Although it has a shoreline of 36,000 kilometers, the Philippines imports 93 percent or 550,000 metric tons of salt for its requirement. “We should look at the salt industry as an added income source to fishermen during the dry season and the possibility of exporting Philippine sea salt,” Senator Cynthia A. Villar said during the public hearing by her Senate agriculture committee on two bills and one resolution relating to the ‘sickly’ salt industry.

Casayuran, M. B. (2023, January 19). Senators seek dev't of 'diminishing' PH salt industry. Manila Bulletin, p. 6.