What is the price of table salt in New Zealand?

As of January 2025, table salt in New Zealand is US$ 0.31 per kg (0.50 NZD), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

How much table salt did New Zealand export in 2024?

47,984 tonnes, valued at US$15,552,997.

What was the year-on-year change in New Zealand's table salt exports?

Exports decreased by 4.2% year-on-year.

Table Salt Price in New Zealand - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Table Salt Prices in New Zealand

US$ 0.31 / kg

0.50 NZD / kg

MoM ▼ 3.2% YoY ▼ 3.2%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (NZD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	0.31	0.50	▼ 3.2%	▼ 3.2%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the table salt price in New Zealand available is US$ 0.31 per kg (0.50 NZD), down 3.2% year-on-year.

New Zealand exported 47,984 tonnes of table salt in 2024, valued at US$15.55 million, ranking 35th among 122 global exporters and accounting for 0.5% of world exports. Export values declined by 4.2% year-on-year. The latest export unit value for table salt is US$0.3136 per kg. New Zealand is a net exporter of table salt.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - table salt in New Zealand

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, New Zealand exported $15.6M (48 kt) of table salt▼ 4.2% YoY. That ranks #35 worldwide (0.5% of global exports).

$15.6M

Export value

48 kt

Export volume

#35 / 122

World rank

0.5%

Global share

$0.32

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top table salt exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 India $431.4M · 13.1%
#2 Germany $375.4M · 11.4%
#3 Netherlands $331.2M · 10.1%
#4 US $244.2M · 7.4%
#5 Spain $176.8M · 5.4%

Annual export data New Zealand · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$15.6M	48 kt	$0.32
2023	$16.2M	53.9 kt	$0.3
2022	$13.8M	53.3 kt	$0.26
2021	$13.7M	50.1 kt	$0.27
2020	$15.5M	55.2 kt	$0.28

HS Code

table salt is traded under Harmonized System code 2501.00. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

New Zealand table salt - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The amount of table salt exported by New Zealand in 2020 was 57,037 tonnes. In 2019 New Zealand exported 54,733 tonnes of table salt. For 2019 alone, the market for New Zealand table salt (processed category) has gone up, flactuating by 3.056 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, table salt's exports increased by 12.29% earning the exporter US$14.10m for the year 2019. New Zealand's table salt exports are classified as:

Salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water (HS code 250100)

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New Zealand table salt export values

In 2019, New Zealand sold table salt costing 14.10m USD, an increment of 1.91% from 2018's total table salt export of 13.836m USD. The yearly growth in value of New Zealand table salt between 2017 to 2018 was 10.028 percent.

The annual/yearly variation in the quantity of New Zealand's table salt exports between 2017 and 2019 was 12.29 percent when compared to a variation of 3.056% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

New Zealand's portion of the world's total table salt's exports in 2019 was 2.4%. The country is ranked number 8 in world exports of table salt.

Export markets for New Zealand table salt ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

New Zealand is a net exporter of table salt. The annual growth of New Zealand table salt in value between 2015 to 2019 was 3%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was -3%, per annum.

New Zealand ordered 89,829 tonnes of table salt in 2019.

Table Salt Prices Across Oceania

Compare the latest table salt prices in other Oceania countries:

Australia$0.48/kg French Polynesia$15.07/kg Papua New Guinea$22.32/kg

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Table Salt New Zealand

US$ 0.3136 / kg

generic Export (unit value) as of 2025-01-01

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