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TABLE 6
SULFUR AND SULFURIC ACID SOLD OR USED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY END USE1
(Thousand metric tons of sulfur content)
            Sulfuric acid    
Elemental sulfur2 (sulfur equivalent) Total
SIC3   End use   2004   2005   2004   2005   2004   2005
102   Copper ores -- -- 452 395 452 395
1094   Uranium and vanadium ores -- -- 2 7 2 7
10   Other ores -- -- 6 53 6 53
26, 261   Pulpmills and paper products W W 272 267 272 267
28, 285,   Inorganic pigments, paints, and allied
286, 2816 products; industrial organic chemicals,
    other chemical products4 W W 154 312 154 312
281   Other inorganic chemicals� W W 108 109 108 109
282, 2822 Synthetic rubber and other plastic
    materials and synthetics -- W 70 64 70 64
2823   Cellulosic fibers including rayon -- -- 2 -- 2 --
283   Drugs -- -- 1 1 1 1
284   Soaps and detergents -- -- 2 7 2 7
286   Industrial organic chemicals -- -- 25 17 25 17
2873   Nitrogenous fertilizers -- -- 209 214 209 214
2874   Phosphatic fertilizers -- -- 6,870 7,000 6,870 7,000
2879   Pesticides -- -- 16 15 16 15
287   Other agricultural chemicals 1,970 1,770 49 48 2,010 1,810
2892   Explosives -- -- 10 10 10 10
2899   Water-treating compounds -- -- 89 67 89 67
28   Other chemical products� -- -- 105 290 105 290
29, 291 Petroleum refining and other petroleum�
    and coal products 4,100 3,590 248 188 4,350 3,780
30   Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products W W 4 3 4 3
331   Steel pickling -- -- 9 52 9 52
333   Nonferrous metals -- -- 3 4 3 4
33   Other primary metals -- -- 6 10 6 10
3691   Storage batteries (acid) -- -- 29 16 29 16
    Exported sulfuric acid --   --   26   26   26   26
    Total identified 6,070 5,360 8,770 9,180 14,800 14,500
    Unidentified 801   608   518   503   1,320   1,110
    Grand total   6,870   5,970   9,290   9,680   16,200   15,600
W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Unidentified."� -- Zero.
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Does not include elemental sulfur used for production of sulfuric acid.
3Standard industrial classification.
4No elemental sulfur was used in inorganic pigments, paints, and allied products.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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