World Analysis – Sodium Sulfate

Long-term outlook to 2060

Sodium sulfate is a widely used inorganic chemical available in two primary forms: anhydrous sodium sulfate (thenardite) and its hydrated counterpart, mirabilite. Both are white, water-soluble solids. The majority of global sodium sulfate supply is recovered from natural lake brines rich in mirabilite, though it is also generated as a by-product from numerous chemical manufacturing processes.

The detergent industry is the largest global consumer of sodium sulfate, leveraging its high purity and bright whiteness as an inert filler and processing aid. Beyond detergents, sodium sulfate plays a critical role in several other major sectors, including pulp and paper, glass manufacturing, textiles, chemical processing, and pharmaceuticals. Its versatility, cost-effectiveness, and functional performance continue to support steady demand across diverse industrial applications.

Long-term outlook to 2060

The World Analysis -Sodium Sulfate provides an in-depth assessment of the global sodium sulfate market, providing comprehensive analysis and strategic insights into the key developments shaping long-term supply, demand, trade, and pricing outlooks. This service equips industry participants with the analytical foundation needed to navigate market volatility and anticipate structural shifts across the sodium sulfate value chain.

Subscribers gain access to a full suite of reports, data files, analytical tools, and visualization modules, available online and downloadable from our website, including:

• A strategic report outlining critical insights and the future trajectory of global and regional markets

• Online Data Browser access to supply, demand, and capacity databases

• Continuously updated company/shareholder capacity listings, capacity integration analysis, and rankings of top producers/consumers, including surplus/deficit capacity profiles

• A comprehensive Data Appendix (Excel) featuring supply/demand and capacity tables, plus a dashboard with standard visualizations for all countries and regions

• Excel data files with long-range supply/demand graphics and price forecasts through 2060, along with detailed trade grids showing country- and region-level trade flows with 5- and 10-year projections

• An interactive online dashboard visualizing capacity, integration, supply/demand balances, trade flows, and price, cost, and margin forecasts

• Explanatory Notes detailing data sources, methodology, assumptions, units, conversion factors, and full World Analysis deliverables

• Energy and macroeconomic assumptions used in the long-term outlook

• Price assessment methodology and forecasting framework

This World Analysis provides detailed intelligence on capacities, production, demand, and trade across all major producing and consuming countries, regions, and global hubs. While robust data collection underpins the historical and forward views, the true value of the service lies in the expert interpretation and market analysis applied by our global team.

Data verification is a central pillar of our approach. Direct engagement with key industry participants ensures that our conclusions reflect real-world market behavior and deliver the most accurate, realistic forward outlook for the global sodium sulfate industry.

Long-term outlook to 2060