Planning and Implementing Salt Iodization at the Operational level

Costs

How much does salt iodization cost?

Mannar and Dunn (1995) provides a detailed breakdown of the capital and operating costs of salt iodization. You can read more about costs in chapter 12 of this document:

http://www.micronutrient.org/Salt_CD/4.0_useful/4.1_fulltext/pdfs/4.1.1.pdf

According to their estimates ( in 1996) the total cost of salt iodization ranges from $3.95 to $14.80 per ton, with an average of $7.40, using existing packaging, or $11.40 with new packing material. This amounts to 0.4 to 1.2 cents per kg or 1-6 cents per person per year, based on an estimated annual consumption of 3 kg to 5kg. The retail price of crystalline salt for domestic use ranges from $0.25 to $1.00 per kg. From these estimates, iodization increases the retail price of salt by between 1 and 24%.