# Salts (HS4 2842) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Salts at HS4 2842, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The salts subsector recorded $2.1B in reported global trade in 2024, with -0% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $2.1B |
| Latest annual change | -0% |
| Active exporters | 115 |
| Active importers | 181 |
| Active HS6 products | 2 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $147.6M | 1,115 | 2 |
| 1996 | $148.1M | 1,188 | 2 |
| 1997 | $167.9M | 1,165 | 2 |
| 1998 | $162.6M | 1,114 | 2 |
| 1999 | $204.6M | 1,254 | 2 |
| 2000 | $216.5M | 1,357 | 2 |
| 2001 | $216.3M | 1,429 | 2 |
| 2002 | $321.7M | 1,528 | 2 |
| 2003 | $347.2M | 1,601 | 2 |
| 2004 | $437.7M | 1,659 | 2 |
| 2005 | $499.3M | 1,718 | 2 |
| 2006 | $492.0M | 1,786 | 2 |
| 2007 | $596.2M | 1,837 | 2 |
| 2008 | $709.2M | 1,847 | 2 |
| 2009 | $614.1M | 1,887 | 2 |
| 2010 | $690.8M | 1,988 | 2 |
| 2011 | $821.0M | 2,054 | 2 |
| 2012 | $830.8M | 2,151 | 2 |
| 2013 | $856.0M | 2,166 | 2 |
| 2014 | $934.1M | 2,215 | 2 |
| 2015 | $1.1B | 2,279 | 2 |
| 2016 | $1.1B | 2,254 | 2 |
| 2017 | $1.3B | 2,284 | 2 |
| 2018 | $1.8B | 2,344 | 2 |
| 2019 | $2.2B | 2,449 | 2 |
| 2020 | $2.1B | 2,325 | 2 |
| 2021 | $3.4B | 2,490 | 2 |
| 2022 | $2.5B | 2,579 | 2 |
| 2023 | $2.1B | 2,595 | 2 |
| 2024 | $2.1B | 2,618 | 2 |

## Leading corridors

- China to Poland: $185.5M; growth -15.4%.
- China to Indonesia: $127.0M; growth +159.2%.
- Germany to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $95.1M; growth +14.2%.
- Netherlands to Germany: $70.2M; growth -2.4%.
- China to Belgium: $65.7M; growth +204%.
- Germany to Poland: $63.0M; growth +14.9%.
- Japan to China: $58.4M; growth -5.8%.
- China to Viet Nam: $52.3M; growth +27%.
- Japan to Netherlands: $49.9M; growth +13.9%.
- China to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $44.7M; growth -13.5%.

## HS6 products

- Salts: double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically defined (HS6 284210)
- Salts: of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, other than double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically, excluding azides (HS6 284290)

## 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.

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## 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)

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