In 2021, the apparent consumption of lime in the United States amounted to around 17 million metric tons. Lime is an inorganic material that is mainly comprised of oxides, carbonates, and hydroxides.
Lime consumption in the United States from 2011 to 2021
(in 1,000 metric tons)
* Estimated.
Apparent consumption. Defined as production + imports – exports. Includes some double counting based on nominal, undifferentiated reporting of company export sales as U.S. production.
This statistic was assembled using several editions of the report.
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US Geological Survey. (January 31, 2022). Lime consumption in the United States from 2011 to 2021 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/657785/united-states-apparent-lime-consumption/
US Geological Survey. "Lime consumption in the United States from 2011 to 2021 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. January 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 15, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/657785/united-states-apparent-lime-consumption/
US Geological Survey. (2022). Lime consumption in the United States from 2011 to 2021 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 15, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/657785/united-states-apparent-lime-consumption/
US Geological Survey. "Lime Consumption in The United States from 2011 to 2021 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/657785/united-states-apparent-lime-consumption/
US Geological Survey, Lime consumption in the United States from 2011 to 2021 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/657785/united-states-apparent-lime-consumption/ (last visited August 15, 2022)
