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Add some stats?

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Here are some stats. I don't know if/where appropriate to add. Do with them as you will.

https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2022/mcs2022-phosphate.pdf

Salient Statistics United States:
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Production, marketable 27,900 25,800 23,300 23,500 22,000
Sold or used by producers 26,300 23,300 23,400 22,600 23,000
Imports for consumption 2,470 2,770 2,140 2,520 2,400
Consumption, apparent1 28,800 26,000 25,500 25,100 25,000
Price, average value, f.o.b. mine,2 dollars per ton 73.67 70.77 67.98 75.86 75.00
Stocks, producer, yearend 8,440 10,600 9,830 11,000 10,000
Employment, mine and beneficiation plant, numbere 1,800 1,900 1,900 1,800 1,900
Net import reliance3 as a percentage of apparent consumption 5 2 11 5 13

Mousecalledgerald (talk) 01:49, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]