Table 8.--U.S. historical salient magnesium compounds statistics
                                 (Thousand metric tons)
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                                                                     Net import reliance
Year       Production        Imports        Exports       Apparent     as a percent of
                                                       consumption  apparent consumption
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1954-----         570             39             NA             NA                    NA
1955-----         821             58             NA             NA                    NA
1956-----         927             56             NA             NA                    NA
1957-----         936             44             NA             NA                    NA
1958-----         728             45             29            744                     2
1959-----         893             85             47            931                     4
1960-----         873             65             50            888                     2
1961-----         957             31             67            921                  (1/)
1962-----         902             58             39            921                     2
1963-----       1,002             53             42          1,013                     1
1964-----       1,070             38             43          1,065                  (1/)
1965-----       1,108             76             42          1,142                     3
1966-----       1,123            102             44          1,181                     5
1967-----         955             70             39            986                     3
1968-----         943             72             35            980                     4
1969-----       1,007             62             35          1,034                     3
1970-----         933             76             54            955                     2
1971-----         797             77             33            841                     5
1972-----         860             79             33            906                     5
1973-----         871             93             33            931                     6
1974-----         862             90             34            918                     6
1975-----         792             89             50            831                     5
1976-----         839             52             45            846                     1
1977-----         836             45             48            833                  (1/)
1978-----         871             52             59            864                  (1/)
1979-----         909             54             55            908                  (1/)
1980-----         727             46             59            714                  (1/)
1981-----         690             50             32            708                     3
1982-----         512             39             20            531                     4
1983-----         567             61             15            613                     8
1984-----         574            115             27            662                    13
1985-----         420            134             25            529                    21
1986-----         412            160             25            547                    25
1987-----         464            164             20            608                    24
1988-----         573            198             34            737                    22
1989-----         513            171             26            658                    22
1990-----         499            147             59            587                    15
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NA  Not available.
1/Net exporter.