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World Uranium Production & Requirements

World Uranium Production Data
(thousand pounds U₃O₈)

Country	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Australia	20,070	17,819	19,686	23,427	24,747	19,742	22,387	21,917	20,752
Brazil	151	702	806	780	286	494	777	858	897
Canada	32,540	30,178	27,186	30,150	30,230	25,642	24,636	23,399	26,448
China	1,300	1,898	1,950	1,950	1,950	1,950	1,851	1,999	1,950
Czech Rep	1,190	1,248	897	1,071	1,061	928	796	684	671
France	390	47	0	18	18	0	10	13	21
Germany	52	650	390	200	200	130	99	200	0
India	520	598	598	598	598	598	702	705	754
Kazakhstan	5,300	7,368	8,579	9,669	11,327	13,725	17,255	22,153	35,929
Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	270
Namibia	5,821	6,070	5,293	7,898	8,182	8,000	7,485	11,351	12,027
Niger	7,590	7,997	8,171	8,532	8,041	8,928	8,197	7,883	8,431
Pakistan	60	99	117	117	117	117	117	117	130
Portugal	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romania	299	234	234	234	234	234	200	200	195
Russia	5,200	7,539	8,189	8,319	8,920	8,839	8,873	9,154	9,266
So. Africa	2,270	2,142	1,971	1,939	1,752	1,418	1,401	1,703	1,464
Spain	80	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	1,300	2,080	2,080	2,080	2,080	2,080	2,199	2,080	2,184
USA	2,630	2,344	2,228	2,228	2,689	4,106	4,533	3,879	3,778
Uzbekistan	6,240	4,836	4,602	5,241	5,980	5,902	6,032	6,078	6,315
TOTAL	93,013	93,951	92,977	104,451	108,441	102,833	107,550	114,373	131,482
Country	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

World Uranium Requirement Data ¹
(thousand pounds U₃O₈)

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
USA	47,336	54,664	62,300	50,100	58,300	51,500	49,500	49,100	51,100
European Union ²	53,024	54,591	54,100	50,400	55,100	53,200	53,600	57,400	56,700
CIS/Non-EU ³	31,205	30,607	22,700	19,900	21,600	20,700	20,800	15,900	16,500
Asian Pacific ⁴	38,435	35,249	37,700	36,400	34,600	35,000	35,300	36,000	38,800
Other ⁵	7,089	8,546	8,100	8,100	8,400	10,700	9,100	9,600	10,100
TOTAL	177,089	183,657	184,900	164,900	178,000	171,100	168,300	168,000	173,200
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

1. Calculated by TradeTech based on actual completion dates and operating performance, and TradeTech’s estimate of enriching tails assay.

2. European Union (EU) includes: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.

3. CIS/non-European Union Armenia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine.

4. Asian Pacific includes: Japan, China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

5. Other includes: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico, Pakistan, and South Africa.

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