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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 | 2005 | 2006 | 2005 | 2006 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| 102 | Copper ores | -- | -- | 395 | 327 | 395 | 327 | |||||||
| 1094 | Uranium and vanadium ores | -- | -- | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||||||
| 10 | Other ores | -- | -- | 53 | 47 | 53 | 47 | |||||||
| 26, 261 | Pulpmills and paper products | W | W | 267 | 246 | 267 | 246 | |||||||
| 28, 285, | Inorganic pigments, paints, and allied products, industrial | |||||||||||||
| 286, 2816 | organic chemicals, other chemical products4 | W | W | 312 | 426 | 312 | 426 | |||||||
| 281 | Other inorganic chemicals� | W | 89 | 109 | 42 | 109 | 131 | |||||||
| 282, 2822 | Synthetic rubber and other plastic materials and synthetics | W | W | 64 | 250 | 64 | 250 | |||||||
| 2823 | Cellulosic fibers including rayon | -- | -- | -- | 156 | -- | 156 | |||||||
| 283 | Drugs | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | |||||||
| 284 | Soaps and detergents | -- | W | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |||||||
| 286 | Industrial organic chemicals | -- | -- | 17 | 88 | 17 | 88 | |||||||
| 2873 | Nitrogenous fertilizers | -- | -- | 214 | 25 | 214 | 25 | |||||||
| 2874 | Phosphatic fertilizers | -- | -- | 7,000 | 6,220 | 7,000 | 6,220 | |||||||
| 2879 | Pesticides | -- | -- | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | |||||||
| 287 | Other agricultural chemicals | 1,770 | 2,010 | 48 | 12 | 1,810 | 2,020 | |||||||
| 2892 | Explosives | -- | -- | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | |||||||
| 2899 | Water-treating compounds | -- | -- | 67 | 64 | 67 | 64 | |||||||
| 28 | Other chemical products� | -- | -- | 290 | 334 | 290 | 334 | |||||||
| 29, 291 | Petroleum refining and other petroleum� | |||||||||||||
| and coal products | 3,590 | 3,120 | 188 | 262 | 3,780 | 3,380 | ||||||||
| 30 | Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products | W | W | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 331 | Steel pickling | -- | -- | 52 | 13 | 52 | 13 | |||||||
| 333 | Nonferrous metals | -- | -- | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 33 | Other primary metals | -- | -- | 10 | 38 | 10 | 38 | |||||||
| 3691 | Storage batteries (acid) | -- | -- | 16 | 23 | 16 | 23 | |||||||
| Exported sulfuric acid | -- | -- | 26 | 22 | 26 | 22 | ||||||||
| Total identified | 5,360 | 5,220 | 9,180 | 8,610 | 14,500 | 13,800 | ||||||||
| Unidentified | 910 | r | 990 | 503 | 132 | 1,410 | r | 1,120 | ||||||
| Grand total | 6,270 | r | 6,210 | 9,680 | 8,750 | 16,000 | r | 15,000 | ||||||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Unidentified."� rRevised. -- 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