China: MOP imports and exports, 1995-2025

Trade

Sum of all reported bilateral flows of the product in the year, in tonnes of product, after FertRadar adjustments (phantom tonnes imputed, reclassifications, duplicate codes removed).

Unit value

Value divided by quantity over flows with a quantity. A customs average across contracts and grades, not a market price.

World share

Share of the world total of the same year, in tonnes of product.

Supplier concentration

Herfindahl-Hirschman index of the suppliers' shares (0 to 10,000): above 2,500 concentrated, 1,500 to 2,500 moderate.

Why this page

Country and product pages are built when imports or exports reach at least 50 kt (tonnes of product) in 2024.

Official statistics and the producers' own documents only, cleaned and reconciled by FertRadar. Every figure keeps a reference to its document, and every correction to the customs data is documented one by one.

• CEPII, BACI (Etalab Open Licence 2.0)
• United Nations Statistics Division, UN Comtrade
• Documents cited by the adjustments: CEPII; EuroChem; Interfax; Metals & Mining Intelligence via Vedomosti; Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Uralkali; USGS; Various companies and regulators

The document, page and date behind each figure are listed in the Pro data files. Sources and licences

FertRadar corrects, reclassifies or annotates customs flows only on documented evidence. Those touching this page: 18 corrections, 18 reclassifications, 15 context notes and 2 known anomalies; 20 confirmed by a published figure, 16 estimated.

How FertRadar adjusts the customs data

• That is 19% of world MOP imports, making China the 2nd largest importer.
• Russia was the main supplier, with 4.3 Mt (39% of the total).
• China exported 49 kt of MOP in 2025 (estimate), 73% less than in 2024.
• Trade figures: CEPII BACI with the FertRadar adjustments listed on this page. Tonnes of product unless stated; kt = thousand tonnes, Mt = million tonnes.
• 2025 is a FertRadar estimate from the monthly customs declarations (UN Comtrade), hatched in the charts. Replaced by the annual data when published.
• Values exclude freight and insurance (FOB equivalent). Unit values are customs averages over shipments under different contracts, not market prices.
• Publication rules: routes shown when above 1% of the total or 10,000 t (the rest under "others"); unit values only for at least 1,000 t; year-on-year changes only when both years are at least 1,000 t; supplier concentration only for importers of at least 50,000 t.