<pre>


TABLE 5
SODIUM SULFATE SUPPLY-DEMAND RELATIONSHIPS1
(housand metric tons)


1983     1984     1985    1986     1987     1988    1989     1990    1991
   1992    1993
WORLD PRODUCTION
United States                         776      791      736      763    
 725     743     685      713     720    609      651
Rest of world                        3,306    3,611   3,773    3,846    4,170
  4,119   '3,783   r4,372  r4,029  '3,796  *3,705
Total                             4,082    4,402    4,509   4,609    4,895
   4,862  '4,468   '5,057  '4,742  '4,405  *4,356
COMPONENTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF U.S. SUPPLY
Domestic sources                      776      791      736      763    
 725     743     685      713     720    609      651
Imports                               311      240      177      171    
 125     136     173      162     157     158     163
Industry stocks, Jan. 12               27       44       54       28    
  65      50      54       24     39      35       47
Total U.S. supply                 1,114    1,075     967      962      915
    929     912      899     916     802     861
Distribution of U.S. supply:
Industry stocks, Dec. 312           44       54       28       65       50
     54      24       39      35      47      42
Exports                             83       69      108      101      111
     77      62       62     103     155      89
Industrial demand                  987      952      831      796      754
    798     826      798     778     600     730
U.S. DEMAND PArrERN3
Glass                                  50       49       48       48    
 45       48      33       32     36      36       50
Pulp and paper                        464      454      445      239    
 226     239     231      223    200      144     180
Soaps and detergents                  425      363      318      414    
 392     415     495      479    400     264      290
Textiles                               (4)      (4)     (4)      (4)    
 (4)      (4)     (4)     (4)     (4)     126     140
Other'                                 48       86       20       95    
 91       96      67       64     142     30       70
Total U.S. primary demand          987      952      831      796      754
    798      826     798     778     600     730
VALUES6
Average annual value per short ton'  93.30   92.16    92.19    86.11    86.72
  78.81    83.05   87.66   79.23   70.73   69.39
Constant dollars per short ton!     132.89   125.78  121.29   110.37   107.71
  94.21    95.07   96.09   83.61   72.54   69.39
Average annual value per metric ton  102.85  101.59   101.62   94.92    95.59
  86.87    91.55   96.63   87.34   77.97   76.53
Constantdollars per metric ton'     146.49   138.65   133.70  121.53   118.72
  103.84  104.80  105.93   92.16   79.92   76.53


*Estimated. 'Revised.
'Natuml and synthetic except where noted. Synthetic sodium sulfate data obtained
from the Bureau of the Census are revised periodically and may differ from
previous published
reports by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. World productiondata also are periodically
revised on receipt of updated information.
2Naural sodium sulfate only.
'Estimated using data from 'Chemical Profile' issues on sodium sulfate by
Chemical Marketing Reporter for 1983, 1986, and 1989.
'Included with 'Other' prior to 1992.
'Includes ceramics, chemicals (potassium sulfate, sodium hyposulfite, sodium
sulfide, sodium silicate, and sodium aluminum sulfate), feed supplements,
printing inks, sulfonated
oils, textile dyeing, veterinary medicines, and viscose sponges.
'Dollars per ton for natural sodium sulfate, f.o.b. mine or plant.
Although data from 1990 and thereafter will be published in metric units,
historical values based on short tons will continue to be published for reference.
'Fmal implicit price deflators for 1993 are based on gross domestic product
and not gross national product, which was used previously. Based on 1987
= 100.


SODIUM SULFATE-1993


1101


</pre>