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| TABLE 2 | |||||||||
| DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION OF IODINE, BY PRODUCT1 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||
| Number | Quantity | Number | Quantity | ||||||
| Product | of plants | (metric tons) | of plants | (metric tons) | |||||
| Inorganic compounds: | |||||||||
| Crude iodine | 7 | 615 | 8 | 626 | |||||
| Resublimed iodine | 7 | 51 | 4 | 11 | |||||
| Potassium iodide | 4 | 398 | 4 | 450 | |||||
| Sodium iodide | 6 | 463 | 5 | 432 | |||||
| Hydriodic acid | 3 | 93 | 2 | 52 | |||||
| Potassium iodate | 3 | 34 | 4 | 49 | |||||
| Miscellaneous iodate, and iodides2 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 38 | |||||
| Other inorganic compounds | 5 | 507 | 5 | 432 | |||||
| Total | XX | 3 | 2,200 | XX | 3 | 2,090 | |||
| Organic compounds: | |||||||||
| Ethylenediamine dihydroiodide | 2 | 189 | 2 | 208 | |||||
| Povidine-iodine (iodophors) | 2 | 439 | 1 | 293 | |||||
| Other organic compounds4 | 4 | 1,740 | 9 | 2,140 | |||||
| Total | XX | 3 | 2,370 | XX | 3 | 2,640 | |||
| Grand total reported consumption5 | XX | 4,570 | XX | 4,730 | |||||
| Apparent consumption6 | XX | W | XX | W | |||||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. XX Not applicable.� | |||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||
| 2Includes calcium iodate and cuprous iodide. | |||||||||
| 3Nonadditive because some plants produce more than one product concurrently. | |||||||||
| 4Includes methyl and/or ethyl iodide. | |||||||||
| 5Reported by voluntary response to the U.S. Geological Survey in a survey of domestic establishments. | |||||||||
| 6Calculated using domestic production plus imports minus exports plus adjustments for Government | |||||||||
| and domestic industry stock changes. | |||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program