Salt ‘mountain' continues to grow
Salt ‘mountain' continues to grow
The salt ‘mountain' increased to 206,493 tonnes on July 20, 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported.
By July 20, Viet Nam had 14,189 hectares producing salt, including 3,394ha of industrial salt.
From Jan 1-July 20, 2013, Viet Nam produced 860,889 tonnes of salt, an annual increase of 40.7 per cent, including 206,791 tonnes of salt for industry. MARD commented that salt prices and supply were stable in the first seven months of this year.
Current salt prices are VND1,300-2,000 ($0.061-0.094) per kilo in the north and the Mekong Delta; while in the south central, rough salt is being sold at VND850-1,400 ($0.04-0.066) per kilo and industrial salt at VND1,000-1,200 ($0.047-0.056) per kilo.
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