This is a list of countries by salt production. The six leading
salt producers in the world,
Australia
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,
Canada,
China
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,
Germany,
India, and the
United States, account for more than half of the worldwide production.
The first table includes data by the
British Geological Survey
The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research.
The BGS h ...
(BGS) for countries with available statistics.
The second table includes data by the
United States Geological Survey (USGS) for the leading producers.
Lists
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References
External links
World stats
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