Brazil
In 2019, Brazil ranked tenth in the world in salt production with output of 7.6 million metric tonnes. Historically salt was not an important product in Brazil. In his study of salt trading in the Amazon basin Stig Ryden assserts that the Indian population in coastal Brazil obtained most salt from their diet. It was not until 1828 that the first large Brazilian salt works was established in Cabo Frio, by a German military attache who obtained a land concession from Emperor Pedro I. Early in the 20th century, there was a great expansion in the exploitation of salt ponds after the arrival of Portuguese salt producers who wanted to supply the Brazilian domestic market. In 2023 Salinor is the largest Brazilian salt producer, being responsible for more than 40 percent of the sea salt production. Salinor´s 2.5 million ton salt production is sold in Brazil and to other countries in North and South America, Africa and Europe. Its solar salt units are located in the cities of Macau and Mossoro, in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, in the region that is responsible for 95% of brazil's sea salt production. This area enjoys exceptional climate and geological conditions for salt production including high salinity water, intense sunlight and strong winds, high and steady temperatures, a limited rainy season and large areas at sea level with impermeable soil.
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