TABLE 8
SULFURIC ACID FROM SMELTERS SOLD OR USED
IN THE UNITED STATES, BY END USE
(Thousand metric tons of 100% 112SO4)
SIC                             Use                                 1992
            1993
102                Copper ores                                        1,844
           1,952
1094               Uranium and vanadium ores                            
15
10                 Other ores                                           
93              145
26, 261             Pulp mills and other paper products                 
94              337
2816                Inorganic pigments                                  
W                W
281                 Other inorganic chemicals                           
81               83
2823                Cellulosic fibers                                   
W                W
283                 Drmgs                                               
W                W
2873                Nitrogenous fertilizers                             
W                W
2874                Phosphatic fertilizers                              580
             286
287                 Other agricultural chemicals                        
59               52
2899                Water-treating compounds                            161
             126
28                  Other chemical products                             
 4               16
291                 Petroleum refining                                  
15               11
331                 Steel pickling                                      
W                W
333                 Nonferrous metals                                   
 7               12
3691                Storage batteries (acid)                            
18               16
Unidentified                                        779              944
Total domestic                                 3,750            3,980-
Exports                                              W                 W
Grand total                                    3,750            3,980
W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprieaydata; included with 'Unidentified.'


TABLE 9
YEAREND SULFUR STOCKS OF
U.S. PRODUCERS
(Thousand metric tons)
Year        Frasch        Recovered       Total1
1989         1,109             193        1,301
1990         1,177             245         1,423
1991           979             216         1,194
1992           642             167          809
1993            W            1,382        1,382
W  Wiheld to avoid disclosing company proprietay
data; inchaded with 'Recovered.'
'Data may not add to totals down becaue of independent
rouDting.


TABLE 10
REPORTED SALES VALUES OF
SHIPMENTS OF SULFUR, F.O.B.
MINE OR PLANT
(Dollars per metric ton)
Year       Frasch     Recovered     Average
1989       100.18       78.70         86.62
1990        91.17       73.89         80.14
1991        87.05       64.17         71.45
1992        58.15       44.47         48.14
1993        51.60       25.06         31.86


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