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| TABLE 7 | ||||||||
| AVERAGE VALUE OF SALT, BY PRODUCT FORM AND TYPE1, 2 | ||||||||
| (Dollars per metric ton) | ||||||||
| Vacuum | ||||||||
| Product form | and open pans | Solar | Rock | Brine | ||||
| 2005: | ||||||||
| Bulk | 71.23 | 27.30 | 24.73 | 7.03 | ||||
| Compressed pellets | 143.73 | r | 125.18 | r | XX | XX | ||
| Packaged | 146.53 | r | 79.68 | r | 80.99 | r | XX | |
| Average3 | 120.50 | r | 77.39 | r | 52.86 | r | 7.03 | |
| Pressed blocks | 109.79 | r | 102.69 | r | 110.76 | r | XX | |
| 2006: | ||||||||
| Bulk | 99.97 | 31.50 | 23.24 | 9.39 | ||||
| Compressed pellets | 154.64 | 135.29 | XX | XX | ||||
| Packaged | 163.44 | 88.83 | 85.23 | XX | ||||
| Average3 | 139.35 | 85.21 | 54.24 | 9.39 | ||||
| Pressed blocks | 112.22 | 113.53 | 98.58 | XX | ||||
| rRevised. XX Not applicable.� | ||||||||
| 1Net selling value, free on board plant, excluding container costs.� | ||||||||
| 2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.� | ||||||||
| 3Salt value data reported prior to 1984 were an aggregate value per metric ton of bulk,� | ||||||||
| compressed pellets, and packaged salt. For time series continuity, an average of these� | ||||||||
| three types of product forms is presented that is based on the aggregated values and� | ||||||||
| quantities of the product form for each type of salt listed in table 3.� | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program