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| TABLE 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 2006: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bulk | 970 | 97,000 | 1,500 | 47,200 | � | 13,000 | r | 297,000 | r | 19,800 | � | 138,000 | r | 35,200 | r | 580,000 | r | |||||
| Compressed pellets | 1,280 | 198,000 | 381 | 51,600 | r | XX | XX | XX | XX | 1,660 | 249,000 | � | ||||||||||
| Packaged: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less-than-5-pound units | 303 | r | NA | 25 | NA | 30 | r | NA | XX | XX | 358 | r | XX | |||||||||
| More-than-5-pound units | 1,600 | r | NA | 967 | NA | 404 | r | NA | XX | XX | 2,970 | r | XX | |||||||||
| Total | 1,900 | 310,000 | 992 | 88,100 | � | 435 | r | 37,300 | r | XX | XX | 3,330 | � | 436,000 | � | |||||||
| Pressed blocks: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| For livestock | 62 | r | NA | 90 | NA | 88 | NA | XX | XX | 240 | r | XX | ||||||||||
| For water treatment | 88 | r | NA | 41 | NA | 19 | NA | XX | XX | 148 | r | XX | ||||||||||
| Total | 149 | r | 16,800 | � | 131 | 14,900 | � | 107 | � | 10,600 | r | XX | XX | 388 | 42,300 | � | ||||||
| Grand total� | 4,300 | � | 622,000 | � | 3,000 | 202,000 | � | 13,500 | r | 345,000 | r | 19,800 | � | 138,000 | r | 40,600 | r | 1,310,000 | r | � | ||
| 2007: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bulk | 1,010 | 111,000 | 1,640 | 51,200 | 18,000 | 478,000 | 19,600 | 140,000 | 40,300 | 780,000 | ||||||||||||
| Compressed pellets | 1,260 | 203,000 | 395 | 53,200 | XX | XX | XX | XX | 1,660 | 256,000 | ||||||||||||
| Packaged: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less-than-5-pound units | 501 | NA | 176 | NA | (3) | NA | XX | XX | 677 | XX | ||||||||||||
| More-than-5-pound units | 1,400 | NA | 744 | NA | 363 | NA | XX | XX | 2,500 | XX | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1,900 | 333,000 | 920 | 77,700 | 363 | 32,600 | XX | XX | 3,180 | 443,000 | ||||||||||||
| Pressed blocks: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| For livestock | 93 | NA | 125 | NA | 66 | NA | XX | XX | 284 | XX | ||||||||||||
| For water treatment | 50 | NA | 2 | NA | 1 | NA | XX | XX | 53 | XX | ||||||||||||
| Total | 143 | 17,300 | 127 | 14,500 | 67 | 8,830 | XX | XX | 337 | 40,600 | ||||||||||||
| Grand total� | 4,310 | 663,000 | 3,080 | 197,000 | 18,400 | 520,000 | 19,600 | 140,000 | 45,400 | 1,520,000 | ||||||||||||
| rRevised. 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