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In May, China's crude salt imports increased and exports decreased

 According to the latest customs data, in May 2021, China imported 473100 tons of raw salt, an increase of 15.99% year on year; Exports were 19500 tons, down 7.59% year on year. From January to may, China imported 2.486 million tons of raw salt, a year-on-year decrease of 8.88%; From January to may, the export of raw salt was 286900 tons, up 93.09% year on year. 

From the perspective of national import and export, in May 2021, the top three countries and regions of raw salt import in China were: Australia 267100 tons, accounting for 56.47%; India has 110400 tons, accounting for 23.32%; Mexico 93600 tons, accounting for 19.78%. The top three export countries and regions are: Bangladesh, 9900 tons, accounting for 50.98%; 3700 tons in South Korea, accounting for 19.26%; India has 12000 tons, accounting for 5.97%. From January to may, the top three countries and regions in China's raw salt import were: Australia 1202800 tons, accounting for 48.39%; India is 996100 tons, accounting for 40.07%; Mexico 279700 tons, accounting for 11.25%. The top three export countries and regions are: Japan 132800 tons, accounting for 46.29%; Korea 93400 tons, accounting for 32.55%; Bangladesh has 29300 tons, accounting for 10.21%. 
In June, the epidemic situation in India fluctuated, and the supply of raw salt was limited. Although the domestic sea salt is in the stage of a large number of listing, the salt enterprises are cautious in shipping, and the market supply is not much. The main reasons for the continuous rise of domestic trade market are the tightening of import sources and insufficient domestic supply. At the same time, some of the raw salt imported from India is downstream, or domestic trade sources are purchased, boosting the market to rise further; Or turn to purchase Australian salt, and increase the proportion of Australian salt in the import market.With the end of the overhaul of the two alkali plants, the purchase of raw salt increased steadily, the game atmosphere of salt enterprises increased, and the market transaction increased gradually. The high level of domestic trade market plays a positive role in the recovery of import market volume