In 2023, the apparent consumption of lime in the United States amounted to an estimated 17 million metric tons, the same figure reported one year earlier. Lime is an inorganic material that is mainly comprised of oxides, carbonates, and hydroxides.
Consumption of lime in the United States from 2011 to 2023
(in 1,000 metric tons)
* Estimate
Figures refer to apparent consumption, which the source defines 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, 2024). Consumption of lime in the United States from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/657785/united-states-apparent-lime-consumption/
US Geological Survey. "Consumption of lime in the United States from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. January 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/657785/united-states-apparent-lime-consumption/
US Geological Survey. (2024). Consumption of lime in the United States from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/657785/united-states-apparent-lime-consumption/
US Geological Survey. "Consumption of Lime in The United States from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2024, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/657785/united-states-apparent-lime-consumption/
US Geological Survey, Consumption of lime in the United States from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/657785/united-states-apparent-lime-consumption/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Consumption of lime in the United States from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], US Geological Survey, January 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/657785/united-states-apparent-lime-consumption/
