Table 6.--Sodium sulfate: world production (Thousand metric tons) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country1/ 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural: Argentina--------------------- 32 27 15 10 11 Canada------------------------ 371 342 331 327 347 Chilee/,2/-------------------- 5 12 16 10 10 Chinae/----------------------- 14 18 27 27 27 Egypt------------------------- 19 42 43 46 45 Iran-------------------------- 123 264 214 185 177 Mexico------------------------ 458 486 422 478 545 Netherlandse/----------------- 18 22 22 22 22 South Africa, Republic of----- (3/) (3/) (3/) (3/) (3/) Spain------------------------- 451 475 450 450 460 Turkeye/---------------------- 59 83 79 68 70 U.S.S.R.4/-------------------- 360 360 375 375 350 United States5/--------------- 359 346 361 340 349 --------------------------------------------------------- Total6/--------------------- 2,268 2,477 2,355 2,338 2,413 --------------------------------------------------------- Synthetic:2/ Austriae/--------------------- 55 109 118 120 120 Belgiume/--------------------- 265 260 255 255 250 Brazile/---------------------- 7 7 9 9 9 Chilee/,7/-------------------- 59 60 63 66 50 Finlande/--------------------- 35 35 35 33 33 France------------------------ 110 115 154 155 120 Germany, Federal Republic of: Eastern states-------------- 181 179 180 175 170 Western states-------------- 163 164 175 172 167 Greecee/---------------------- 8 7 7 6 6 Hungary----------------------- 8 9 9 9 9 Italye/----------------------- 75 80 127 130 130 Japan8/----------------------- 253 255 247 256 253 Netherlandse/----------------- 15 15 15 15 15 Pakistan---------------------- 1 1 1 1 1 Portugal---------------------- 52 55 54 55 55 Spain8/----------------------- 150 165 165 165 160 Sweden------------------------ 100 100 100 100 100 Turkey------------------------ 27 27 27 27 27 U.S.S.R.e/,4/----------------- 260 260 270 270 250 United Kingdome/-------------- 90 90 90 90 90 United States9/--------------- 404 379 382 345 316 Yugoslavia-------------------- 42 38 41 51 38 --------------------------------------------------------- Total6/-------------------- 2,360 2,410 2,524 2,505 2,369 --------------------------------------------------------- Grand total6/--------- 4,628 4,887 4,879 4,844 4,782 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e/Estimated. 1/In addition to the countries listed, China, Poland, Romania, and the United Kingdom are assumed to have manufactured sodium sulfate. Other unlisted countries may have produced this commodity, but production figures are not reported, and available general information is inadequate for the formulation of reliable estimates of output levels. 2/Natural mine output, excluding byproduct output from the nitrate industry, which is reported under "Manufactured." 3/Less than 1/2 unit. 4/Conjectural estimates based on 1968 information on natural sodium sulfate only. 5/Sold or used by producers. 6/Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 7/Byproduct of nitrate industry, natural sodium sulfate and anhydrous sodium sulfate. 8/Derived approximate figure--difference between reported total sodium sulfate production (natural and manufactured, undifferentiated) and reported quantity of natural sodium sulfate sold or used by producers. 9/Quantities of manufactured sodium sulfate credited to Spain are reported in official sources in such a way as to indicate that they are in addition to the quantities reported as mined (reported in this table under "Natural"), but some duplication may exist.