Kep, Kampot salt production threatened by cheap imports.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 7:27 pm
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Salt Imports Spoil Market
Though the Kingdom’s existing salt farms in Kampot and Kep produce enough salt to support domestic consumption, industry experts, however, are worried that a flood of the vital commodity from neighboring countries will spoil the market for Cambodian producers.
Mr. Baraing said he was worried that locally produced salt will remain much in stock if the import of lower-priced salt is not stopped.
“We consume a maximum of about 100,000 tons of salt per year. However, if even 20,000 tons of cheaper salt is imported, it will affect our local production forcing us to keep the surplus salt in storage,” he pointed out.
Mr. Baraing said salt from Thailand and Vietnam was machine produced whereas the commodity from Cambodia was produced by hand, which, he added, was very labor intensive.
“This makes our salt more expensive. We cannot lower the price because of the higher production cost and also higher cost of packaging,” he said. “Although our salt quality is good, our salt’s color is not white compared to other salt produced by machine.”
The price of local salt is currently about $38 to $48 per ton, down from about $80 a ton in previous years.
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Salt Imports Spoil Market
Though the Kingdom’s existing salt farms in Kampot and Kep produce enough salt to support domestic consumption, industry experts, however, are worried that a flood of the vital commodity from neighboring countries will spoil the market for Cambodian producers.
Mr. Baraing said he was worried that locally produced salt will remain much in stock if the import of lower-priced salt is not stopped.
“We consume a maximum of about 100,000 tons of salt per year. However, if even 20,000 tons of cheaper salt is imported, it will affect our local production forcing us to keep the surplus salt in storage,” he pointed out.
Mr. Baraing said salt from Thailand and Vietnam was machine produced whereas the commodity from Cambodia was produced by hand, which, he added, was very labor intensive.
“This makes our salt more expensive. We cannot lower the price because of the higher production cost and also higher cost of packaging,” he said. “Although our salt quality is good, our salt’s color is not white compared to other salt produced by machine.”
The price of local salt is currently about $38 to $48 per ton, down from about $80 a ton in previous years.
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27907/ ... il-market/