The share of imported salt in the Russian market increased to 33.6%

The share of imported salt in the Russian market at the end of 2023 increased from 31.1% to 33.6%. The Rusprodsoyuz association told TASS about this. “The share of imported salt in the Russian market at the end of 2023 increased from 31.1% to 33.6%,” the report says. According to the association, currently countries such as Kazakhstan, Turkey, Belarus, Azerbaijan and Iran supply salt to Russia. At the same time, the main suppliers for various types of salt are Belarus and Kazakhstan. The association notes that the growth in imports is associated with difficulties with the supply of wagons for shipment of domestic products and the retail policy. “The delivery time for empty cars from the moment of delivery to factories increased from 3-5 days to 15-17 days, which in some periods of 2023 caused a decrease in the volume of shipments of finished products by almost half,” said Dmitry Leonov, deputy chairman of the association’s board. The second factor influencing the growth of ...