TABLE 1
IRELAND:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, *
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity				1999		2000		2001		2002e		2003e
Metals:
Aluminae				1,300		1,300		1,400		1,200		1,200
Iron and steel, steel, crude				335		342		110		--		--
Lead:
Mine output, Pb content		tons		43,831		57,825		44,518	r	32,486	r, 2	50,339	2
Metal, refined, secondary		do.		12,996		9,000		9,800		12,000		6,600	2
Silver, mine output, Ag content		kilograms		15,300		25,100		22,600		10,000		20,400	2
Zinc, mine output, Zn content		do.		226,100		262,877		225,135		252,700	2	419,014	2
Industrial minerals:3
Cement, hydraulic				2,466		2,620		2,500	e	2,500		2,500
Gypsume				450		450		500		500		500
Limee				100,000		100,000		100,000		100,000		100,000
Nitrogen, N content of ammonia				401		410		443		400		400
Sand and gravele, 4				12,000		12,000		12,000		12,000		12,000
Stone and other quarry products:e
Limestone		million tons		1		1		1		1		1
Other5		tons		35,000		35,000		3,600		36,000		36,000
Mineral fuels and related materials:
Natural gas, marketede		million cubic meters		2,500		2,500		2,500		2,500		2,500
Peat:e
For horticultural use				350		400		400		400		400
For fuel use:
Sod peat6				1,600		1,600		1,600		1,600		1,600
Milled peat7				4,000		3,500		3,500		3,500		3,500
Total				5,600		5,100		5,100		5,100		5,100
Peat briquets				350		300		300		300		300
Petroleum refinery products:8
Liquefied petroleum gas		thousand 42-gallon barrels		464		545		500	e	500		500
Naphtha		do.		1,046		884		900	e	900		900
Gasoline, motor		do.		3,893		4,556		4,500	e	4,500		4,500
Distillate fuel oil		do.		7,333		8,415		8,000	e	8,000		8,000
Residual fuel oil		do.		7,000		7,639		7,000	e	7,000		7,000
Refinery fuel and losses		do.		70		77		75	e	75		75
Total		do.		19,806		22,116		21,000	e	21,000		21,000
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to total shown.  rRevised.  -- Zero.
1Table includes data available through May 2004.
2Reported figure.
3Ireland also produces significant quantities of synthetic diamond and is the major supplier to the United States.  Output, however, is not quantitatively reported,
and general information is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels.
4Excludes output by local authorities and road contractors.
5Includes clays for cement production, fire clay, granite, marble, rock sand, silica rock, and slate.
6Includes production by farmers and by the Bord Na Mona (the Government Peat Board).
7Includes milled peat used for briquet production.
8From imported crude oil.
*Revised on October 20, 2005.