🌍 Countries Producing and Selling the Most Sea Salt Worldwide

 Salt is one of the most widely produced minerals globally, used in both industrial and food applications. According to global production data:

✅ China is the world’s largest producer of salt (including sea salt and other sources), followed by the United States and India, each producing tens of millions of metric tons annually. Statista+1

🇨🇳 China leads global salt production.
🇺🇸 United States ranks second.
🇮🇳 India is another major producer, with its sea salt production concentrated in states like Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Mongabay India

Although statistics specifically for sea salt production (excluding rock salt) are less centralized, seawater harvesting is particularly common in coastal countries with long shorelines.

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📊 Microplastics in Sea Salt – Particles per Kilogram by Country

Below is a comparative graph based on academic review data on microplastic contamination in sea salt samples from various countries. ScienceDirect

📉 Graph (English)

Microplastic Particles per Kg in Sea Salt

Croatia     | █████████████████████████████████ 800–19,800
China       | ██████████████████████          120–718
Celtic Sea  | ██████████████                  300
France      | ███                             0–2
Thailand    | ███████████████                 80–600
Spain       | ███████████                    50–280
Vietnam     | ████████████                   100–200
USA         | ████████████                   47–300

📌 Note:
– The ranges shown represent microplastic particles found in multiple studies. ScienceDirect
– Countries like Croatia show higher ranges due to certain heavily contaminated samples. ScienceDirect