Bulk Himalayan pink salt, by the container.

Food-grade, industrial and animal-lick pink salt, bagged or in 1 MT bulk bags. We buy it from processors in the Salt Range and send a lab report with every lot.

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A long tunnel inside the Khewra Salt Mine with orange salt walls and a water channel — Inside the Khewra Salt Mine, Salt Range, PunjabPhoto: Wikimedia Commons

Ships from: Karachi
Terms: FOB Karachi, or CIF US and Gulf ports
Order size: From one 20ft container. Trial orders on request
Before you commit: Samples of the grade and grain
Invoicing: In USD, from our US entity
Replies: Within one business day

Who you deal with.

Email hello@silkstonetrading.com. One of us answers it within one business day.

Cameron

Sales, pricing and contracts in the US

Based in the US. He sends the quote, the contract and the USD invoice, and keeps track of your shipment.

Furqan Ahmed

Sourcing, quality control and shipping in Karachi

On the ground in Karachi. He buys from the processors himself, checks the lot before it goes in the container and does the export paperwork.

Specification

Grades, grain and packing.

Tell us the grade, grain and bag size you buy now. We send samples and a price. The lot that fills your order gets tested before it ships.

Origin: Salt Range, Punjab, Pakistan (Khewra area)
Grades: Food grade, industrial, animal lick
Grain: Fine, medium, coarse, granules, chunks
Other forms: Salt blocks, cooking slabs, lick salt
Packing: 25 kg and 50 kg bags, or 1 MT bulk bags
Testing: Lab report with every lot. Heavy-metal testing (lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury) on request
Inspection: Pre-shipment inspection in Karachi. Send your own inspector if you like (SGS, Bureau Veritas, etc.)
Shipping: FOB Karachi, or CIF US and Gulf ports. From one 20ft container

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Raw Himalayan pink salt crystals — Pink salt crystals before grindingIllustrative

Red and green hills of the Salt Range at Khewra, Punjab — The Salt Range at Khewra, PunjabPhoto: Wikimedia Commons

Who buys it

Who buys it from us

Pick the row that sounds like you.

Food manufacturers

Food-grade salt in the grain your recipe uses, in 25 kg bags or 1 MT bulk bags.

Start withSamples in your grain and a lab report

Spice blenders and packers

Fine to coarse grain for blends, grinders and refills, packed in your own plant. If you want it filled and labeled for you, see private label.

Start withSamples in two grains

Distributors and importers

Bagged salt by the container, for resale to food and foodservice buyers.

Start withA trial order, then one 20ft container

Animal feed and farm supply

Animal-lick salt and lick blocks.

Start withA quote by the container

What you get with a bulk order

Paperwork that comes with every order.

Lab report

Sodium chloride, moisture and insoluble matter. Lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury on request.

Filled in for your lot.
Pre-shipment inspection

Grade and grain match the samples you approved, salt matches the lot on the lab report, bags and weights match the packing list.

Checked in Karachi before loading.
Export documents

Certificate of origin, analysis report for the lot and packing list.

Sent with the shipment.

How a bulk salt order works

Samples first. Once you're happy, your lot gets tested, checked and shipped with the paperwork.

Container cranes and a red cargo ship at the Port of Karachi — Port of Karachi. Everything we sell leaves from here.Photo: Wikimedia Commons

No.StepWhat happensWho

1Send your specGrade, grain, bag size, quantity and destination port.Who: You

2Approve samplesSamples of the grade and grain, with a price.Who: Cameron and Furqan

3Lab reportYour lot gets tested and you get the report. Heavy metals tested on request.Who: Furqan

4Pre-shipment inspectionGrain, bags and weights checked against what you approved, before loading.Who: Furqan

5Documents and shippingCertificate of origin, analysis report and packing list. FOB Karachi or CIF to your port.Who: Furqan, then Cameron

PortsHouston, Savannah, NY/NJ, LA/Long Beach and Jebel Ali, among other US and Gulf ports.

Questions buyers ask us.

What is the minimum order?

Bulk orders start from one 20ft container. Trial orders are available on request.

Can I have the shipment inspected?

We inspect every lot before loading, and you're welcome to send your own inspector, for example SGS or Bureau Veritas.

How do you invoice?

In USD, from our US entity. Terms are agreed per order.

Tell us what you need.

Grade, grain, bag size, rough quantity and destination. We'll reply within a business day.

Or email hello@silkstonetrading.com