China’s Annual Contract Anchors Global Pricing While Supply–Demand Dynamics Shape the Market In November 2025, China finalized its 2026 annual potash import contract—an event that quickly became the central anchor for global potash pricing. The agreement not only halted the price slide in several emerging markets but also ignited China’s winter fertilizer stocking season. At the same time, rising sulfur and sulfuric acid prices pushed production costs sharply higher, placing

I. Potash Fertilizer Market: Intensified Supply–Demand Game and Noticeable Regional/Product Divergence (1) Potassium Chloride Market: Mixed Trends and Narrowing Regional Price Gaps China’s potassium chloride market has shown a complex, fluctuating pattern with clear regional divergence in prices.Imported potassium chloride inventories are characterized by a “more in the north, less in the south” distribution. Local circulation is loose in some areas, but the overall supply–de

I. Comprehensive Overview of Fertilizer and Related Goods Imports and Exports in September 2025 (1) Export Market: Ammonium Sulfate Leads with Significant Overall Growth Since the beginning of 2025, China’s fertilizer export market has continued to expand, with total fertilizer exports from January to September reaching 33.363 million tons, marking a year-on-year increase of 45.4%. Among them, ammonium sulfate remained the dominant export variety, with cumulative exports reac

I. Import and Export Overview (January–September / September 2025) According to preliminary statistics from China Customs, in the first three quarters of 2025, China’s fertilizer trade showed a trend of “rising exports in both volume and value” and “declining imports in both volume and value.” Export growth in September alone was particularly significant. Detailed data are shown in the table below: Indicator Period Quantity (10,000 tons) Value (USD billion) YoY Change Other K

This week, China and overseas fertilizer markets continued the pattern of “cost support vs. weakening demand,” driven by the interplay of...

I. China’s Fertilizer Import & Export Data (Jan–Aug 2025) (1) Export Data: Key Product Breakdown Total Volume and Core Product Data...

I. International Fertilizer Market Dynamics (1) Core Tender Events: Driving Global Price Trends India Concludes Urea Tender (September 2)...

Recently, the global fertilizer market has experienced significant upward price pressure in 2025 due to a combination of factors, leading...

Recently, China's sulfur market has continued to maintain a high-level consolidation trend, with large price fluctuations, forming a...

Exports:  In November 2024, China exported a total of 3.37 million tons of various fertilizers, including: 2,200 tons of urea  1.84...

In 2024, the FOB prices for Monoammonium Phosphate (MAP 12-61-0)  at Chinese ports showed significant fluctuations. Overall , prices...

Urea In October 2024, China's urea export volume was 3,500 tons , amounting to USD 957,600 . Hong Kong, China was the largest importing...

Exports:   In October 2024, China exported a total of 2.96 million tons of various fertilizers, including: 3,000 tons of urea  1.75...

In September, China's thermal coal prices rebounded, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices rose by 21.84% over the past two months,...

Urea   In July, China's urea exports reached 79,400 tons , with a total export value of $28.14 million, representing a month-on-month...

Compound Fertilizers As August enters the traditional sales peak season, compound fertilizers may see a sales surge. Farmers' demand for...

Urea In May 2024, China's urea export volume was 34,600 tons, amounting to USD 15.36 million. South Korea was the largest importing...

Price for Granular Urea: China's bulk granular urea FOB price is $325.0-330.0 per ton, up by $2-9 per ton. Black Sea granular urea FOB...

Price Changes of Urea, Ammonium Sulfate, Ammonium Phosphate, Triple Superphosphate, Potash Fertilizers, and Compound Fertilizers from May...

Urea: In the first quarter of 2024, China exported a total of 25,700 tons of urea, amounting to $9.105 million. This represents a...