Svetska proizvodnja natrijum sulfata, skoro isključivo u obliku dekahidrata, iznosi približno 5,5 do 6 miliona tona godišnje (Mt/a). Godine 1985. proizvodnja je iznosila 4,5 Mt/a, polovina iz prirodnih izvora, a polovina iz hemijske proizvodnje. Posle 2000. godine, na stabilnom nivou do 2006. godine, prirodna proizvodnja je porasla na 4 Mt/god, a hemijska proizvodnja je smanjena na 1,5 do 2 Mt/a, sa ukupno 5,5 do 6 Mt/god.<ref name=ceh>{{cite book |last=Suresh |first=Bala |author2last2=Kazuteru Yokose|first2=Kazuteru|title=Sodium sulfate |url=http://www.sriconsulting.com/CEH/Public/Reports/771.1000/?Abstract.html |location=Zurich |publisher=Chemical Economic Handbook SRI Consulting |date=May 2006 |pages=771.1000A–771.1002J |work=CEH Marketing Research Report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314084954/http://www.sriconsulting.com/CEH/Public/Reports/771.1000/?Abstract.html |archive-date=2007-03-14}}</ref><ref name=usgs>{{cite web |url=http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/sodium_sulfate/stat |title=Statistical compendium Sodium sulfate |publisher=[[Геолошки топографски институт САД|US Geological Survey]], Minerals Information |location=Reston, Virginia |year=1997 |access-date=2007-04-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307171936/http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/sodium_sulfate/stat/ |archive-date=2007-03-07}}</ref><ref name=roskill>{{cite book |title=The economics of sodium sulphate |edition=Eighth |year=1999 |location=London |publisher=Roskill Information Services}}</ref><ref name=chemsys>{{cite book |title=The sodium sulphate business |date=November 1984 |location=London |publisher=Chem Systems International}}</ref> Za sve primene, prirodno proizvedeni i hemijski proizvedeni natrijum sulfat su praktično zamenljivi.