# Salts (HS4 2841) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

> Published by **Yugalinks**, global trade intelligence for growing businesses.
>
> [Follow Yugalinks on LinkedIn](https://in.linkedin.com/company/yugalinks)

Salts at HS4 2841, with reported global trade through 2024.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/sector/hs4/2841

## Explore Yugalinks

- [Open the trade workspace](https://www.yugalinks.com/app)
- [Read the methodology](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology)
- [Review data sources](https://www.yugalinks.com/data-sources)
- [Check data coverage](https://www.yugalinks.com/data-coverage)
- [Read Responsible AI principles](https://www.yugalinks.com/responsible-ai)

## Answer

The salts subsector recorded $10.0B in reported global trade in 2024, with -8.3% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $10.0B |
| Latest annual change | -8.3% |
| Active exporters | 112 |
| Active importers | 182 |
| Active HS6 products | 7 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $531.9M | 1,478 | 7 |
| 1996 | $435.9M | 1,487 | 7 |
| 1997 | $440.1M | 1,537 | 7 |
| 1998 | $405.2M | 1,414 | 7 |
| 1999 | $407.8M | 1,647 | 7 |
| 2000 | $545.2M | 1,734 | 7 |
| 2001 | $522.5M | 1,779 | 7 |
| 2002 | $474.4M | 1,827 | 7 |
| 2003 | $553.0M | 1,842 | 7 |
| 2004 | $726.5M | 1,923 | 7 |
| 2005 | $1.0B | 1,908 | 7 |
| 2006 | $1.3B | 1,983 | 7 |
| 2007 | $1.3B | 1,985 | 7 |
| 2008 | $1.5B | 2,004 | 7 |
| 2009 | $892.8M | 1,969 | 7 |
| 2010 | $1.3B | 2,009 | 7 |
| 2011 | $1.6B | 2,045 | 7 |
| 2012 | $1.5B | 2,106 | 7 |
| 2013 | $1.6B | 2,151 | 7 |
| 2014 | $1.9B | 2,232 | 7 |
| 2015 | $1.7B | 2,253 | 7 |
| 2016 | $1.6B | 2,269 | 7 |
| 2017 | $2.5B | 2,272 | 7 |
| 2018 | $3.8B | 2,235 | 7 |
| 2019 | $4.4B | 2,315 | 7 |
| 2020 | $4.4B | 2,217 | 7 |
| 2021 | $6.4B | 2,284 | 7 |
| 2022 | $17.3B | 2,200 | 7 |
| 2023 | $18.7B | 2,353 | 7 |
| 2024 | $10.0B | 2,229 | 7 |

## Leading corridors

- Republic of Korea to China: $2.1B; growth +22.8%.
- Republic of Korea to Hungary: $1.3B; growth +31.7%.
- Republic of Korea to Poland: $1.2B; growth +19.1%.
- Japan to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $1.1B; growth +14.2%.
- China to Republic of Korea: $977.8M; growth +20.8%.
- Republic of Korea to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $541.4M; growth +53.9%.
- Japan to Poland: $367.8M; growth +9.2%.
- China to Japan: $341.2M; growth -0.9%.
- Republic of Korea to Malaysia: $218.7M; growth +14.2%.
- Republic of Korea to Indonesia: $134.1M; growth +484.1%.

## HS6 products

- Salts: aluminates (HS6 284110)
- Salts: chromates of zinc or of lead (HS6 284120)
- Salts: sodium dichromate (HS6 284130)
- Salts: potassium dichromate (HS6 284140)
- Salts: chromates, dichromates, peroxochromates: n.e.c. in heading no. 2841 (HS6 284150)
- Salts: manganites, manganates and permanganates (HS6 284160)
- Salts: of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, manganites, manganates and permanganates, potassium permanganate (HS6 284161)
- Salts: of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, manganites, manganates and permanganates, other than potassium permanganate (HS6 284169)
- Salts: molybdates (HS6 284170)
- Salts: tungstates (wolframates) (HS6 284180)
- Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids: n.e.c. in heading no. 2841 (HS6 284190)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS4. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024.

## Continue your research

- [Explore HS4 2841 in the workspace](https://www.yugalinks.com/app?hs=2841)
- [Open the Yugalinks workspace](https://www.yugalinks.com/app)

## Other formats

- [HTML](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/sector/hs4/2841/index.html)
- [JSON](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/sector/hs4/2841/index.json)
- [JSON-LD](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/sector/hs4/2841/index.ld.json)


## Continue your research

- [Explore HS4 2841 in the workspace](https://www.yugalinks.com/app?hs=2841)
- [Open the Yugalinks workspace](https://www.yugalinks.com/app)

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) · [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) · [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.