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    "imports_kt": 2230,
    "exports_kt": 2390,
    "consumption_kt": 10400,
    "stocks_kt": 118,
    "avg_price_usd_t": 81.2,
    "source_url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2022/mcs2022-sulfur.pdf",
    "note": "MCS 2022 salient stats; imports/exports are recovered elemental; production/consumption all forms; price fob plant",
    "data_type": "verified_public",
    "source": "USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries — Sulfur",
    "unit_note": "USGS salient statistics in thousand metric tonnes (kt) sulfur content unless noted",
    "ingested_at": "2026-07-22T20:42:26.934Z"
  },
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    "year": 2019,
    "production_kt": 8710,
    "imports_kt": 1850,
    "exports_kt": 2200,
    "consumption_kt": 9250,
    "stocks_kt": 124,
    "avg_price_usd_t": 51.1,
    "source_url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2024/mcs2024-sulfur.pdf",
    "note": "MCS 2024 revised; imports/exports recovered elemental",
    "data_type": "verified_public",
    "source": "USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries — Sulfur",
    "unit_note": "USGS salient statistics in thousand metric tonnes (kt) sulfur content unless noted",
    "ingested_at": "2026-07-22T20:42:26.934Z"
  },
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    "imports_kt": 2230,
    "exports_kt": 1330,
    "consumption_kt": 9940,
    "stocks_kt": 109,
    "avg_price_usd_t": 24.9,
    "source_url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-sulfur.pdf",
    "note": "MCS 2025 revised (COVID-year refinery utilization collapse)",
    "data_type": "verified_public",
    "source": "USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries — Sulfur",
    "unit_note": "USGS salient statistics in thousand metric tonnes (kt) sulfur content unless noted",
    "ingested_at": "2026-07-22T20:42:26.934Z"
  },
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    "year": 2021,
    "production_kt": 8070,
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    "exports_kt": 1900,
    "consumption_kt": 10600,
    "stocks_kt": 113,
    "avg_price_usd_t": 90.4,
    "source_url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-sulfur.pdf",
    "note": "MCS 2026; Canada ~53% of US elemental import sources 2021–24",
    "data_type": "verified_public",
    "source": "USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries — Sulfur",
    "unit_note": "USGS salient statistics in thousand metric tonnes (kt) sulfur content unless noted",
    "ingested_at": "2026-07-22T20:42:26.934Z"
  },
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    "year": 2022,
    "production_kt": 8640,
    "imports_kt": 2910,
    "exports_kt": 1740,
    "consumption_kt": 10800,
    "stocks_kt": 125,
    "avg_price_usd_t": 177.8,
    "source_url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-sulfur.pdf",
    "note": "MCS 2026; price spike year",
    "data_type": "verified_public",
    "source": "USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries — Sulfur",
    "unit_note": "USGS salient statistics in thousand metric tonnes (kt) sulfur content unless noted",
    "ingested_at": "2026-07-22T20:42:26.934Z"
  },
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    "year": 2023,
    "production_kt": 8650,
    "imports_kt": 2390,
    "exports_kt": 1920,
    "consumption_kt": 10200,
    "stocks_kt": 122,
    "avg_price_usd_t": 58.9,
    "source_url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-sulfur.pdf",
    "note": "MCS 2026",
    "data_type": "verified_public",
    "source": "USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries — Sulfur",
    "unit_note": "USGS salient statistics in thousand metric tonnes (kt) sulfur content unless noted",
    "ingested_at": "2026-07-22T20:42:26.934Z"
  },
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    "year": 2024,
    "production_kt": 8320,
    "imports_kt": 2260,
    "exports_kt": 2080,
    "consumption_kt": 9360,
    "stocks_kt": 114,
    "avg_price_usd_t": 46.42,
    "source_url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-sulfur.pdf",
    "note": "MCS 2026 reported; sulfuric acid imports 1,150 kt / exports 55 kt additional",
    "data_type": "verified_public",
    "source": "USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries — Sulfur",
    "unit_note": "USGS salient statistics in thousand metric tonnes (kt) sulfur content unless noted",
    "ingested_at": "2026-07-22T20:42:26.934Z"
  },
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    "year": 2025,
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    "imports_kt": 2000,
    "exports_kt": 1800,
    "consumption_kt": 9100,
    "stocks_kt": 116,
    "avg_price_usd_t": 180,
    "source_url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-sulfur.pdf",
    "note": "MCS 2026 estimate (e); Tampa contract path early-2025 $116/lt → Oct $310/lt",
    "data_type": "verified_public",
    "source": "USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries — Sulfur",
    "unit_note": "USGS salient statistics in thousand metric tonnes (kt) sulfur content unless noted",
    "ingested_at": "2026-07-22T20:42:26.934Z"
  }
]