TABLE 1
SAUDI ARABIA:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
Commodity2				1999		2000		2001		2002e		2003e
METALS
Ferroalloys e				83,000		83,000		78,000		75,000		75,000
Iron and steel:
Direct-reduced iron		thousand tons		2,343		3,090		2,880		3,290		3,290
Steel, crude		do.		2,610		2,973		3,413		3,570	r	3,944	3
Ore, mine output:
Gross weighte				1,680,000		1,700,000		2,000,000		2,000,000		2,000,000
Copper content of concentrate and bullione				821	3	900		800		800		800
Gold content of concentrate and bullion		kilograms		4,570		3,800	e	5,000	e	4,192	r, 3	8,769	3
Lead content of concentratee				50		50		60		60		60
Silver content of concentrate and bullione		kilograms		10,470	3	9,300		15,000		14,000		13,000
Zinc content of concentratee				3,161	3	3,000		3,300		3,000		3,000
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Barite e				7,000		8,000		9,000		9,000		9,000
Cement, hydraulic		thousand tons		16,313		18,107		20,608		22,000		23,000
Fertilizer, phosphatic, P2O5 contente		do.		145	3	147		150		150		150
Gypsum, crudee				380,000	3	400,000		450,000		450,000		450,000
Limee				340,000	3	350,000		350,000		350,000		350,000
Nitrogen:
N content of ammonia		thousand tons		1,402		1,743		1,774		1,737	3	1,743	3
N content of urea		do.		1,002		1,214		1,260		1,200		1,200
Pozzolane				140,000		150,000		150,000		150,000		160,000
Salte				200,000	3	200,000		200,000		200,000		200,000
Sand and gravele		thousand tons		120,000		120,000		120,000		120,000		120,000
Scoriae		do.		2,000	3	2,000		2,000		2,000		2,000
Sulfur, byproduct, hydrocarbon processing				1,939,758		2,101,391		2,350,000	e	2,360,000	r	2,400,000
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Gas, natural:
Grosse		million cubic meters		89,000		96,000		91,500		97,000		100,000
Dry		do.		49,555		54,623		58,163		62,014	3	65,000
Natural gas liquids:e
Propane		thousand 42-gallon barrels		153,000		163,000		166,000		179,000		180,000
Butane		do.		66,200		69,000		72,000		78,000		80,000
Natural gasoline and other		do.		50,000		53,000		54,000		60,000	r	60,000
Total		do.		269,134	3	285,008	3	292,385	3	316,938	3	320,000
Petroleum:
Crude oil		million 42-gallon barrels		2,761		2,962		2,879		2,589	3	3,583	3
Refinery products:
Liquefied petroleum gases		thousand 42-gallon barrels		12,533		9,634		13,230		10,300	r	13,000
Gasoline and naptha		do.		148,853		155,556		152,230		153,000	r	155,000
Jet fuel and kerosene		do.		60,638		66,920		60,050		59,700	r	60,000
Distillate fuel oil		do.		188,848		198,176		193,770		193,000	r	200,000
Residual fuel oil		do.		164,032		163,941		169,530		158,000	r	170,000
Unspecified4		do.		6,625		8,083		8,650		9,180	r	9,000
Total		do.		581,529		602,310		597,460		583,000	r	607,000
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.  rRevised.
1Table includes data available through July 2004.
2In addition to commodities listed, the following were produced:  basalt, carbon black, clays, granite, limestone, marble, methanol, and silica sand; available
information is inadequate to estimate output.
3Reported figure.
4Includes asphalt.