PHOSPHATE ROCK,  WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
	Gross weight (thousand metric tons)					P2O5 content (thousand metric tons)
Commodity and country3	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Phosphate rock:
Albaniae	1	1	--	--	--	(4)	(4)	--	--	--
Algeria	939	740	905	1 014	878	280	230	280	300	260
Australia	1 893	2 025	2 285	2 014	2 050	438	482	545	490	550
Brazil, concentrate	4 805	5 084	5 584	6 074	6 100	1 708	1 831	2 005	2 181	2 200
Burkina Faso	1	2	2	2	2	(4)	1	1	1	1
Canadae	800	1 000	1 000	1 000	1 000	300	380	380	380	380
Chile	19	20	21	21	21	5	5	5	5	5
Chinae	21 000	23 000	25 200	25 500	30 400	6 300	6 900	7 550	7 650	9 130
Christmas Islande	568	500	500	655	685	190	167	167	210	220
Colombiae	43	43	43	43	43	8	8	8	8	8
Egypt, beneficiated	972	1 550	2 183	2 219	2 730	293	434	630	650	800
Finlande	750	800	800	840	825	277	290	290	306	301
Indiae	1 200	1 250	1 175	1 180	1 200	355	370	345	349	355
Indonesiae	1	1	1	1	1	(4)	(4)	(4)	(4)	(4)
Iran	213	303	194	230	250	26	36	23	28	30
Iraq, beneficiatede	300	300	30	3	3	100	100	10	1	1
Israel	3 511	3 476	3 208	2 947	2 900	1 115	1 110	1 020	900	880
Jordan	5 843	7 179	6 763	6 223	6 230	1 928	2 340	2 230	2 050	2 060
Kazakhstan	97	137	169	230	230	28	40	38	52	52
Korea, Northe	350	300	300	300	300	105	95	95	95	95
Mexico	787	5	6	(4)	--	236	1	2	(4)	--
Morocco6	21 983	23 041	22 877	25 369	25 200	7 400	7 700	7 400	8 500	8 300
Naurue	266	150	84	22	11	100	55	26	7	3
Pakistane	11	11	11	11	11	2	2	2	2	2
Peru	16	16	32	38	38	5	6	12	14	14
Philippinese	450	400	400	400	400	148	135	135	135	135
Russiae	10 500	10 700	11 000	11 000	11 000	3 900	4 000	4 000	4 000	4 000
Senegal	1 708	1 551	1 765	1 754	1 520	615	554	630	626	543
South Africa	2 420	2 803	2 643	2 735	2 577	995	1 086	1 030	1 067	1 000
Sri Lanka	35	39	41	42	43	12	13	14	14	15
Syria	2 043	2 483	2 414	2 883	3 500	613	745	725	870	1 050
Tanzania	4	1	4	7	7	1	(4)	1	2	2
Thailand	2	4	14	3	3	1	1	4	1	1
Togo	1 067	1 271	1 471	1 115	1 215	380	460	530	418	368
Tunisia, washede	8 144	7 461	7 890	7 954	8 000	2 440	2 200	2 300	2 400	2 400
United States	31 900	36 100	35 000	35 800	36 300	9 230	10 700	10 600	10 400	10 500
Uzbekistane	200	425	430	430	430	47	101	102	102	102
Venezuelae	399	390	260	250	250	114	111	75	70	67
Vietname	677	680	823	800	820	225	204	247	240	246
Zimbabwe, concentrate	87	108	95	83	50	28	39	31	27	16
Total	126 000	135 000	138 000	141 000	147 000	40 000	42 900	43 500	44 600	46 100
eEstimated.  rRevised.   -- Zero.
1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Table includes data available through May 3, 2006.  Data for major phosphate rock-producing countries derived in part from the International Fertilizer Industry
Association; other figures are from official country sources where available.
3Phosphate rock may be produced in Nigeria, but information is inadequate to estimate output.
4Less than ½ unit.
5Reported figure.
6Includes production from Western Sahara.