Distribution Of Domestic And Imported Salt By Producers In The United States, By End Use And Type

TABLE 6
DISTRIBUTION OF DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED SALT BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY END USE AND TYPE^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons)

	Vacuum
	and open pans			Solar			Rock				Brine			Total³
End use	2014	2015		2014		2015	2014		2015		2014		2015	2014		2015
Chemical:
Chloralkali producers	46	2	-	346	^-	276	554	^-	534		17,300	^r	16,400	18,200	^r	17,200
Other chemical	323	327	^-	156	^-	314	1,000	^-	994		678		592	2,160		2,230
Total	369	329	^-	502	^-	591	1,560	^-	1,530		17,900	^r	17,000	20,400	^r	19,500
Food-processing industry:
Meat packers	183	205		40	^-	44	17	^-	25		--		--	240		274
Dairy	145	145		14		8	4		4		--		--	163		157
Canning	152	156		15	^-	17	4	^-	2		--		--	171		175
Baking	143	167		6	^-	5	9	^-	9		--		--	158		181
Grain mill products	101	95		11		10	8		9		--		--	120		114
Other food processing	628	617		147		178	131		79		1		1	907		875
Total	1,350	1,390		233	^-	262	174	^-	129		1	^-	1	1,760		1,780
General industrial:
Textiles and dyeing	14	10		21	^-	27	3	^-	2		--		--	38		39
Metal processing	4	6		12	^-	4	40	^-	36		--		(4)	56		46
Rubber	2	2		1		(4)	3		1		(4)		(4)	6		3
Oil	96	79		214	^-	149	70	^-	61		20		13	400	^-	302
Pulp and paper	7	6		40	^-	41	24	^-	22		--		--	71	^-	69
Tanning and (or) leather	1	1		14	^-	14	24		23		--		--	39	^-	38
Other industrial	97	84		55	^-	53	209	^-	198		13		(4)	374		335
Total	222	189		356	^-	288	374	^-	343		34	^-	13	986		834
Agricultural:														-		-
Feed retailers and (or) dealers mixers	251	267		185	^-	250	503	^-	332	-	--		--	939		849
Feed manufacturers	86	62		121	^-	73	307		201		--		--	514	^-	336
Direct-buying end user	26	27		18	^-	20	91	^-	87		--		--	135	^-	134
Total	364	356		324	^-	343	901	^-	620		--		--	1,590	^-	1,320
Water treatment:
Government (Federal, State, local)	81	83		123	^-	110	155	^-	290		1	^-	1	360		484
Commercial or other	40	37		83	^-	38	118	^-	163		2	^-	1	243		239
Total	121	119		206	^-	148	273	^-	452		3	^-	2	603		723
Ice control and (or) stabilization:														-		-
Government (Federal, State, local)	3	3		1,330		376	15,400	^-	12,600		--		(4)	16,800	^-	13,000
Commercial or other	56	35		330	^-	287	7,310	^-	9,440		--		--	7,690	^-	9,760
Total	59	38		1,660	^-	664	22,700	^-	22,000		--		(4)	24,500	^-	22,700
Distributors:
Agricultural	86	77		147	^-	108	156	^-	121		--		--	389	^-	306
Grocery wholesalers and (or) retailers	409	381		170		153	129	^-	173		(4)		(4)	708	^-	707
Institutional wholesalers and end users	154	158		72	^-	78	85		131		(4)		(4)	311	^-	367
Water-conditioning	176	122		318		304	9		13		1		1	504		440
U.S. Government resale	(4)	(4)		(4)		(4)	(4)		(4)		--		--	(4)		(4)
Other wholesalers and (or) retailers	1,090	1,160		991		948	472	^-	375		1	^-	(4)	2,550		2,480
Total	1,910	1,890		1,700		1,590	851	^-	813		2	^-	1	4,460		4,300
Other⁵	121	129		192	^-	200	1,000	^-	825		64	^-	2	1,380		1,160
Grand total	4,520	4,440		5,170		4,090	27,900	^-	26,700		18,000	^r	17,000	55,600	^r	52,300
^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²The quantity of imports included in the total for each type of salt is the amount reported by the U.S. salt industry, not the quantity reported by the-
U.S. Census Bureau that appears in tables 1, 9, 10, 11, and 12.
³Because data include salt imported, produced, and (or) sold from inventory from regional distribution centers, data for salt sold or used by type-
may differ from totals shown in tables 1, 3, and 4, which are derived from plant reports at salt production locations. Data from these tables may-
differ from totals shown in table 6 because of changes in inventory and (or) incomplete reporting.
⁴Less than - unit.
⁵Includes exports.