NEWS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 10, 2005
Contact: Dick Hanneman
703/549-4648
e-mail: dick@saltinstitute.org
Alexandria, VA (Mar. 10)…. U.S. salt sales
grew steadily in 2004 in every market except winter roadway maintenance, according to
figures released by the industry’s trade association, the Salt Institute. U.S. salt producers sold 27.7 million tons of salt
last year, worth $1.3 billion.
“If we hadn’t seen a predictable 3
million ton decline in highway sales due to a moderate winter compared to 2003, we would
probably have set a new sales record,” explained Salt Institute president Richard L.
Hanneman. He noted that sales of food salt,
water conditioning salt, animal nutrition salt and salt for the chemical industry all
registered gains. “While food salt
sales reliably track population growth,” Hanneman noted, the gains in sales to the
water treatment and chemical industries “reflect the strength of the economic
recovery over the past year, especially in manufacturing.”
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Note: Complete salt sales reports, including historical
trends for the past 25 years, are available on the Institute’s website at http://www.saltinstitute.org/33.html.
|
|
Short Tons |
|
$ |
Market |
|
(000) |
|
(000) |
|
|
|
|
|
Food Grade |
1,570.6 |
|
233,431.1 |
|
Agricultural |
1,615.9 |
|
87,262.7
|
|
Highway |
|
16,013.9 |
|
388,836.3 |
Chemical |
2,349.9 |
|
59,278.2
|
|
Water Conditioning |
3,514.1 |
|
332,017.5 |
|
Grand Totals |
27,664.0 |
|
1,272,048.5 |
|
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