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Feldspar
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Tonnes £ thousand
Feldspar
Production
China stone 3 645 2 995 1 896 2 865 2 274
Imports
Feldspar 25 743 18 361 33 196 25 764 31 601 1 436 1 194 905 1 708 2 075
Nepheline-syenite (a) 50 363 57 268 53 692 52 453 49 731 ... 4 142 4 627 4 465 4 204
Exports
Feldspar 101 93 209 801 261 25 20 36 204 117
Nepheline-syenite 36 54 82 52 45 15 16 31 28 21
(a) Exports from Canada and Norway.
Fireclay
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Tonnes £ thousand
Fireclay
Production
Fireclay (a) 595 000 459 000 491 000 528 000 402 000
Imports
Fireclay 220 260 111 67 199 89 459 197 405 108
Fireclay bricks etc 1 309 3 315 3 262 6 212 5 459 834 1 385 1 163 2 352 2 593
Refractory hollow-ware 2 227 1 860 996 880 1 326 2 038 2 725 2 234 2 016 1 917
Exports
Fireclay 525 611 439 83 96 471 250 175 29 49
Fireclay bricks etc 2 252 1 956 2 312 2 170 1 985 1 482 1 751 2 157 2 765 2 937
Refractory hollow-ware 4 380 2 944 3 055 4 335 4 376 11 681 13 537 9 754 12 801 13 061
(a) Great Britain only. There is a small, undisclosed production in Northern Ireland.
great britain production of fireclay by end-use and area of origin 2004
Area of origin Refractory Bricks, pipes Other uses Total
purposes and tiles
Northumberland … … … 88
Tyne and Wear … … … 7
Durham … … … 3
North east … … … 98
West Yorkshire … … … …
South Yorkshire … … … 6
yorkshire and the humber … … … …
Leicestershire … … … …
east Midlands … … … …
Shropshire … … … 60
Staffordshire … … … 25
West Midlands … … … 86
england … … … 338
Wales … … … 30
scotland … … … 35
great britain … … … 402
Source: Office for National Statistics.
Thousand tonnes
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