What is the price of table salt in Australia?

As of January 2025, table salt in Australia is US$ 0.48 per kg (0.72 AUD), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What was the export value of table salt from Australia in 2024?

The export value was US$521,635.

What is Australia's world rank in table salt exports?

Australia ranks #82 out of 122 exporters.

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Table Salt Prices in Australia

US$ 0.48 / kg

0.72 AUD / kg

MoM ▼ 9.7% YoY ▼ 9.7%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (AUD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	0.48	0.72	▼ 9.7%	▼ 9.7%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the table salt price in Australia available is US$ 0.48 per kg (0.72 AUD), down 9.7% year-on-year.

Australia exported 990 tonnes of table salt in 2024, valued at US$521,635, ranking #82 out of 122 exporters and accounting for 0.0% of global exports. The country is a net exporter of table salt. The latest export unit value is US$0.4756 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - table salt in Australia

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $521.6K (990.4 t) of table salt. That ranks #82 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$521.6K

Export value

990.4 t

Export volume

#82 / 122

World rank

Global share

$0.53

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top table salt exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 India $431.4M · 13.1%
#2 Germany $375.4M · 11.4%
#3 Netherlands $331.2M · 10.1%
#4 US $244.2M · 7.4%
#5 Spain $176.8M · 5.4%

Annual export data Australia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$521.6K	990.4 t	$0.53
2022	$21.4M	918.5 kt	$0.02
2021	$110.9M	4.26 Mt	$0.03
2020	$4.2M	12.3 kt	$0.34

HS Code

table salt is traded under Harmonized System code 2501.00. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Australia table salt - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The amount of table salt sold by Australia in 2020 was 14,123 tons. In 2019 Australia sold 15,395 tonnes of table salt. For the year 2019 alone, the demand for Australia table salt (processed category) has reduced, recording a change of -97.345 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, table salt's exports increased by 65.75 percent netting the exporter US$5.35m for the year 2019. Australia'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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Australia table salt export values

In 2019, Australia supplied table salt costing 5.35m USD, a contraction of -97.01% from 2018's total table salt export of 179.136m USD. The annual change in value of Australia table salt between 2017 to 2018 was 5388.235%.

The annual/yearly variation in the volume of Australia's table salt exports between 2017 and 2019 was 65.75 pc when compared to a variation of -97.345% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

Australia's share of the world's total table salt's exports in 2019 was 33.7%. The country is ranked number 1 in world exports of table salt.

Export markets for Australia table salt ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Australia is a net exporter of table salt. The annual growth of Australia table salt in value between 2015 to 2019 was -3%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -5%, per annum.

Australia bought 42,202 tonnes of table salt in 2019.

Table Salt Prices Across Oceania

Compare the latest table salt prices in other Oceania countries:

New Zealand$0.31/kg French Polynesia$15.07/kg Papua New Guinea$22.32/kg

Other Processed Prices in Australia

Latest prices for other processed in Australia:

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