Question : SALT EXPORT



(a) the total quantity of salt exported during each of the last three years, country-wise;

(b) the total foreign exchange earned therefrom during the above period, country-wise; and

(c) the details of States from where the salt is being exported?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY(SHRI ASHWANI KUMAR)

(a) & (b): The quantity of salt exported during the last three years is as under:


Year Quantity exported Foreign exchange earned/ value (in thousand tonnes) (in lakh Rs.)
2005 3804.10 20576.93
2006 1874.40 11838.98
2007 1913.93 13363.38
The country wise details are furnished in Annexure- 1.

(c): Salt is mainly exported from the state of Gujarat. A small quantity of salt is exported from Tamil Nadu (by sea) and Rajasthan by Rail to Nepal, Bangladesh etc.