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    Burma’s Rakhine State coarse salt production fell by 90%, with no more than 100 employees

    • Last Update: 2022-01-07
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    According to news from Rakhine State, in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer merchants engaged in sun-dried salt in Rakhine State.
    The output of coarse salt has fallen by about 90%.
    The annual output of coarse salt in Rakhine State is only about 1,000
    .
    Previously, Baoduo, Kyaukphyu and Mipeng townships, which mainly produced coarse salt, had produced more than 100,000 coarse salt each year
    .
     
    U Dan Win, chairman of the Rakhine State Salt Association, said that compared with foreign table salt, the quality of Rakhine salt cannot meet the export regulations, so Rakhine salt cannot be exported abroad
    .
    At present, there are only about 70 people engaged in the salt industry in Rakhine State.
    If there is no market, there will be fewer and fewer practitioners
    .
    The decline in the price of coarse salt, coupled with the impact of the epidemic and other reasons, has caused losses for farmers who are still using traditional salt drying technology
    .
     
    Wu Maowenqiang, who is engaged in the salt industry, said that now we can only engage in the coarse salt industry.
    If we want to process refined salt, we need technical support, otherwise the transportation and processing costs will increase additional costs
    .
    The price of coarse salt was 100 kyats before, but now the salt can only be sold for about 50 kyats in the market
    .

     
    A salt farmer in Kyaukphyu, Wu Tuchu, who works in salt production, said that we have been drying salt on the ground all the time.
    Because of the excessive soil content in the salt, most farmers are facing losses
    .
    We have always applied for technical support from the government
    .
    It is said that the salt drying technology will be upgraded starting this year, and we welcome the government's move to promote salt production
    .
     
      It is reported that in order to allow Rakhine salt to enter the market, the relevant government departments of Rakhine salt and the Salt Merchants Association have joined hands to upgrade the local traditional salt drying technology
    .
    It is reported that the price of salt produced in Rakhine State continues to fall.
    The price of coarse salt has dropped from 100 kyats to 50 kyats, and the price of refined salt has fallen to 250 kyats
    .


     
      U Dan Win, chairman of the Rakhine State Salt Association, said that compared with foreign table salt, the quality of Rakhine salt cannot meet the export regulations, so Rakhine salt cannot be exported abroad
    .
    At present, there are only about 70 people engaged in the salt industry in Rakhine State.
    If there is no market, there will be fewer and fewer practitioners
    .
    The decline in the price of coarse salt, coupled with the impact of the epidemic and other reasons, has caused losses for farmers who are still using traditional salt drying technology
    .
     
      Wu Maowenqiang, who is engaged in the salt industry, said that now we can only engage in the coarse salt industry.
    If we want to process refined salt, we need technical support, otherwise the transportation and processing costs will increase additional costs
    .
    The price of coarse salt was 100 kyats before, but now the salt can only be sold for about 50 kyats in the market
    .

     
      A salt farmer in Kyaukphyu, Wu Tuchu, who works in salt production, said that we have been drying salt on the ground all the time.
    Because of the excessive soil content in the salt, most farmers are facing losses
    .
    We have always applied for technical support from the government
    .
    It is said that the salt drying technology will be upgraded starting this year, and we welcome the government's move to promote salt production
    .
     
      It is reported that in order to allow Rakhine salt to enter the market, the relevant government departments of Rakhine salt and the Salt Merchants Association have joined hands to upgrade the local traditional salt drying technology
    .
    It is reported that the price of salt produced in Rakhine State continues to fall.
    The price of coarse salt has dropped from 100 kyats to 50 kyats, and the price of refined salt has fallen to 250 kyats
    .

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