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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||||||
| REPORTED CONSUMPTION OF SODA ASH IN THE UNITED STATES,� BY END USE, BY QUARTER1 | ||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| SIC2 | First | Second | Third | Fourth | ||||||||||
| code | End use | 2005 | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter | Total | |||||||
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| 3221 | Container | 1,460 | 364 | 374 | 367 | 372 | 1,480 | |||||||
| 3211 | Flat | 1,130 | 272 | 272 | 282 | 291 | 1,120 | |||||||
| 3296 | Fiber | 284 | 65 | 67 | 66 | 65 | 263 | |||||||
| 3229 | Other | 179 | 42 | 45 | 43 | 47 | 177 | |||||||
| Total | 3,050 | 744 | 758 | 759 | 775 | 3,040 | ||||||||
| 281 | Chemicals | 1,680 | 464 | 453 | 454 | 415 | 1,790 | |||||||
| 284 | Soaps and detergents | 624 | 125 | 127 | 134 | 128 | 514 | |||||||
| 26 | Pulp and paper | 90 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 87 | |||||||
| 2899 | Water treatment3 | 78 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 21 | 89 | |||||||
| Flue gas desulfurization | 141 | 33 | 25 | 37 | 33 | 128 | ||||||||
| Distributors | 290 | 74 | 67 | 63 | 56 | 260 | ||||||||
| Other | 241 | 50 | 49 | 61 | 47 | 207 | ||||||||
| Total domestic consumption4 | 6,200 | 1,540 | 1,520 | 1,560 | 1,500 | 6,110 | ||||||||
| Exports5 | 4,870 | 1,190 | 1,180 | 1,240 | 1,300 | 4,910 | ||||||||
| Canada | 393 | 94 | 120 | 113 | 104 | 431 | ||||||||
| Total industry sales6 | 11,100 | 2,720 | 2,700 | 2,790 | 2,800 | 11,000 | ||||||||
| Total sales from plants | 11,200 | 2,690 | 2,760 | 2,720 | 2,780 | 10,900 | ||||||||
| Total production | 11,000 | 2,700 | 2,690 | 2,740 | 2,830 | 11,000 | ||||||||
| 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