Country 
* Poultry-and Fertilizer- 
                                    Total 
 stable-grade  grade 
Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value 
(short (thou- (short (thou- (short (thou- 
 tons) sands) tons) sands) tons) sands) 
 
25,174 
$3,559 
451,612 
51 
$54,207 
4 
 476,786 $57,766 51 4 
 
107 
30 
 
 
107 
30 
16 
2 
110 
6 
126 
8 
73 
15 
245 
27 
318 
42 
 TotaL 25,370 3,606 452,018 54,244 477,388 57,850 
 
' Includes China, Denmark, Finland, France, Guatemala, Ireland, Japati, Kiribati,
Morocco, New Caledonia, Panama, 
Sweden, the U.S.S.R., and the United Kingdom. 
 
Source: Bureau of the Census. 
 
 
 
Table 10.—U.S. imports for consumption of peat moss in 1985, by
customs
district 
Source: Bureau of the Census. 
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MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1985 
 
Table 9.—U.S. Imports for consumption of peat moss in 1985, by
country

Canada                              
Germany,Federal Republic of_______________ 
Mexico                                 
Netherlands____________________________ 
Other'                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Poultry- and stable-grade 
 
Fertilizer- 
grade 
T ~ 
° 
i 
~ 
Cla5tC)flTh di5tflCt 
Quantity Value 
(short (thou- 
 tons) sands) 
Quantity Value 
(short (thou- 
 tons) sands) 
Quantity 
(short 
tons) 
Value 
(thou- 
sands) 
Boston,MA                            
Buffalo,NY2                           
Chicago,IL                            
Detroit,N12                            
Duluth,MN2                           
GreatFslls,MT2                         
 36 $2 15,860 2,474 25 2 8,712 992 —— ——
-- -- 
 —— —— 13,417 $1,676 ——
——
39,882 4,787 1,110 160 53,976 8,488 
36 
29,277 
25 
48,594 
1,110 
53,976 
$2 
4,151 
2 
5,778 
160 
8,488 
Houston,TX                           
Laredo,'l'X                            
LosAngeles,CA                          
NewOrleans,LA2                         
NewYork,NY                          
Norfolk, VA2                           
Ogdensburg,NY2                          
Pembina,ND                            
Pbiladelphia,PA2                        
Portland,ME2                            
St. Albans, VT2                         
SanFrancisco,CA_                       
SanJuan,PR2                          
Seattle, WA2                           
Virginlslands                          
 
Total'                             
 24 3 108 30 -- -- -- -- 10 6 16 2 262 33 22 2 —— ——
129 22 22 6 -- -- 34 7 91 21 19 5 
 -- -- —— 34 3 20 4 127 9 44 6 169,122 16,974 93,866
12,143 121
21 34,074 3,750 27,648 3,037 84 12 
 18,493 3,175 -- -- 
24 
 
108 
 
34 
 
20 
 
137 
 
60 
 
169,384 
 
93,888 
 
121 
 
34,203 
 
27,670 
 
84 
 
34 
 
18,584 
 
19 
3 
 
30 
 
3 
 
4 
 
15 
 
8 
 
17,006 
 
12,145 
 
21 
 
3,772 
 
3,043 
 
12 
 
7 
 
3,197 
 
5 
 
 25,370 3,606 
 452,018 54,244 
477,388 
57,850 
' Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 2Predoininantly
of Canadian origin. 
 
 
 
 
 China.—An exploration team from the 
Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered deposits in central China containing
an estimated 7 billion cubic meters of peat. Production from these deposits
was expected to be used as fertilizer and fuöl. The deposits were
located
on the Qingzang plateau at the juncture of the Gansu Quinghai, and Sichuan
Provinces.2 
 Finland.—Vapo Oy, a Finnish company specializing in peat production
and development worldwide, purchased Peatrex Ltd., 
a peat producing company in Minnesota. Vapo Oy supplied machinery and technical
expertise to peat projects in Africa, Finland, Southeast Asia, Sweden, and
Western Europe.~ 
 Kemira Oy, a state-owned company, planned to build a new 80,000-ton-per-year
ammonia plant that would use peat for feedstock. The plant was to be located
at Oulu and employ over 250 people in the production and handling of the
peat.4