TABLE 12 | ||||||||||
U.S. IMPORTS OF SALT, BY CUSTOMS DISTRICT1 | ||||||||||
(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||
- | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||
District | Quantity | Value2 | Quantity | Value2 | ||||||
Anchorage, AK | 18 | 687 | 16 | 788 | ||||||
Baltimore, MD | 1,800 | 45,300 | 2,690 | 69,000 | ||||||
Boston, MA | 2,120 | 42,300 | 1,970 | 43,800 | ||||||
Buffalo, NY | 91 | 3,950 | 169 | 5,330 | ||||||
Charleston, SC | 151 | 2,830 | 101 | 3,120 | ||||||
Chicago, IL | 1,130 | 31,200 | - | 1,260 | 27,800 | |||||
Cleveland, OH | 370 | - | 13,900 | 427 | - | 8,580 | ||||
Columbia-Snake, OR | 136 | 4,890 | 118 | 4,640 | ||||||
Detroit, MI | 1,830 | 49,200 | 1,570 | 31,500 | ||||||
Duluth, MN | 134 | 12,900 | 86 | 9,160 | ||||||
Great Falls, MT | (3) | 87 | 19 | 71 | ||||||
Houston-Galveston, TX | 6 | 1,960 | r | 21 | 2,560 | |||||
Laredo, TX | 297 | 3,320 | 435 | 3,300 | ||||||
Los Angeles, CA | 202 | r | 6,360 | r | 213 | 7,120 | ||||
Miami, FL | 2 | 750 | 3 | 1,190 | ||||||
Milwaukee, WI | 1,420 | 31,400 | 1,290 | 22,600 | ||||||
Minneapolis, MN | 334 | 6,740 | 463 | 8,140 | ||||||
Mobile, AL | 9 | 5,600 | 6 | 4,050 | ||||||
New Orleans, LA | 2,180 | r | 71,000 | r | 1,180 | 40,900 | ||||
New York, NY | 3,230 | 79,900 | r | 3,880 | 93,400 | |||||
Nogales, AZ | 72 | 1,200 | 50 | 1,900 | ||||||
Norfolk, VA | 236 | 10,700 | 237 | 10,400 | ||||||
Ogdensburg, NY | 97 | r | 41,000 | r | 122 | 33,300 | ||||
Pembina, ND | 83 | 5,670 | 70 | 7,020 | ||||||
Philadelphia, PA | 2,070 | 51,000 | 2,670 | 65,300 | ||||||
Portland, ME | 1,090 | 22,400 | 1,160 | 24,000 | ||||||
Providence, RI | 257 | 6,730 | 703 | 17,700 | ||||||
San Diego, CA | 57 | 2,510 | 45 | 2,040 | ||||||
San Francisco, CA | 97 | 3,180 | 116 | 3,980 | ||||||
San Juan, PR | 27 | 1,110 | 4 | 1,140 | ||||||
Savannah, GA | 52 | 3,210 | 111 | 3,010 | ||||||
Seattle, WA | 85 | 4,560 | 25 | 4,220 | ||||||
St. Albans, VT | 41 | 2,560 | r | 11 | 1,610 | |||||
St. Louis, MO | 2 | 27 | (3) | 92 | ||||||
Tampa, FL | 314 | 12,900 | r | 283 | 11,000 | |||||
Wilmington, NC | 147 | 6,020 | 98 | 3,430 | ||||||
Other4 | (3) | 233 | r | 11 | 392 | |||||
Total | 20,200 | r | 589,000 | r | 21,600 | 578,000 | ||||
rRevised. | ||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals-- | ||||||||||
shown. (The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States code for salt is- | ||||||||||
2501.00.0000.) | ||||||||||
2Customs value only. | ||||||||||
3Less than - unit. | ||||||||||
4Includes imports through six other customs districts. | ||||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices