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Raw salt: the supply of goods decreased and the market continued to rise

 Recently, the main production area of sea salt in China is nearing the end, and the supply of goods in the market is gradually changing to new salt. Due to the seasonal continuous heavy rainfall in the main production areas of Shandong, the production of sea salt of some enterprises was interrupted, the output was reduced compared with previous years, the raw salt storage reserves of factories were insufficient, and the willingness to ship was generally poor. India, the main salt importing country, is in the rainy season. The local raw salt production is suspended and the spot supply is reduced. Due to the severe local epidemic situation in India, cumbersome customs inspection procedures, a certain delay in the arrival of imported goods to China, and the continuous increase of shipping costs, the transaction price of Indian salt import is higher than that of domestic trade, the purchase resistance of domestic two alkali enterprises is serious, and the import trading volume has decreased. In the early stage, some enterprises mainly engaged in imported salt shifted to domestic trade, Support the price rise of raw salt domestic trade market.  

 
Since early August, the maintenance of downstream two alkali enterprises has been completed successively, the unit operation load has gradually increased, and the number of industrial salt bidding procurement has increased. The supply of raw salt enterprises is cautious and the market supply is reduced. The bidding price of raw salt of the two alkali enterprises has increased continuously, resulting in a sharp rise in the sea salt market, driving the improvement of transactions in the lake salt and well mineral salt markets. Recently, the transaction price of domestic raw salt market has increased as a whole.