Shinan-gun Works Hard to Produce High-Quality Solar Salt

The First Sun-Dried Salt After the Monsoon... Full-Scale Summer Sun-Dried Salt Production Begins

Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, began the first solar salt production after the rainy season on the 27th.

According to the county on the 31st, solar salt is produced annually from April to September, and full-scale summer solar salt production started on the 25th, after the rainy season in July ended.

Salt is being harvested using an electric rake to produce solar salt.
[Photo by Sinan-gun]

Shinan-gun was concerned about a decrease in production due to a higher-than-average number of rainy days this spring and a prolonged rainy season in July, but the production volume in the first half of the year was about 120,000 tons, similar to the average year.

With favorable weather conditions, if production continues until the end of October, it is expected to produce about 130,000 tons, which is higher than usual.

Lee Cheol-soon, president of the Solar Salt Producers Association, said, “Although the rainy season caused disruptions in solar salt production, the current amount of sunlight is good, and full-scale production has begun,” adding, “Producers are working hard to produce high-quality solar salt, and many people looking for excellent Shinan solar salt are happily harvesting.”

In Shinan-gun, which accounts for more than 80% of the nation's solar salt production, 749 fishing households produce about 230,000 tons of solar salt annually on 2,166 hectares. Support continues for high-quality solar salt production, including 1,230 automated production facility equipment units of five types and 760 hectares of floor material improvement.

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