416    508     109    137     331    418
     85    113        W         W     228    238    5S
Total                       1,613   1,498    814    719   1,460  1,246  
 750     597    142,206   119,358   616    652    283
Grand total'                3,341  3,067   1,705  1,506   3,467  3,031  
1,766  1,484   334,406    286,001   XX     XX     XX


60
S
48
1
32
37
183


88
8
106
1
40
62
305
XX


Estimated. Revised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietaiy data;
included in 'Total.' XX Not applicable.
'F.o.b. mine.
'Includes soluble muriate, manure sahs, and potassium magnesium sulfate.
3Data may not add to totals shown because of independentrounding.
TABLE 3
PRODUCTION AND SALES OF POTASH IN NEW MEXICO
(Tousand metric tons and thousand dollars)
Crude salts'                                 Marketable potassium salts
Period                             (mine production)                Production
                        Sold or used
Gross        K2O             Gross        K2O             Gross        K20
             u *2
weight     equivalent        weight     equivalent        weight     equivalent
       aue
1992:
January-June                               8,247       1,095            1,439
        731            1,658         826         145,578
July-December                              7,792         949            1,345
        663            1,212         610         111,042
Total'                                 16,039       2,044           2,783
       1,395            2,869       1,436         256,620
1993:
January-June                               6,323         794            1,292
        637            1,488         725         125,753
July-December                              6,640         822            1,254
        581            1,010         465          90,105
Total3                                 12,963       1,616            2,546
      1,218            2,497       1,190         215,858
Tstimzted.
'Sylvinite and ngbeinite.
2F.o.b. mine.
'Data may not add to totals shown because of independentrounding.


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