Vietnam to import 182,000 tonnes of salt in 2011

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has recently announced that in 2011 the country’s demand for salt will be about 1.35 million tonnes. Meanwhile, the domestic production will be about one million tonnes. Together with the salt stockpile in 2010, this year, Vietnam will have to import about 182,000 tonnes of salt.

According to the statistics, in 2010, the country’s salt output was estimated at 1.18 million tonnes, up 48 percent against 2009.

Currently, the salt stockpile in salt workers and salt producers is about 263,489 tonnes, mainly black salt. – Tienphong

Tags: Vietnam salt imports

Posted by VBN on Jan 20 2011. Filed under Import-Export, Import-Export turnover. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

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