What is the price of table salt per kilogram/pound in Japan today?
The retail price range for Japan table salt is between US$ 4.37 and US$ 6.31 per kilogram or between US$ 1.98 and US$ 2.86 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of table salt in Japan
The retail price range in Yen for table salt is between JPY 603.15 and JPY 871.22 per kilogram or between JPY 273.54 and JPY 395.11 per pound(lb) in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Japan table salt is between US$ 3.06 and US$ 4.42 per kilogram or between US$ 1.39 and US$ 2.00 per pound(lb).
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Japan Table Salt Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Table Salt from Japan over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2017, the price per kilogram was 2.43 US dollars, followed by a peak of 2.71 US dollars in 2018. However, the price dropped to 2.05 US dollars in 2020 and then rose again to 2.3 US dollars in 2021. The most recent data shows that the export price of Table Salt from Japan is 1.48 US dollars per kilogram. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price of Table Salt from Japan in 2023 will be around 1.90 US dollars per kilogram and in 2024 it will be around 2.10 US dollars per kilogram.Japan Table Salt Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Table Salt into Japan over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 2.43 US dollars per kg, followed by 2.71 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 2.42 US dollars per kg, before increasing to 2.05 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then rose to 2.3 US dollars per kg in 2021, before dropping to 1.48 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this data, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Table Salt into Japan in 2023 will be 2.05 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be 1.48 US dollars per kg.Export values for Japan table salt
The total values in export for table salt in Japan were US$ 2,572, US$ 3,253, US$ 4,227 and US$ 3,635 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Japan table salt - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of table salt exported by Japan in 2020 was 1,688 metric tons. In 2019 Japan sold 1,502 tonnes of table salt. Across 2019 alone, the demand for Japan table salt (processed category) has shrunk, with a change of -3.78 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, table salt's exports grew by 12.09 pc netting the exporter US$3.64m for the year 2019. Japan's table salt exports are classified as:
- Salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water (HS code 250100)
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Japan table salt export values
In 2019, Japan supplied table salt worth 3.64m USD, a drop of -13.89% from 2018's total table salt export of 4.227m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Japan table salt between 2017 to 2018 was 29.942 per cent.
The yearly change in the volume of Japan's table salt exports between 2017 and 2019 was 12.09 percent when compared to a variation of -3.78% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Japan's portion of the world's total table salt's exports in 2019 was 7.9 per cent. Japan holds position 4 in world exports of table salt.
Export markets for Japan table salt ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Japan is a net importer of table salt. The annual growth of Japan table salt in value between 2015 to 2019 was -10%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was -18%, per annum.
Japan bought 7,619,398 tonnes of table salt in 2019.