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Table 12.&mdash;U.S. imports for consumption of salt 
(Thousand shorttons and thousand dollars) 
 In bags, sacks, barrels,  Bulk  or other packages duti blYear     (dutiable)
  a e 
 Quantity Value Quantity Value 
 1982 47 1,613 ' 5,404 154,571 1983 30 1,826 25,967 253,363 1984 71 2,386
37,474 ~7l,714 1985 66 3,794 ~6,141 ~61,799 
 ' Includes salt brine from Canada through Portland, ME, and St. Albans,
VT, customs districts, 26 short tons ($377) and 55 short tons ($2,698), respectively,
from Chile through Wilmington, NC, customs district, 100 pounds ($350); and
from the United Kingdom through Washington, DC, customs district, 200 pounds
($2,152). 
 2lncludes salt brine from Canada through Buffalo, NY, customs district,
400 pounds ($610); from Mexico through 
Laredo, TX, customs district, 18 short tons ($1,126); from Denmark through
Cleveland, OH, customs district, 100 pounds 
($269); from the United Kingdom through Baltimore, MD, customs district,
100 pounds ($1,209); from Ireland through 
New York, NY, customs district, 15 short tons ($300); and from Japan through
Seattle, WA, customs district, 1,300 pounds 
($392). 
 3lncludes salt brine from Iceland, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong through
New York, NY, customs district, 500 pounds ($940); from Norway and the Federal
Republic of Germany through Chicago, IL, customs district, 110 short tons
($3,299); from Denmark through Detroit, MI, customs district, 23 short tons
($191); and from Japan through Charleston, SC, customs district, 110 pounds
($527). 
 4lncludes salt brine from Spain through New York, NY, customs district,
1,987 short tons ($27,620); from Denmark through Cleveland, OH, customs district,
935 short tons ($76,714); from Japan through Charleston, SC, customs district,
691 short tons ($4,620); from Switzerland through Chicago, IL, customs district,
28 short tons ($2,533); and from the Federal Republic of Germany through
Washington, DC, customs district, an undisclosed quantity valued at $5,444.

Source: Bureau of the Census as adjusted by the Bureau of Mines. 
Table 13.&mdash;U.S. imports for consumption of salt, by country 
(Thousand short tons and thousand dollars) 
 1984 1985 
Country 
 Quantity Value Quantity Value 
Bahamas 902 9,163 952 10,301Brazil 304 2,567 70 642Canada' 3,279 27,511 2,670
21,916Chile 479 4,089 280 2,828France2 114 896 199 1,967Germany,FederalRepublicot&deg;
1 70 2 135Italy4 &mdash;&mdash; &mdash;&mdash; 55 430Mexico5
1,519 22,794
1,230 18,657Netherlands 236 2,535 90 2,149NetherlandsAntilles 275 2,527 191
2,440Spain6 418 1,503 402 3,188Other 16 444 67 941 
Total7 7,545 74,100 6,207 65,593 
 1lncludes salt in bags, sacks, and barrels through 10 customs districts,
27,780 short tons ($1,716,050) in 1984; and 11 customs districts, 40,691
short tons ($2,769,497) in 1985. 
 2lncludes salt in bags, sacks, and barrels through four customs districts,
567 short tons ($13,263) in 1984; and four customs districts, 128 short tons
($38,356)in 1985. 
 3lncludes salt in bags, sacks, and barrels through five customs districts,
562 short tons ($67,446) in 1984; and four customs districts, 2,084 short
tons ($120,114) in 1985. 
 4lncludes salt in bags, sacks, and barrels through two customs districts,
1 short ton ($5,160) in 1985. 
 5lncludes salt in bags, sacks, and barrels through three customs districts,
29,218 tons ($306,502) in 1984; and three customs districts, 14,762 short
tons ($148,417) in 1985. 
 6lncludes salt in bags, sacks, and barrels through one customs district,
3 short tons, ~ in 1984; and one customs district, 22 short tons ($145,725)
in 1985. 
 7Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 
Source: Bureau of the Census as adjusted by the Bureau of Mines. 

					
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