Antimicrobial soap raises concerns

• Book ID: 104390187
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 59 KB
• Volume: 2010
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1351-4210
• DOI: 10.1016/s1351-4210(10)70074-3

✦ Synopsis

sodium carbonate), chlorine, salt and chlor-alkali sectors. Indian demand for soda ash stands at 2.4 M tonnes annually, and the major end-user industries include soaps and detergents accounting for 33.6%, glass at 25.4%, and silicates at 14.8%. The Indian soda ash industry stands at $1.3 bn, which is about 6% of the $23 bn world market. 40% of India's salt production is consumed by the chlor-alkali industry and the soda ash sector. As regards the import of soda ash, imports from China stood at 0.181 M tonnes during Jan-May 2009 (0.13 M tonnes in Jan-May 2008) representing an 18% share in the Indian market.