Salient Lime Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT LIME STATISTICS¹

			2010		2011		2012		2013		2014
United States²
Number of plants³			85		87		87		85		86
Lime sold or used by producers:
Quantity	thousand metric tons		18,300	^-	19,100	^-	18,800	^-	19,200		19,500
Value⁴	thousand dollars		1,950,000	^-	2,130,000	^-	2,230,000	^-	2,320,000		2,380,000
Average value	dollars per metric ton		107.00	^-	111.50	^-	118.50	^-	121.10	^-	122.40
Quicklime:
High-calcium	thousand metric tons	-	13,300	^-	13,900	^-	13,600	^-	13,800		14,000
Dolomitic	do.		2,570	^-	2,690	^-	2,790	^-	2,870		2,730
Total	do.		15,900		16,600		16,300		16,600	^-	16,800
Hydrated lime:
High-calcium	do.		1,910		2,010		2,000	^-	2,050		2,190	-
Dolomitic	do.		239		230		253	^-	260		279
Total	do.		2,150		2,240		2,260		2,310		2,470
Dead-burned dolomite⁵	do.		200		200		200		200	^-	200
Lime sold by producers:
Quicklime⁶	thousand metric tons		14,700		15,400		15,200		15,500		15,700
Hydrated lime-	do.		2,140		2,240		2,250		2,310		2,470
Total	do.		16,900		17,700		17,500		17,800		18,100	-
Value⁴	thousand dollars		1,790,000	^-	1,950,000	^-	2,050,000	^-	2,140,000	-	2,210,000
Lime used by producers:
Quantity	thousand metric tons		1,380	^-	1,430	^-	1,340	^-	1,390		1,340
Value⁴	thousand dollars		169,000	^-	183,000	^-	177,000	^-	184,000		173,000
Exports:⁷
Quantity	thousand metric tons		215		231		212		270		319
Value⁸	thousand dollars		36,200		40,100		36,700		48,200		57,500
Imports for consumption:⁷
Quantity	thousand metric tons		445		512		468		394		414
Value⁹	thousand dollars		61,500		69,900		68,300		64,100		67,700
Consumption, apparent¹⁰	thousand metric tons		18,500		19,400		19,100		19,300		19,500
World, production	do.		310,000	^r	320,000	^r	340,000	^r	350,000	^r	360,000	^e
^eEstimated. ^rRevised. do. Ditto.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits except for world production data, which are rounded to two
significant digits; may not add to totals shown. Excludes regenerated lime.
²Includes Puerto Rico.
³Includes most producer-owned hydrating plants not located at lime plants.
⁴Selling value, free-on-board plant.
⁵Data are rounded to no more than one significant digit to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
⁶Includes dead-burned dolomite.
⁷Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
⁸Free alongside ship valuation.
⁹Cost, insurance, and freight valuation.
¹⁰Defined as sold or used plus imports minus exports.