Table 6.—Sodium compounds yearend prices 
 
 
 
1984 
1985 
Sodiunicarbonate (soda ash): 
 
 
' Light, paperbags, carlots, works per toiL..Light, bulk, carlots, works
 do~_ 
Dense, paper bags, carlots, works do — — —
Dense,bulk,carlots,works
                              do~ 
$150.00 
123.00 
120.00 
 90.00 
$150.00 
123.00 
120.00 
 90.00 
Sodium sulfate (100% Na2SO4): 
 
 
Technical detergent, rayon grade, bags, carlots do — —
—Sodiumsulfate,bulk,
carlots, works' do~._Domestic salt cake, bulk, works1  do_ 
National Formulary(N.F. XII), drums per pournL_ 
$90.00- 96.00 
113.00- 114.00 
'  47.00- 53.00 
 .235 
$90.00- 96.00 
113.00- 114.00 
47.00- 53.00 .235 
 ' East of Mississippi River. 
 
 Source: Chemical Marketing Reporter. Current Prices of Chemicals and Related
Materials. V. 226, No. 27, Dec. 31, 1984, p. 27, and v. 227, No. 27, Dec.
30,1985, p. 27. 
ing dumping charges against U.S. producers. The Japanese claimed that U.S.
soda ash consumers paid $92 per ton at the mine whereas exports to Japan
were priced at $66 per ton.4 
 
 
Table 7.—U.S. exports of sodium carbonate and sodium sulfate 
(Thousand short tons and thousand dollars) 
 Soda Ash.—Exports of 1.639 million tons of soda ash reported by
the
Bureau of the Census were adjusted to include an additiOnal 132,000 tons,
pending data reconciliation between the Bureau of the Census and the American
National Soda Ash Corp Total exports as adjusted by the Bureau of Mines were
1771 million tons Exports to 43 countries, on a regional basis, were as follows
Asia 60% North America 14% Latin America, 12%; Africa, 9%; Oceania, 3%; and,
the Caribbean and Europe, 1% 
each. 1982 1,109 140,616 111 12,162 
 At yearend, the Republic of Korea agreed ~ ~ ~ ~ 
to lift import controls on 603 products,. 1985 21,771 2186,064 119 11,899

including soda ash, over the following 3 
 ' Free alongside ship (f.a.s.) value at U.S. port. 
years. This action offered potential for ~ 2Adjusted by the Bureau of Mines
to account for 
creasing U.S. exports. discrepancies in data. 
 Four companies comprising the Japanese Source: Bureau of the Census. synthetic
soda ash industry considered fil 
 Sodium carbonate Sodium sulfate Year 
Quantity Value' Quantity Value1 
 SODIUM COMPOUNDSSource: Bureau of the Census.FOREIGN TRADE 
887 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 8.—U.S. imports for consumption of sodium sulfate 
(Thousand short tons and thousand dollars) 
Year 
 Crude (sal Quantity 
t cake)1 
 
Value2 
Anhy 
. 
Quantity 
drous 
 
 Value2 
To 
 
Quantity 
tal1 
 
 Value2 
1982                                   
1983                                   
1984                                   
1985                                   
210 
144 
61 
40 
13,820 
10,312 
4,223 
2,549 
184 
199 
204 
154 
14,938 
17,609 
16,975 
11,943 
394 
343 
265 
194 
28,758 
27,921 
21,198 
14,492 
' Includes Glauber's salt as follows: 1982—2 tons ($1,241); 1983—3
tons ($1,648); and 1984—12 tons ($4,997). 2Customs, insurance,
and
freight (c.i.f.) value at U.S. port.