Every year, approximately 12 million tons of chlorine are produced in North America. Chlorine is also used in drinking water purification and waste-water disinfection. In countless industrial processes, there's simply no cost-effective, safe substitute for chlorinated compounds. In fact, almost 40 percent of US jobs and income are in some way dependent on chlorine. The chlorine industry nets a healthy trade surplus for the US economy and accounts for billions of dollars of domestic capital investment.
Chlorine is irreplaceable in our economy.
These industries represent almost 45 percent of all industries identified on the US Department of Commerce Inter-Industry Transactions Table, which shows the flow of materials from industries that produce commodities to the industries and consumers which use them.