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 the fourth quarter of 2025, the global fertilizer industry is marked by distinct trends of “strategic upgrading, rising demand, and active trade.” The United States has, for the first time, included phosphate rock and potash in its Critical Minerals List, underscoring the national-security importance of fertilizer resources. Nutrien, the world’s largest fertilizer producer, forecasts continued growth in global potash demand in 2026, prompting adjustments in industry planni

I. Overview of China’s Fertilizer Import and Export (January–October 2025) (1) Exports: Significant Growth in Both Volume and Value From January to October 2025, China exported a total of 38.42 million tons of bulk fertilizers, representing a year-on-year increase of 48.3%. The total export value reached USD 11.55 billion, up 64.56% from the previous year. In October alone, exports remained exceptionally strong: 5.057 million tons, up 71.1% year-on-year, with an export value

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. 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

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

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

1) Nutrient Content Urea Phosphate (CO(NH₂)₂·H₃PO₄) Also called urea phosphate salt / urea phosphoric acid . N = 17.7% ; P₂O₅ = 44.9% ....

I. Ammonium Sulfate Market: Stable Both Internationally and Domestically Overall Trend: The international ammonium sulfate market...

Global fertilizer market update: India is frequently tendering, Bangladesh has ensured fertilizer supply through government-to-government...

I. Overview of China’s Fertilizer Import and Export Data (1) Export Data Monthly Export (July): Total fertilizer export reached 5.70...

Core Market Overview The current Chinese fertilizer market is characterized by intensified supply-demand tension and continued price...

Core Market Overview In July, China's fertilizer market was characterized by “weak supply and demand with diverging price trends.” Potash...

I. Market Overview According to data from China Customs, the import and export of fertilizers in China from January to June 2025...

Monoammonium Phosphate (MAP)  and Diammonium Phosphate (DAP)  are both ammonium phosphate fertilizers synthesized by neutralizing...

Within the global fertilizer trade framework, China’s fertilizer market is significantly influenced by export policies and international...

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan’s Fertilizer Output Continues to Decline, Lowest Application Rate in Central Asia and the Eurasian Union In 2024,...

In the agricultural production system, fertilizers are like the "food" for crops, serving as the core elements to ensure crop growth,...

Market Foreword As the 2025 spring ploughing enters its final stage, China's fertilizer market is at a critical juncture where raw...

In the context of modern agriculture's growing focus on efficient fertilization and precision management, fertilizer raw materials with...