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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


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