The Salt Industry Center of Japan

State of Demand and Supply in Japan

• Details of “Amount demanded” are as follows
  

  2004 (Unit:thousand metric ton)
  For domestic use	221
  For the soda industry	7293
  For the food industry	906
  For other industries	230
  For livestock	61
  For pharmaceuticals	42
  For road de-iceing	552
  Other	13

• “Salt produced domestically” in “Amount supplied” is mostly salt produced by the ion-exchange system.
• “Salt produced overseas” in “Amount supplied” is mostly imported sun-dried salt.
• Amounts of less than one unit are rounded and so the figure indicated as the total may not be the same as the total of the amounts added together.
• The amounts are for one year from April 1 to March 31 of the following year.