Trade, 1995 to 2025

Fertiliser trade

Customs statistics of every reporting country, reconciled, cleaned and converted to nutrient tonnes: 29 products, 36,998 bilateral flows in 2025, 539 documented corrections.

Trade matrix Imports by country Exports by country Net imports by country

World trade by product, 2025

Tonnes of product, change on 2024, value and average unit value; select a product for its exporters, importers and routes.

Years up to 2024 are complete annual data; only 2025, the latest year, is a FertRadar estimate from the monthly customs declarations (UN Comtrade).

Product	Family	World trade	Change	Value, USD	USD/t	Largest exporter	Largest importer
Urea	Nitrogen	60.5 Mt	+7.6%	26.5 bn	438	Russia 16%	India 17%
Muriate of potash	Potash	58.3 Mt	−1.2%	19.1 bn	328	Canada 38%	Brazil 23%
Sulphur	Raw materials	40.5 Mt	+10.7%	9.6 bn	238	United Arab Emirates 20%	China 26%
Phosphate rock	Raw materials	30.5 Mt	−5.3%	4.4 bn	143	Jordan 23%	India 33%
Ammonium sulphate	Nitrogen	27.1 Mt	+26.2%	5.6 bn	207	China 79%	Brazil 29%
Sulphuric acid	Raw materials	22.4 Mt	+1.1%	2.7 bn	120	China 19%	Chile 18%
NPK compound fertilisers	Compounds	18.4 Mt	+9.9%	10.3 bn	560	Russia 35%	India 14%
Diammonium phosphate	Compounds	16.7 Mt	+2.9%	11.9 bn	713	Saudi Arabia 28%	India 38%
Anhydrous ammonia	Intermediates	16.2 Mt	+0.7%	8.6 bn	533	Trinidad and Tobago 16%	India 16%
Monoammonium phosphate	Compounds	11.2 Mt	−13.9%	8.2 bn	737	Morocco 25%	Brazil 27%
Calcium ammonium nitrate	Nitrogen	10.1 Mt	+9.8%	3.2 bn	316	Netherlands 21%	Germany 21%
Superphosphates (TSP and SSP combined)	Phosphate	10.1 Mt	+22.2%	4.0 bn		China 25%	Brazil 24%
Other NP (incl. NPS, APS)	Compounds	10.1 Mt	+17.8%	5.3 bn	530	China 47%	Brazil 34%
Phosphoric acid	Intermediates	9.8 Mt	−4.2%	6.4 bn	656	Morocco 30%	India 40%
Ammonium nitrate	Nitrogen	9.2 Mt	+9.2%	3.8 bn	409	Russia 39%	Brazil 13%
Urea ammonium nitrate solution	Nitrogen	6.7 Mt	−1.3%	2.2 bn	329	Russia 27%	United States 33%
Triple superphosphate	Phosphate	5.9 Mt	+27.5%	2.9 bn	502	Morocco 67%	Brazil 25%
Single superphosphate	Phosphate	4.3 Mt	+15.6%	1.0 bn	246	Egypt 42%	Brazil 76%
Other fertilisers n.e.c.	Compounds	4.0 Mt	+25.2%	2.8 bn	704	Oman 21%	Myanmar 24%
Calcium nitrate (double salts with AN)	Nitrogen	3.3 Mt	+21.5%	979 m	298	Norway 42%	United States 18%
Other phosphatic fertilisers	Phosphate	3.1 Mt	+52.4%	802 m	261	Australia 35%	Indonesia 38%
Other nitrogenous fertilisers	Nitrogen	2.2 Mt	+15.2%	1.0 bn	463	Netherlands 22%	Brazil 19%
Other potassic fertilisers	Potash	2.0 Mt	+6.7%	752 m	369	United States 27%	Malaysia 12%
Sulphate of potash	Potash	1.8 Mt	+6.9%	1.1 bn	631	Germany 20%	Norway 7.1%
Potassium nitrate	Intermediates	1.1 Mt	+4.1%	1.1 bn	945	Chile 42%	Spain 17%
Other ammonium double salts and mixtures	Nitrogen	1.1 Mt	−0.4%	357 m	319	Spain 15%	Germany 23%
Nitrophosphates	Compounds	1.1 Mt	+9.8%	521 m	474	Russia 37%	Peru 21%
PK fertilisers	Compounds	725 kt	+5.3%	489 m	675	Netherlands 31%	France 29%
Sodium nitrate	Nitrogen	284 kt	+68.8%	294 m	1,036	Chile 48%	United States 22%

FertRadar, from customs statistics reconciled by CEPII (BACI). Products overlap (DAP is also counted in phosphates): do not add the rows.Methodology

Net imports of fertilisers by country, 2025

Imports minus exports of fertilisers, tonnes of nutrient; negative values are net exports. Raw materials and intermediates excluded. Select a country for its nutrient market.

