TABLE 6 | ||||||||||||||||
U.S. EXPORTS OF SODA ASH, BY COUNTRY1 | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||||||
(thousand | Value2 | Unit | (thousand | Value2 | Unit | |||||||||||
Country | metric tons) | (thousands) | value | metric tons) | (thousands) | value | ||||||||||
Argentina | 91 | $17,600 | $193 | 93 | $18,200 | $196 | ||||||||||
Australia | 227 | 45,900 | 202 | 267 | 52,800 | 198 | ||||||||||
Belgium | 144 | 20,700 | 144 | 133 | 21,000 | 158 | ||||||||||
Brazil | 849 | 158,000 | 186 | 895 | 169,000 | 189 | ||||||||||
Canada | 308 | 60,800 | 197 | 261 | 55,200 | 211 | ||||||||||
Chile | 348 | 71,500 | 206 | 324 | 67,800 | 209 | ||||||||||
Colombia | 138 | 26,800 | 194 | 207 | 40,500 | 196 | ||||||||||
Costa Rica | 14 | 2,700 | 193 | 20 | 4,040 | 202 | ||||||||||
Ecuador | 27 | 5,550 | 205 | 34 | 7,450 | 219 | ||||||||||
El Salvador | 10 | 1,900 | 190 | 15 | 2,980 | 199 | ||||||||||
France | 20 | 2,580 | 129 | 48 | 7,610 | 159 | ||||||||||
Guatemala | 28 | 5,980 | 214 | 39 | 8,430 | 216 | ||||||||||
Indonesia | 644 | 119,000 | 184 | 646 | 133,000 | 205 | ||||||||||
Japan | 209 | 33,100 | 158 | 221 | 37,200 | 168 | ||||||||||
Korea, Republic of | 254 | 44,900 | 177 | 227 | 42,200 | 186 | ||||||||||
Lithuania | 20 | 2,870 | 143 | 28 | 4,050 | 145 | ||||||||||
Malaysia | 91 | 17,400 | 191 | 85 | 17,000 | 200 | ||||||||||
Mexico | 984 | 225,000 | 228 | - | 1,010 | 232,000 | 230 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 251 | 39,000 | 155 | 150 | 23,700 | 158 | ||||||||||
New Zealand | 21 | 4,570 | 217 | 31 | 5,650 | 182 | ||||||||||
Peru | 61 | 13,200 | 216 | 115 | 23,400 | 203 | ||||||||||
Philippines | 72 | 13,200 | 183 | 55 | 10,500 | 191 | ||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | 154 | 25,700 | 167 | 155 | 26,000 | 168 | ||||||||||
South Africa | 134 | 20,200 | 151 | 86 | 15,200 | 177 | ||||||||||
Spain | 127 | 19,700 | 155 | 26 | 4,640 | 179 | ||||||||||
Taiwan | 198 | 32,800 | 166 | 214 | 38,400 | 180 | ||||||||||
Thailand | 173 | 32,400 | 187 | 240 | 46,000 | 192 | ||||||||||
Tunisia | 199 | 29,100 | 146 | 195 | 27,900 | 143 | ||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | 90 | 15,500 | 172 | 142 | 24,000 | 169 | ||||||||||
United Kingdom | 59 | 10,800 | 183 | 155 | 26,700 | 172 | ||||||||||
Venezuela | 201 | 47,000 | 234 | 209 | 46,600 | 223 | ||||||||||
Vietnam | 106 | 18,700 | 176 | - | 130 | 23,000 | 177 | |||||||||
Other | 213 | r | 28,600 | r | 134 | - | 214 | 36,300 | 170 | |||||||
Total | 6,470 | 1,210,000 | 187 | 6,670 | 1,300,000 | 195 | - | - | ||||||||
rRevised. | ||||||||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except unit value; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
2Free alongside ship value. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices