World Mine Production of Silver
	In Thousands of Kilograms In Metric Tons
	Australia	Canada	China	Mexico	Peru	U.S.	World
1992	1,218	1,220	800	2,098	1,614	1,800	14,900
1993	1,092	896	840	2,136	1,671	1,640	14,100
1994	1,045	768	810	2,215	1,768	1,490	14,000
1995	939	1,285	910	2,324	1,929	1,560	14,900
1996	1,013	1,309	1,140	2,528	1,970	1,570	15,100
1997	1,106	1,224	1,300	2,679	2,090	2,180	16,500
1998	1,474	1,196	1,300	2,686	2,025	2,060	17,200
1999	1,720	1,246	1,320	2,467	2,231	1,950	17,700
2000*	2,060	1,212	1,600	2,620	2,145	1,980	18,300
2001*	2,100	1,271	1,800	2,760	2,353	1,740	18,700
*numbers not final
Major Uses of Silver U.S. (2000)
	In Millions of Troy Ounces
End Use			Amount
Photographic Materials			104
Electrical Contacts - Conductors			32.7
Coinage			10
Brazing Alloy & Soldiers			8.6
Catalysts			6.3
Jewelry			6.1
Sterling Ware			5.6
Batteries			5.2
COMEX Warehouse of Stocks of Silver (Jan 1)
	In Thousands of Troy Ounces
1993	272,824
1994	251,685
1995	260,708
1996	159,695
1997	204,051
1998	110,437
1999	75,807
2000	75,945
2001	93,983
2002	104,547