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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||
| SALIENT SALT STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | |||||||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||
| United States: | |||||||||||
| Production:2 | |||||||||||
| Brine | 20,000 | 20,500 | 19,900 | 19,800 | � | 19,700 | |||||
| Rock | 16,300 | 18,300 | 17,700 | 16,500 | r | 16,800 | |||||
| Solar | 3,330 | 3,520 | 3,430 | 3,640 | 3,570 | ||||||
| Vacuum and open pans | 4,070 | 4,100 | 4,170 | 4,450 | 4,420 | ||||||
| Total | 43,700 | 46,500 | 45,100 | 44,400 | r | 44,500 | |||||
| Sold or used by producers: | |||||||||||
| Quantity | 41,100 | 45,000 | 45,000 | 40,600 | r | 45,400 | |||||
| Value | 1,130,000 | 1,270,000 | 1,310,000 | 1,310,000 | r | 1,520,000 | |||||
| Exports: | |||||||||||
| Quantity | 718 | 1,110 | 879 | 973 | 833 | ||||||
| Value | 37,500 | 47,600 | 51,800 | 54,900 | 59,600 | ||||||
| Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||
| Quantity | 12,900 | 11,900 | 12,100 | 9,490 | 8,640 | ||||||
| Value | 196,000 | 159,000 | 180,000 | 163,000 | � | 171,000 | |||||
| Consumption: | |||||||||||
| Apparent3 | 53,200 | 55,800 | 56,200 | 49,100 | r | 53,200 | |||||
| Reported | 50,200 | 50,700 | 53,100 | � | 42,400 | 53,200 | |||||
| World, production | 225,000 | r | 236,000 | r | 250,000 | r | 262,000 | r | 257,000 | e | |
| eEstimated. 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