Reported Consumption Of Soda Ash In The United States, By End Use, By Quarter

TABLE 4
REPORTED CONSUMPTION OF SODA ASH IN THE UNITED STATES,- BY END USE, BY QUARTER¹

(Thousand metric tons)

				2014
NAICS²				1st	2d	3d	4th
code	End use	2013		quarter	quarter	quarter	quarter	Total
3272	Glass:
327213	Container	1,230		------------ 292	----------- 299	----------- 287	----------- 276	---------- 1,150
327211	Flat	952		------------ 228	----------- 238	----------- 254	----------- 258	------------- 978
327993	Fiber	147		-------------- 39	------------- 38	------------- 38	------------- 36	------------- 151
327212	Other	111		-------------- 35	------------- 32	------------- 30	------------- 34	------------- 131
	Total	2,440	^-	------------ 594	----------- 607	----------- 609	----------- 604	---------- 2,410
32518	Chemicals	1,450		------------ 374	----------- 380	----------- 401	----------- 386	---------- 1,540
325611	Soaps and detergents	384		-------------- 91	------------- 83	------------- 90	------------- 88	------------- 352
322	Pulp and paper	75		-------------- 17	------------- 16	------------- 16	------------- 15	--------------- 64
221310	Water treatment³	61		-------------- 13	------------- 14	------------- 15	------------- 13	--------------- 55
56221	Flue gas desulfurization	217		-------------- 57	------------- 54	------------- 65	------------- 55	------------- 231
422	Distributors	285		-------------- 75	------------- 70	------------- 71	------------- 68	------------- 284
	Other	202		-------------- 54	------------- 50	------------- 59	------------- 65	------------- 228
	Total domestic consumption⁴	5,120		--------- 1,270	-------- 1,270	-------- 1,330	-------- 1,290	---------- 5,170
	Exports⁵	6,190		--------- 1,630	-------- 1,580	-------- 1,550	-------- 1,790	---------- 6,550
	Canada	246		-------------- 63	------------- 56	------------- 54	------------- 56	------------- 229
	Total industry sales⁶	11,300		--------- 2,900	-------- 2,850	-------- 2,880	-------- 3,090	-------- 11,700
	Total sales from plants	11,500		--------- 2,910	-------- 2,990	-------- 2,930	-------- 3,050	-------- 11,900
	Total production	11,500		--------- 2,910	-------- 2,790	-------- 2,950	-------- 3,000	-------- 11,700
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²North American Industry Classification System.
³Includes soda ash equivalent from soda liquors and purge liquors sold to powerplants for water treatment. Sales of mine water are excluded.
⁴Imports reported by the producer/importer have been distributed into appropriate end-use categories.
⁵As reported by producers; includes Canada. Data may not 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.