|
| TABLE 1 | ||||||||||
| SALIENT SALT STATISTICS1 | ||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| United States: | ||||||||||
| Production:2 | ||||||||||
| Brine | 19,300 | 20,000 | 20,500 | 19,900 | 19,800 | |||||
| Rock | 13,500 | 16,300 | 18,300 | 17,700 | 16,400 | |||||
| Solar | 3,390 | 3,330 | 3,520 | 3,430 | 3,640 | |||||
| Vacuum and open pans | 4,100 | 4,070 | 4,100 | 4,170 | 4,450 | |||||
| Total | 40,300 | 43,700 | 46,500 | 45,100 | 44,300 | |||||
| Sold or used by producers: | ||||||||||
| Quantity | 37,700 | 41,100 | 45,000 | 45,000 | 41,100 | |||||
| Value | 1,010,000 | 1,130,000 | 1,270,000 | 1,310,000 | 1,370,000 | |||||
| Exports: | ||||||||||
| Quantity | 689 | 718 | 1,110 | 879 | 973 | |||||
| Value | 31,600 | 37,500 | 47,600 | 51,800 | 54,900 | |||||
| Imports for consumption: | ||||||||||
| Quantity | 8,160 | 12,900 | 11,900 | 12,100 | 9,490 | |||||
| Value | 129,000 | 196,000 | 159,000 | 180,000 | 163,000 | |||||
| Consumption: | ||||||||||
| Apparent3 | 45,100 | 53,200 | 55,800 | 56,200 | 49,600 | |||||
| Reported | 43,600 | 50,200 | 50,700 | � | 53,100 | � | 42,400 | |||
| World, production | 214,000 | r | 221,000 | r | 233,000 | r | 246,000 | r | 251,000 | |
| rRevised. | ||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Excludes Puerto Rico. | ||||||||||
| 3Sold or used plus imports minus exports. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program