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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||||||
| REPORTED CONSUMPTION OF SODA ASH IN THE UNITED STATES,� BY END USE, BY QUARTER1 | |||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||||||
| 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| SIC2 | First | Second | Third | Fourth | |||||||||||
| code | End use | 2006 | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter | Total | ||||||||
| 32 | Glass:��������������� | ||||||||||||||
| 3221 | Container | 1,480 | 360 | 384 | 367 | 345 | 1,460 | ||||||||
| 3211 | Flat | 1,120 | 256 | 274 | 271 | 280 | 1,080 | ||||||||
| 3296 | Fiber | 263 | 54 | 55 | 51 | 50 | 210 | ||||||||
| 3229 | Other | 177 | 42 | 43 | 33 | 36 | 154 | ||||||||
| Total | 3,030 | r | 712 | 756 | 722 | 711 | 2,900 | ||||||||
| 281 | Chemicals | 1,790 | 426 | 453 | 436 | 441 | 1,760 | ||||||||
| 284 | Soaps and detergents | 514 | 132 | 120 | 106 | 105 | 463 | ||||||||
| 26 | Pulp and paper | 87 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 91 | ||||||||
| 2899 | Water treatment3 | 89 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 98 | ||||||||
| Flue gas desulfurization | 128 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 33 | 130 | |||||||||
| Distributors | 260 | 61 | 59 | 88 | 89 | 297 | |||||||||
| Other | 207 | 52 | 47 | 51 | 52 | 202 | |||||||||
| Total domestic consumption4 | 6,110 | 1,460 | 1,510 | 1,490 | 1,480 | 5,940 | |||||||||
| Exports5 | 4,910 | 1,280 | 1,320 | 1,300 | 1,350 | 5,250 | |||||||||
| Canada | 431 | 112 | 91 | 100 | 103 | 406 | |||||||||
| Total industry sales6 | 11,000 | 2,740 | 2,830 | 2,790 | 2,830 | 11,200 | � | ||||||||
| Total sales from plants | 10,900 | 2,740 | 2,830 | 2,820 | 2,820 | 11,200 | |||||||||
| Total production | 11,000 | 2,710 | 2,760 | 2,850 | 2,760 | 11,100 | |||||||||
| rRevised. | |||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||
| 2Standard industrial classification. | |||||||||||||||
| 3Includes soda ash equivalent from soda liquors and purge liquors sold to powerplant for water treatment. Sales of mine water are | |||||||||||||||
| excluded. | |||||||||||||||
| 4Imports reported by the producer/importer have been distributed into appropriate end-use categories listed above. | |||||||||||||||
| 5As reported by producers; includes Canada. Data may not necessarily agree with those reported by the U.S. Census Bureau for the | |||||||||||||||
| same periods. | |||||||||||||||
| 6Represents soda ash from domestic origin (production and inventory changes) and imports and exports. Includes soda ash sold by | |||||||||||||||
| coproducers and distributed by purchasers into appropriate end-use categories. | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program