GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 



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tilizers of all kinds into the United States for the years 1903- 

 1906, inclusive: 



FERTILIZERS IMPORTED AND ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE 

 UNITED STATES, 1903-1906, IN LONG TONS. 



50. World's Production. In the following table will be found 

 a statement of the world's production of phosphate rock from 

 1903 to 1905, inclusive. 



WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF PHOSPHATE ROCK, 1903-1905, BY 

 COUNTRIES, IN METRIC TONS. 



1904 



1905 



Quantity Value 

 343,317 $1,325,104 



Quantity Value 

 334,784^1,225,126 



332,250 

 8,214 



2,115,647 



23,128 



202,480 



832 



72,905 

 423,521 



23,307 



193,305 



1,179 



332,292 

 8,425 



i,795 



1,102 



24,120 



5,968 



8,627 



1,260,137 



423 



99,519 0) 

 476,720 2,093,118 



(') 



2,522 33J6S 



Country Quantity Value 



Algeria 320,843 Ji, 238,454 



Aruba ( Dutch 



West Indies) 15, 749 (') 



Belgium 184, 1 20 



Canada 1,251 



Christmas Is- 

 land (Straits 



Settlements) 71,218 



France 475,783 



French Guiana 7,893 



Norway 



Redonda (Brit- 

 ish West In- 

 dies) 



Russia 14,635 



Spain 1,124 



Sweden 3,219 



Tunis 352,088 



United King- 

 dom 71 



United States. . 1,606,881 



1 Value not reported. 



2 Statistics not yet available. 



51. General Observations. The foregoing data show, as stated 

 in the report, that the output of phosphate rock in the United 



3,305 



2,929 



455,197 



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0) 

 252,263 



4,590 



1,909,859 

 19,564 



10,498 



6,279 

 1,582,165 



423 



1,370 

 ( 2 ) 



7,295 



1,812,493 



5,319,294 1,904,418 6,580,875 1,978,345 6,763,403 



