TABLE 1
ECUADOR:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity				1999		2000		2001		2002		2003	e
METALS
Cadmium, mine output, Cd contente		kilograms		200		200		200		200		200
Copper, mine output, Cu contente				100		100		100		100		100
Gold, mine output, Au content		kilograms		2,026		2,871		3,005		2,750		3,020
Steel, crude and semimanufactures				53,000		58,483		59,732	r	68,743	r	79,800
Lead, mine output, Pb contente				200		200		200		220		220
Silver, mine output, Ag contente		kilograms		2,000		2,000		2,000		96	2	100
Zinc, mine output, Zn contente				100		100		100		100		100
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Barite				2,532		1,476		1,181		1,180	e	1,180
Cement, hydraulic		thousand tons		2,300		2,800		2,920		3,000	e	3,100
Clays:4
Common		do.		413		325		345		382		420
Kaolin				20,652		11,022		703		8,483		9,330
Feldspar				33,142		47,041		60,688		31,254		34,400
Gypsum, crude				1,456		1,043		834		4,730		5,200
Salt, commone				95,000		90,000		90,000		90,000		90,000
Sand:
Silica				21,978		27,522		34,718		40,880		45,000
Ferruginouse				9,950		9,950		9,900		9,000		9,000
Stone and sand and gravel:
Limestone4		thousand tons		2,865		3,147		4,079		6,699		6,280
Marble				2,508		1,680		1,344		265		292
Pozzolan				13,978		27,687		373,023	r	519,090	r	571,000
Pumice		thousand tons		275		345		373		130		144
Sand and gravel		thousand cubic meters		2,459	r	2,596	r	3,414	r	4,467	r	4,910
Sulfur:e
Native				4,000		4,000		4,000		4,000		4,000
Byproduct:
From petroleum				8,243	2	11,778	2	11,700		11,700		11,700
From natural gas				5,000		5,000		5,000		5,000		5,000
Total				17,200		20,800		20,700		20,700		20,700
Zeolites				1,237		1,291		1,801		1,883		2,070
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Gas, natural:
Gross		million cubic meters		964		1,057		1,001		998		1,039	2
Marketed		do.		113		156		121		93		103	2
Liquefied natural gasoline		thousand 42-gallon barrels		2,014		699		664		603		514	2
Petroleum:
Crude		do.		136,300		146,209	3	148,746	3	143,758	3	152,497	3
Refinery products:
Liquefied petroleum gas		do.		3,000		2,818	3	2,407	3	2,060	3	2,230	3
Gasoline		do.		9,783		13,306	3	12,236	3	12,887	3	13,090	3
Jet fuel		do.		1,554		1,938	3	1,771	3	1,797	3	1,879	3
Distillate fuel oil		do.		7,061		10,787	3	10,953	3	11,354	3	10,812	3
Residual fuel oil		do.		18,530		14,079	3	11,898	3	10,742	3	8,879	3
Unspecified, including kerosene		do.		8,572		13,942	3	15,786	3	14,687	3	13,221	3
Total		do.		48,500		56,870	3	55,051	3	53,527	3	50,111	3
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.  rRevised.  -- Zero.
1Table includes data available through October 2004.
2Reported figure.
3Cited from Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador's website at URL http://www.petroecuador.com.ec/cifras de petroecuador.htm.
4No reports of separate quantities for limestone or clay used in cement production were received in the past 6 years.