By the end of November 2025, China’s fertilizer market displayed clear structural characteristics: While the potash sector benefited from the newly signed annual import contract that set a cost floor, downstream demand remained weak, limiting actual transactions and keeping the market in a state of fragile stability. Conversely, upstream raw materials such as phosphate rock, sulfur, and sulfuric acid showed structural upward trends driven by tight supply or cost-push effects.

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

In the “nutrient supply system” of agricultural production, potash fertilizers play an irreplaceable role as “energy regulators,” directly influencing crop growth vigor, stress resistance, and final yield. Among the many potash fertilizer types, potassium chloride (KCl) and potassium sulfate (K₂SO₄) stand out as the two dominant forms. The two are closely related yet differ in their characteristics and application scenarios. This article explores their intrinsic connection, a

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

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

Market Foreword As the spring planting season enters its final stage, China’s fertilizer market is experiencing a period of high raw...

At the beginning of 2025, China's phosphate fertilizer, potash and its key raw materials market under the influence of multiple factors...

Potash Market Update Overview:  Potash prices rose in China and Northwest Europe, while Southeast Asia and Brazil stayed weak. Russia is...

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

The main types of potash fertilizers on the market are potassium Nitrate (NOP), monopotassium phosphate (MKP), potassium chloride (MOP),...