Salient Soda Ash Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT SODA ASH STATISTICS¹

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars except average annual value)

		2002	2003		2004		2005		2006
United States:
Production:
Soda ash:²
Quantity		10,500	10,600		11,000		11,000		11,000
Value		784,000	765,000		770,000		968,000		1,170,000
Value, average annual:
Per short ton		$68.00	$65.21		$63.75		$80.19		$96.64
Per metric ton		$74.96	$71.88		$70.27		$88.39		$106.53
Wyoming trona		15,100	15,500		16,500		17,000		16,700
Exports:
Quantity		4,250	4,450		4,670		4,680		4,820
Value		500,000	515,000		514,000		640,000		736,000
Imports for consumption:
Quantity		9	5		6		8		7
Value		2,000	1,510		1,880		2,460		2,290
Stocks, December 31, producers'		222	330		338		243		290
Consumption:
Apparent		6,250	6,090		6,290		6,380		6,100
Reported		6,430	6,270		6,260		6,200		6,110
World, production^e	^�	37,200	38,400	^�	40,600	^r	42,000	^r	42,400
^eEstimated. ^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except average annual value.
²Natural only; soda liquors and purge liquors are withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.