Chinese Glauber salt export prices are significantly lower than the average world price, transaction amount of anhydrous sodium sulfate Chinese export only global total transaction amount of 54%. The same as the "BRIC" in Brazil has become the first big buyers Chinese export of anhydrous sodium sulfate, the consumption of China exports 16% of the total.
Sodium sulfate, known as "sodium", the name may also be referred to as "mirabilite", is an important chemical raw materials can be widely used in the field of detergent, textile, glass, paper, food, pharmaceutical, leather, rubber, synthetic fiber, coating and ink. Ch. Chinese natural mirabilite reserves, reaching 105 tons, reserves in the world, however, faces and many other basic chemical raw materials problems similar, Chinese of Glauber's salt trading also did not receive a reasonable price in the world, is still in the stage of low price competition.
The next 5-10 years of Glauber's salt industry will usher in a great development, a few years ago because of the financial crisis and was inhibited by the European and American market demand will rebound sharply in Europe and America, and because the mirabilite ore mining cost is too high, it will turn more from China procurement.