A farmer carries the harvested salt in buckets at Bontomanai Village, South Sulawesi, in 2019. (Photo: Antara)
Jakarta (VNA) - The Indonesiangovernment has unveiled its strategies to cut down the dependence on importedsalt in an attempt to protect local salt farmers.
Accordingto Indonesian President Joko Widodo, local salt farmers still struggle to meet manufacturing industries' standards, which requires a sodiumchloride level of 97 percent, 7 percent higher than the average sodium chloridelevel at present.
Indonesia needs at least 4 million tonnes of salt a year, but it can onlyproduce only 2 million tonnes annually.
Speakingat avirtual limited meeting on salt absorption on October 5, Widodo stressedthat the country’s salt production is still low and this is why it search forthe easiest way out by importing salt.
Indonesian Research andTechnology Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro revealed the total industrial saltimport reaches 2.9 million tonnes per year, with 2.3 million tonnes of whichare used for Chlor-alkali plants or glass factories.
Around 540,000 tonnes of imported salt go to themiscellaneous food industry, while the mining and pharmaceutical industriesconsume the remainder of the imported salt./.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on September 23 announced a plan to develop vast farm estates across the archipelago to ease the nation’s reliance on imported food.
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A farmer carries the harvested salt in buckets at Bontomanai Village, South Sulawesi, in 2019. (Photo: Antara) 
