Current sea salt production in our country
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The last edit to this post was made by sunjl1981 on 2013-1-6 at 20:05. MIIT: China has sufficient guarantees for salt production and supply. March 17, 2011, 17:20 – Source: China News Network. According to a report by China News Network on March 17 (reporter: Liu Yuying), in response to the phenomenon of people rushing to buy salt in various parts of China, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that China has sufficient guarantees for salt production and supply. The spokesperson said that China’s current annual production of raw salt is around 68 million tons, of which about 40 million tons comes from well and mine-derived salt. The demand for iodized salt, on the other hand, is only around 8 million tons per year. Based on market demands, companies can convert raw salt into iodized salt at any time. Over 90% of iodized salt produced in China is well and mineral salt, ensuring that the production volume, quality, and safety of iodized salt are fully guaranteed. In response to the recent rush to buy salt in some areas, which has led to a shortage in supply, salt production and distribution companies are taking active measures based on current market conditions, making every effort to increase production and organize shipments in order to meet market demands. (End) Although the production of sea salt in our country is continuously declining, does it now account for only 40% of the total salt production? Are the figures from this speaker reliable? ， ， -
I read a report stating that China’s production of raw salt is around 80 million tons per year, while the consumption of table salt is about over 8 million tons per year. This rush to buy salt is probably just marketing tactics by merchants. It shouldn’t be worse than panic! !
As far as I remember, sea salt should make up more than half of the total salt amount
True sea salt is actually becoming scarce, and its area is continuing to shrink.
It’s certain that the merchants are doing hype. First, what is the likelihood that sea salt could be contaminated by nuclear radiation in Japan? Secondly, how is it polluted? How long can recontamination last?
True sea water salt production is indeed becoming increasingly rare. There are fewer and fewer coastal areas these days, which are giving way to more profitable activities such as aquaculture and real estate development; there is no longer enough space for sea water to evaporate naturally to produce brine, which can then be used to crystallize salt. Along the coast of Shandong, aside from Yantai and Weihai where seawater is used to produce table salt, salt is produced in other areas using underground brine. The brine-based salt production area centered around Laizhou Bay is the core of salt production in Shandong Province, as well as the region where the province’s two major alkali industries are concentrated. However, *as a habit, we also call the salt obtained by evaporating these underground brines by the sea sea salt. The domestic alkali industry, which consumes large amounts of raw salt, and especially the emerging industries in inland areas, make extensive use of underground brine resources. These well and mine salts, which we often talk about, have become the dominant force in China’s salt production capacity. Given this, I believe in the 90% figure mentioned by the relevant personnel.