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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. ASBESTOS CONSUMPTION BY END USE, GRADE, AND TYPE1, 2 | ||||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||||
| Chrysotile | ||||||||||||
| Unspecified | ||||||||||||
| End use | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 7 | grade | Total | ||||||
| 2005 | 21 | 84 | 293 | 1,840 | 298 | 2,530 | ||||||
| 2006: | ||||||||||||
| Coatings and compounds3 | 5 | 5 | 294 | 629 | -- | 933 | ||||||
| Roofing products | -- | -- | -- | 927 | -- | 927 | ||||||
| Other | 14 | 24 | -- | 119 | 213 | 370 | ||||||
| Total | 19 | 29 | 294 | 1,680 | 213 | 2,230 | ||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Estimated distribution based upon data provided by the Chrysotile Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. | ||||||||||||
| 3Most of the asbestos reported under �Coating and compounds� probably was used in roofing products. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program