✦ LIBER ✦
Ecover develops patented application of eco-surfactants in new and improved ecological cleaning products
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Volume
- 2010
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1351-4210
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✦ 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.