NEWS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 9, 2006
Contact: Dick Hanneman
703/549-4648
e-mail: dick@saltinstitute.org
2005 U.S. SALT SALES HIT ALL-TIME RECORD
Alexandria, VA (May 9)....Sales of US dry salt jumped 15.9% in 2005 to 32.1
million tons, an all-time U.S. salt sales record, the Salt Institute reported
today. The Salt Institute is a non-profit association representing the salt
industry in the U.S. and globally.
Salt industry revenues rose 15.8% to $1.27 billion, according to the Institute’s
2005 U.S. Salt Sales report. Figures exclude transportation costs.
Strong December highway salt sales boosted the year’s total to an industry
historic high of 20.483 million tons, up 28% from 2004. Food salt also moved up
strongly, recording a 9.5% gain to 1.586 million tons, also a new historic high.
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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 |
1,585.7 |
|
242,402.0 |
|
Agricultural |
1,645.6 |
|
92,444.5
|
|
Highway |
|
20,483.1 |
|
543,213.6 |
Chemical |
2,023.6 |
|
58,959.2
|
|
Water Conditioning |
3,703.6 |
|
358,930.6 |
|
Grand Totals |
32,055.2 |
|
1,472,685.6 |
|
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