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Table S3a. Foreign purchases, foreign sales, and uranium inventories owned by U.S. suppliers and owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors, 2001–2022
million pounds U3O8 equivalent
Delivery year Foreign purchases by U.S. suppliers Foreign purchases by owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors Total foreign purchases U.S. broker and trader purchases from foreign suppliers Foreign sales U.S. supplier owned uranium inventories Owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors owned uranium inventories Total commercial uranium inventories
2001 18.7 28.0 46.7 18.3 11.7 48.1 55.6 103.8
2002 22.7 30.0 52.7 18.6 15.4 48.7 53.5 102.1
2003 18.2 34.9 53.0 15.8 13.2 39.9 45.6 85.5
2004 30.2 35.9 66.1 26.4 13.2 37.5 57.7 95.2
2005 27.0 38.5 65.5 24.0 20.5 29.1 64.7 93.8
2006 26.1 38.7 64.8 24.0 18.7 29.1 77.5 106.6
2007 21.6 32.5 54.1 18.9 14.8 31.2 81.2 112.4
2008 24.1 32.9 57.1 21.3 17.2 27.0 83.0 110.0
2009 26.7 32.2 58.9 26.8 23.5 26.8 84.8 111.5
2010 25.0 30.4 55.3 24.7 23.1 24.7 86.5 111.3
2011 19.3 35.1 54.4 19.6 16.7 22.3 89.8 112.1
2012 20.2 36.0 56.2 20.2 18.0 23.3 97.6 120.9
2013 23.2 34.1 57.3 W 18.9 21.3 113.1 134.4
2014 24.2 34.4 58.6 W 20.0 18.7 114.0 132.7
2015 27.2 36.9 64.1 26.1 25.7 14.3 121.1 135.5
2016 22.1 28.5 50.7 22.1 17.2 16.7 128.0 144.6
2017 16.9 25.2 42.1 14.1 14.0 17.8 123.9 141.7
2018 18.3 23.2 41.5 18.9 13.9 19.3 111.2 130.5
2019 21.2 21.8 42.9 20.8 11.7 17.5 113.1 130.7
2020 15.0 24.6 39.6 14.4 9.9 24.2 106.7 131.0
2021 17.0 24.3 41.3 16.6 7.5 33.2 108.5 141.7
2022 10.1 22.0 32.1 9.6 2.5 36.2 103.8 140.0
W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Foreign purchase: A uranium purchase of foreign-origin uranium from a firm located outside the United States. Foreign sale: A uranium sale to a firm located outside the United States.
Data sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Uranium Industry Annual, Tables 28, 29, 30 and 31, 2001–2002. Form EIA-858, Uranium Marketing Annual Survey, 2003–2022