Distribution Of Domestic And Imported Salt By Producers In The United States, By End Use And Type

TABLE 6
DISTRIBUTION OF DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED SALT BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY END USE AND TYPE^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons)

	Standard	Vacuum
	industrial	and open pans			Solar			Rock				Brine			Total³
End use	classification	2006		2007	2006		2007	2006		2007		2006		2007	2006		2007
Chemical:
Chloralkali producers	2812	15		15	294	^r	305	369	^�	639		16,300		18,800	17,000		19,800
Other chemical	28 (excludes 2812,																�
	2899)	270	^�	218	183	^�	260	821	^�	1,040		75		81	1,350	^�	1,600
Total		285	^�	233	477	^r	565	1,190	^�	1,680		16,400		18,900	18,400	^�	21,400
Food-processing industry:
Meat packers	201	262		229	63	^r	53	55	^�	23		--		--	380	^r	305
Dairy	202	127	^�	119	9		9	4		6		--		--	140	^�	134
Canning	2091, 203	140	^�	139	30	^�	25	38	^�	34		--		--	208	^�	198
Baking	205	187	^�	133	4	^�	4	12		12		--		--	203	^�	149
Grain mill products	204 (excludes 2047)	87	^�	89	6		8	18		21		--		--	111	^�	118
Other food processing	206-208, 2047, 2099	576	^�	522	77		85	75		163		2		1	730	^�	771
Total		1,380	^�	1,230	189	^r	184	202	^�	259		2	^�	1	1,770	^�	1,680
General industrial:												�		�
Textiles and dyeing	22	83	^�	58	29	^�	34	9	^�	6		(4)		(4)	121	^�	98
Metal processing	33, 34, 35, 37	10	^�	8	18	^�	14	21	^�	14		(4)		(4)	49	^�	36
Rubber	2822, 30 (excludes
	3079)	3		3	(4)		(4)	2		2		61		(4)	66	^�	6
Oil	13, 29	47	^r	52	113	^�	104	50	^�	46		1,940		9	2,150	^�	211
Pulp and paper	26	10		10	32	^r	29	12	^�	21		18		--	72	^r	60
Tanning and/or leather	311	8	^�	2	10	^�	10	32		29		--		--	50	^�	41
Other industrial	XX	144		115	61	^�	85	80	^�	831		1		2	285	^r	1,030
Total		305	^r	248	263	^r	276	206	^�	949		2,020	^�	12	2,790	^�	1,490
Agricultural:
Feed retailers and/or dealers mixers	5159	317	^�	356	389	^�	324	384		477	�	(4)		(4)	1,090		1,160
Feed manufacturers	2048	39	^�	21	121	^r	91	342		345		--		--	502	^r	457
Direct-buying end user	02	4		2	12	^�	13	21	^�	12		--		--	37	^�	27
Total		360	^r	379	522	^r	428	747	^�	834		(4)		(4)	1,630	^�	1,640
Water treatment:
Government (Federal, State, local)	2899	18	^�	19	181	^�	310	141	^�	156		3	^�	1	343	^�	486
Commercial or other	2899	163		131	346	^�	362	91	^�	134		9	^�	4	609	^�	632
Total		181	^�	150	527	^�	673	232	^�	290		12	^�	6	952	^r	1,120
Ice control and/or stabilization:
Government (Federal, State, local)	9621	1		297	433	^�	530	10,200	^�	16,300		--		--	10,600	^�	17,100
Commercial or other	XX	6		46	110	^�	248	1,650	^�	3,330		--		2	1,770	^�	3,620
Total		7		343	543	^�	778	11,800	^�	19,600		--		2	12,400	^�	20,800
Distributors:
Agricultural distribution	5191	70	^�	80	96	^�	134	45	^r	171		--		--	211	^r	385
Grocery wholesalers and/or retailers	514, 54	491	^�	553	249		260	30	^�	129		--		--	770	^�	943
Institutional wholesalers and end users	58, 70	113	^�	122	64	^�	72	27		199		(4)		(4)	204	^�	393
Water-conditioning distribution	7399	118		105	347		326	23		90		1		1	489		522
U.S. Government resale	9199	(4)		(4)	1		1	1		1		--		--	2		2
Other wholesalers and/or retailers	5251	857	^�	827	858	^�	880	233	^�	267		9	^r	(4)	1,960	^r	1,970
Total		1,650		1,690	1,620	^�	1,670	359	^r	857		10	^r	1	3,630	^�	4,220
Other⁵		109	^�	76	65	^�	163	516	^�	431		204		277	894	^�	947
Grand total		4,280	^�	4,350	4,200	^�	4,740	15,300	^�	24,900		18,700	^�	19,200	42,400	^�	53,200
See footnotes at end of table.






TABLE 6�Continued
DISTRIBUTION OF DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED SALT BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY END USE AND TYPE^{1, 2}

^rRevised. -- Zero. XX Not applicable.
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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