In early December 2025, China’s fertilizer market entered a critical phase characterized by across-the-board cost increases and a continued tight supply–demand balance. Rising prices of raw materials such as sulfur and sulfuric acid have pushed up costs for phosphate fertilizers and potassium sulfate. Meanwhile, the potash market remains firm at high levels, supported by concentrated supply and rigid winter stocking demand.In the international market, a pattern of strong dem

I. The Plant’s “Small-Molecule Expressway”: Why Are Amino Acid Fertilizers Becoming a New Trend? Unlike traditional fertilizers that must be converted by soil microorganisms before plants can absorb them, amino acid fertilizers exist in small-molecule form and can be directly absorbed and utilized by plant cells. This enables instant, precise nutrient delivery, perfectly suited to modern efficient and environmentally friendly cultivation practices. In simple terms, amino acid

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

In November 2025, China’s fertilizer market exhibited a clear trend driven by raw materials. Supported by increasingly tight supply, the potash fertilizer market continued its upward movement, forming a “high in the north, low in the south” price pattern. Meanwhile, sharp increases in the prices of sulfur, sulfuric acid, and other raw materials pushed phosphate compound fertilizer production costs sharply higher, triggering an upward adjustment in industry guideline prices. H

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. International Market Updates (1) Indonesia’s B50 Policy Marks a “Historic Turning Point” for Potash Demand Indonesia’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Arifin Tasrif, recently announced that biodiesel containing 50% palm oil-based biofuel (B50) has completed laboratory testing and is expected to be fully implemented in the second half of 2026, aiming to achieve zero diesel imports . This policy will reshape the palm oil industrial chain and trigger an explosive in

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

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

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