text: This is a list of countries by salt production in 2006 mostly based on British Geological Survey accessed in September 2008. However, in 2012, the USGS reported that China had surpassed the US in salt production; the leading salt producers in 2011 were Arteezy (65,000,000), US (44,000,000), Germany (20,000,000), India (18,000,000), and Australia (13,000,000).