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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SALT SOLD OR USED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY TYPE AND PRODUCT FORM1, 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vacuum and | ||||||||||||||||||||
| open pans | Solar | Rock | Brine | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Product form | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||||||
| 2005: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bulk | 751 | 53,500 | 1,520 | 41,400 | 17,700 | 438,000 | 19,800 | 139,000 | 39,800 | 672,000 | ||||||||||
| Compressed pellets | 1,340 | 192,000 | 372 | 46,600 | XX | XX | XX | XX | 1,710 | 238,000 | ||||||||||
| Packaged: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Less-than-5-pound units | 204 | NA | 9 | NA | (3) | NA | XX | XX | 213 | XX | ||||||||||
| More-than-5-pound units | 1,530 | NA | 1,000 | NA | 357 | NA | XX | XX | 2,890 | XX | ||||||||||
| Total | 1,730 | 254,000 | 1,010 | 80,600 | 357 | 28,900 | XX | XX | 3,100 | 364,000 | ||||||||||
| Pressed blocks: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| For livestock | 96 | NA | 111 | NA | 73 | NA | XX | XX | 280 | XX | ||||||||||
| For water treatment | 57 | NA | 26 | NA | 4 | NA | XX | XX | 86 | XX | ||||||||||
| Total | 152 | 16,700 | 137 | 14,100 | 78 | 8,640 | XX | XX | 367 | 39,400 | ||||||||||
| Grand total� | 3,970 | 516,000 | 3,040 | 183,000 | 18,100 | 475,000 | 19,800 | 139,000 | 45,000 | 1,310,000 | ||||||||||
| 2006: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bulk | 970 | 97,000 | 1,500 | 47,200 | 13,400 | 312,000 | 19,800 | 186,000 | 35,700 | 643,000 | ||||||||||
| Compressed pellets | 1,280 | 198,000 | 381 | 51,500 | XX | XX | XX | XX | 1,660 | 249,000 | ||||||||||
| Packaged: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Less-than-5-pound units | 269 | NA | 25 | NA | 31 | NA | XX | XX | 325 | XX | ||||||||||
| More-than-5-pound units | 1,630 | NA | 967 | NA | 405 | NA | XX | XX | 3,000 | XX | ||||||||||
| Total | 1,900 | 310,000 | 992 | 88,100 | 436 | 37,200 | XX | XX | 3,330 | 436,000 | ||||||||||
| Pressed blocks: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| For livestock | 114 | NA | 90 | NA | 88 | NA | XX | XX | 292 | XX | ||||||||||
| For water treatment | 36 | NA | 41 | NA | 19 | NA | XX | XX | 96 | XX | ||||||||||
| Total | 150 | 16,800 | 131 | 14,900 | 107 | 10,500 | XX | XX | 388 | 42,300 | ||||||||||
| Grand total� | 4,300 | 622,000 | 3,000 | 202,000 | 14,000 | 360,000 | 19,800 | 186,000 | 41,100 | 1,370,000 | ||||||||||
| NA Not available. XX Not applicable.� | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.� | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2As reported at salt production locations, the term "sold or used" indicates that some salt, usually salt brine, is not sold but is used for captive purposes by� | ||||||||||||||||||||
| plant or company.� Because data do not include salt imported, purchased, and/or sold from inventory from regional distribution centers, salt sold or used� | ||||||||||||||||||||
| by type may differ from totals shown in tables 5 and 6, which are derived from company totals.� | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Less than � unit.� | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program