Contents
1. SODIUM CHLORIDE (COMMON SALT) PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES
2. SODIUM CHLORIDE APPLICATION AREAS
3. SODIUM CHLORIDE PRODUCTION METHODS
4. WORLD SODIUM CHLORIDE MARKET
Europe
USA
China, Australia, Chile, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
5. SODIUM CHLORIDE MARKET PRICES
6. RUSSIAN SALT BUSINESS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
7. CIS SODIUM CHLORIDE MARKET
7.1 Russia
7.2 Russian table salt producers
7.3 International trade activities by Russia
7.4 Trade companies on the Russian market
7.5 Belarusian market
7.6 Turkmenistan market
7.7. Kyrgizstan market
7.8 Kazakhstan market
7.9 Azerbaijan market
7.10 Uzbekistan market
7.11 Ukrainian market
7.12 Price behaviour and traders/manufacturers on the Ukrainian salt market
8. NEWS IN SALT MARKET
9. INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN RUSSIA
10. TOP-TIER GLOBAL COMPANIES ON THE SALT MARKET
11. DEMAND: SALT CONSUMERS (WORLD PRODUCERS OF SODA, ETC)
12. DEMAND: CIS CONSUMERS OF TECHNICAL-GRADE SALT USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE, CHLORINE AND CHLORINE PRODUCTS
13. DEMAND: EUROPEAN CONSUMERS APPLYING SALT FOR HIGHWAY CLEARING, WATER PURIFICATION AND OTHER USES
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. World salt production, 2003-2007
Table 2. World trade of salt, 2002-2007 (including 10 major exporters and importers)
Table 3. EU production of salt, 2001-2006
Table 4. US Salt production, 2005-2006 (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)
Table 5. US salient statistics, salt, 2003-2007
Table 6. Salt sold or used in the United States, by type and product form (thousand metric tons ans thousand dollars)
Table 7. Distribution of domestic and imported salt by producers in the United States, by end use and type (thousand metric tonns)
Table 8. U.S. exports of salt, 2006-2006, by country, thousand metric tons and thousand dollars
Table 9. U.S. import of salt, 2006-2006, by country, thousand metric tons and thousand dollars 33Table 10. Average value of salt, by product form and type
Table 11. Sodium chloride prices, 2006
Table 12. Sodium chloride prices, 2007
Table 13. Average trade prices for salt in the world market in 2002-2007
Table 14. CIS trade of salt, 2002-2006
Table 15. Salt recovery in Russia (1990-2006), million mt/y
Table 16. Russian trade of salt, 2002-2006, $
Table 17. Russia Export of salt, by country, 2003-2006
Table 18. Russia import of salt, by country, 2003-2006
Table 19. Belarus trade of salt, 2002-2006
Table 20. Kyrgyz Republic trade of salt, 2002-2006
Table 21. Kazakhstan trade of salt, 2002-2006
Table 22. Azerbaijan trade of salt, 2002-2006
Table 23. Ukranian trade of salt, 2002-2006
Table 24. Average import and Export salt prices, Ukraine, 2002-2006
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. EU production of salt, 2005
Figure 2. EU production of salt in 2006
Figure 3. EU production by country, 2006
Figure 4. Salt production in Russia, 1995-2006
Figure 5. Russia trade of salt, 2002-2006










