Expanded Perlite Sold Or Used By Producers In The United States, By Use

TABLE 3
EXPANDED PERLITE SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY USE¹

	2012						2013
					Average				Average
					value²				value²
	Quantity		Value		(dollars per		Quantity	Value	(dollars per
Use	(metric tons)		(thousands)		-metric ton)		(metric tons)	(thousands)	-metric ton)
Concrete aggregate	3,870		$1,590		$412	^-	3,950	$1,650	$418
Fillers	66,500		28,400		427	^-	70,700	30,400	431
Filter aid	48,000	^r	21,200	^r	441	^r	48,600	21,700	447
Formed products³	226,000		41,400		183		218,000	41,700	191
High-temperature insulation	5,770		1,550		268		8,060	2,150	266
Horticultural aggregate	64,400		30,300		471		66,800	31,400	470
Low-temperature insulation	1,130		644		572		1,320	778	588
Masonry- and cavity-fill insulation	2,340		1,100		469		1,690	803	475
Plaster aggregate	11,500		4,910		425		12,600	5,390	427
Other⁴	1,320		404		306		1,630	454	278
Unspecified⁵	29,000		11,200		385		30,000	11,900	396
Total or average	460,000	^r	143,000	^r	310		463,000	148,000	320
^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Average value is based on unrounded data and is rounded to the nearest dollar.
³Includes acoustic ceiling panels, pipe insulation, roof insulation board, and unspecified formed products.
⁴Includes absorbents, laundries, paint texturizers, and other miscellaneous uses.
⁵Estimated and reported data with specific use unknown.