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TABLE 5
DISTRIBUTION OF DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED SALT BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY END USE AND TYPE1, 2
(Thousand metric tons)
        Vacuum                
Standard industrial and open pans Solar Rock Brine Total3
End use   classification   2005   2006   2005   2006   2005   2006   2005   2006   2005   2006
Chemical:                
Chloralkali producers 2812 17 15 301 293 514 369 17,600 16,300 18,400 17,000
Other chemical 28 (excludes 2812, 2899) 274   270   219   183   689   821   78   75   1,260   1,350
Total 291   285   520   476   1,200   1,190   17,700   16,400   19,700   18,400
Food-processing industry:
Meat packers 201 260 262 62 62 76 55 -- -- 398 379
Dairy 202 122 127 8 9 3 4 -- -- 134 140
Canning 2091, 203 141 140 33 30 36 38 (4) -- 211 208
Baking 205 187 187 4 4 13 12 -- -- 204 203
Grain mill products 204 (excludes 2047) 89 87 6 6 19 18 -- -- 133 111
Other food processing 206-208, 2047, 2099 584 576 74 77 75 75 3 2 736 730
Total 1,380   1,380   187   188   222   202   3 � 2   1,800   1,770
General industrial: �
Textiles and dyeing 22 107 83 32 29 10 9 (4) (4) 149 121
Metal processing 33, 34, 35, 37 12 10 20 18 74 21 (4) (4) 107 49
Rubber 2822, 30 (excludes 3079) 3 3 (4) (4) 1 2 60 61 65 66
Oil 13, 29 31 48 190 113 46 50 1,940 1,940 2,210 2,150
Pulp and paper 26 9 10 41 33 13 12 17 18 81 73
Tanning and/or leather 311 9 8 11 10 35 32 -- -- 55 50
Other industrial XX 131   144   63   61   150   80   (4)   1   344   286
Total 302   306   357   265   330   206   2,020   2,020   3,010   2,790
Agricultural:
Feed retailers and/or dealers mixers 5159 326 317 391 389 426 384 � (4) (4) 1,140 1,090
Feed manufacturers 2048 41 39 132 122 304 342 -- -- 477 503
Direct-buying end user 02 4   4   13   12   22   21   --   --   38   37
Total 371   359   536   523   753   747   (4)   (4)   1,660   1,630
Water treatment:
Government (Federal, State, local) 2899 17 18 321 181 134 141 3 � 3 476 343
Commercial or other 2899 169   163   335   346   152   91   8 � 9   664   609
Total 186   181   656   527   287   232   11 � 12   1,140   953
Ice control and/or stabilization:
Government (Federal, State, local) 9621 1 1 948 433 17,300 10,200 -- -- 18,200 10,600
Commercial or other XX 7   6   175   110   2,560   1,650   --   --   2,740   1,770
Total 8   7   1,120   543   19,800   11,800   --   --   21,000   12,400
Distributors:
Agricultural distribution 5191 68 70 106 96 53 46 -- -- 227 212
Grocery wholesalers and/or retailers 514, 54 513 491 234 249 57 30 -- -- 803 770
Institutional wholesalers and end users 58, 70 108 113 64 64 55 27 (4) (4) 228 204
Water-conditioning distribution 7399 119 118 358 347 33 23 1 1 511 489
U.S. Government resale 9199 (4) (4) 1 1 1 1 -- -- 1 2
Other wholesalers and/or retailers 5251 876   857   938   858   374   233   10   1   2,200   1,950
Total 1,680 1,650 1,700 1,620 573 360 11 2 3,970 3,630
Other5 96 109 115 65 436 516 238 204 885 894
Grand total       4,320   4,280   5,200   4,200   23,600   15,300   20,000 � 18,700   53,100   42,400
XX Not applicable. -- Zero.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2The quantity of imports included in the total for each type of salt is the amount reported by the U.S. salt industry, not the quantity reported by the U.S. Census��
Bureau that appears in tables 1, 11, and 12.
3Because data include salt imported, produced, and/or sold from inventory from regional distribution centers, data for salt sold or used by type may differ from totals��
shown in tables 1, 3, and 4, which are derived from plant reports at salt production locations.� Data may differ from totals shown in table 6 because of changes in
inventory and/or incomplete data reporting.
4Less than � unit.
5Includes exports.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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