In 2021, the shipment volume of table salt in Japan amounted to around *** thousand metric tons, remaining at a similar level as the previous year. Table salt shipments remained steadily above *** thousand tons in recent years, peaking in 2021.
businesses with four or more employees; including refined salt
Supplementary notes
Figures prior to 2020 come from the "Industrial statistics tables by product" released by METI. Figures for 2020 are based on the "Economic Census".
Values have been rounded.
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METI (Japan). (July 31, 2023). Shipment volume of table salt in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276536/japan-table-salt-shipment-volume/
METI (Japan). "Shipment volume of table salt in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. July 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276536/japan-table-salt-shipment-volume/
METI (Japan). (2023). Shipment volume of table salt in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276536/japan-table-salt-shipment-volume/
METI (Japan). "Shipment Volume of Table Salt in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276536/japan-table-salt-shipment-volume/
METI (Japan), Shipment volume of table salt in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276536/japan-table-salt-shipment-volume/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Shipment volume of table salt in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], METI (Japan), July 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276536/japan-table-salt-shipment-volume/
