Table 2.--U.S. sulfur demand pattern1/ (Thousand metric tons) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End use 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agriculture: Phosphoric acid................... NAp NAp NAp NAp NAp 5,552 5,741 Other............................. NAp NAp NAp NAp NAp 425 423 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total........................ 4,755 4,877 5,294 5,609 6,076 5,977 6,164 --------------------------------------------------------------- Drugs and food products............. -- -- -- -- -- 44 42 Soaps, detergents, and water treatment.......................... -- -- -- -- -- 196 197 Plastics and synthetic products..... 420 365 370 380 397 357 314 Paper products...................... 356 325 345 376 396 243 276 Paints.............................. 427 386 396 427 447 341 229 Metal mining and processing......... 510 530 570 585 588 510 656 Explosives.......................... 259 259 264 284 294 42 33 Petroleum refining.................. 791 739 778 745 750 732 686 Iron and steel production........... 122 107 112 112 112 106 97 Storage batteries (acid)............ -- -- -- -- -- 33 33 Other............................... 1,735 1,732 1,883 1,881 1,931 2,192 2,214 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total industrial demand........ 4,620 4,443 4,718 4,790 4,915 4,796 4,777 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total U. S. primary demand 9,375 9,320 10,012 10,399 10,991 10,773 10,941 --------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 --------------------------------------------------------------- Agriculture: Phosphoric acid................... 6,516 6,854 7,581 8,499 7,748 6,415 7,113 Other............................. 709 859 561 634 659 566 703 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total.......................... 7,225 7,713 8,142 9,133 8,407 6,981 7,816 --------------------------------------------------------------- Drugs and food products............. 47 96 101 36 19 15 35 Soaps, detergents, and water treatment.......................... 237 301 323 228 284 287 257 Plastics and synthetic products..... 455 454 454 371 301 347 479 Paper products...................... 345 283 372 348 302 267 262 Paints.............................. 324 330 343 257 149 178 128 Metal mining and processing......... 701 773 869 687 626 448 319 Explosives.......................... 20 18 19 13 14 15 20 Petroleum refining.................. 879 876 875 1,023 1,230 935 819 Iron and steel production........... 130 305 288 103 88 86 94 Storage batteries (acid)............ 44 58 51 34 57 53 58 Other............................... 1,250 1,393 1,902 1,426 1,308 447 701 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total industrial demand........ 4,432 4,887 5,597 4,526 4,378 3,078 3,172 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total U. S. primary demand 11,657 12,600 13,739 13,659 12,785 10,059 10,988 ------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. Table 2.--U.S. sulfur demand pattern1/--Continued (Thousand metric tons) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End use 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agriculture: Phosphoric acid................... 8,621 7,872 6,973 7,556 8,404 8,642 8,664 Other............................. 603 686 683 642 598 431 522 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total........................ 9,224 8,558 7,656 8,198 9,002 9,073 9,186 --------------------------------------------------------------- Drugs and food products............. 27 56 65 32 27 28 18 Soaps, detergents, and water treatment.......................... 167 215 249 204 221 200 215 Plastics and synthetic products..... 457 314 338 352 458 501 421 Paper products...................... 295 286 266 294 288 328 320 Paints.............................. 113 111 119 118 122 138 133 Metal mining and processing......... 510 442 376 426 567 723 773 Explosives.......................... 39 31 30 49 44 17 14 Petroleum refining.................. 954 913 947 973 958 825 504 Iron and steel production........... 88 69 69 67 74 59 37 Storage batteries (acid)............ 58 67 50 41 51 46 47 Other............................... 747 906 421 569 900 747 1,388 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total Industrial demand........ 3,455 3,410 2,930 3,125 3,710 3,612 3,870 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total U. S. primary demand 12,679 11,968 10,586 11,323 12,712 12,685 13,056 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAp Not applicable. 1/Data since 1975 not comparable to prior years.