206 countries

Country	Region	N	P₂O₅	K₂O
Afghanistan	South Asia	+51 kt	+26 kt	+0.5 kt
Albania	Europe	+15 kt	+12 kt	+6 kt
Algeria	Africa	−1.6 Mt	+13 kt	+16 kt
American Samoa	Oceania	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Andorra	Europe	+0.4 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Angola	Africa	+31 kt	+19 kt	+14 kt
Anguilla	Latin America	+0.2 kt	0 kt	0 kt
Antigua and Barbuda	Latin America	−0.5 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Argentina	Latin America	+1.1 Mt	+697 kt	+63 kt
Armenia	Russia and Central Asia	+16 kt	+1 kt	+1 kt
Aruba	Latin America	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Australia	Oceania	+2.1 Mt	+434 kt	+387 kt
Austria	Europe	−173 kt	−19 kt	+4 kt
Azerbaijan	Russia and Central Asia	−232 kt	+21 kt	+9 kt
Bahamas	Latin America	+0.2 kt	+0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Bahrain	Middle East	−297 kt	+0.1 kt	+2 kt
Bangladesh	South Asia	+671 kt	+1.6 Mt	+290 kt
Barbados	Latin America	+0.2 kt	+0.3 kt	+0.3 kt
Belarus	Russia and Central Asia	−21 kt	−14 kt	−4.0 Mt
Belgium	Europe	−695 kt	−229 kt	+342 kt
Belize	Latin America	+7 kt	+5 kt	+4 kt
Benin	Africa	+110 kt	+93 kt	+111 kt
Bermuda	North America	+<0.1 kt	−<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Bhutan	South Asia	+<0.1 kt	0 kt	+<0.1 kt
Bolivia	Latin America	−200 kt	+30 kt	−22 kt
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	+39 kt	+9 kt	+10 kt
Botswana	Africa	+11 kt	+0.9 kt	+0.9 kt
Brazil	Latin America	+6.5 Mt	+4.5 Mt	+8.4 Mt
Brunei	South-East Asia	−521 kt	+0.6 kt	+2 kt
Bulgaria	Europe	+23 kt	−7 kt	+37 kt
Burkina Faso	Africa	+65 kt	+23 kt	+22 kt
Burundi	Africa	+<0.1 kt	+31 kt	+<0.1 kt
Cabo Verde	Africa	+0.2 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Cambodia	South-East Asia	+208 kt	+76 kt	+61 kt
Cameroon	Africa	+19 kt	+20 kt	+42 kt
Canada	North America	+513 kt	+1.0 Mt	−13.2 Mt
Cayman Isds	Latin America	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Central African Republic	Africa	+0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Chad	Africa	+0.3 kt	+0.2 kt	+0.2 kt
Chile	Latin America	+162 kt	+125 kt	−97 kt
China	East Asia	−8.0 Mt	−4.2 Mt	+6.5 Mt
Christmas Island	Oceania	+<0.1 kt	−9 kt	+<0.1 kt
Colombia	Latin America	+448 kt	+179 kt	+435 kt
Congo	Africa	+3 kt	+3 kt	+4 kt
Costa Rica	Latin America	+134 kt	+25 kt	+89 kt
Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	+63 kt	+30 kt	+78 kt
Croatia	Europe	−48 kt	+28 kt	+39 kt
Cuba	Latin America	+5 kt	+4 kt	+5 kt
Curaçao	Latin America	−0.3 kt	−<0.1 kt	−0.1 kt
Cyprus	Europe	+20 kt	+40 kt	+3 kt
Czechia	Europe	+166 kt	+47 kt	+67 kt
Denmark	Europe	+197 kt	+44 kt	+59 kt
Djibouti	Africa	+93 kt	+175 kt	+<0.1 kt
Dominica	Latin America	−<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	−<0.1 kt
Dominican Republic	Latin America	+71 kt	+9 kt	+15 kt
DR Congo	Africa	+34 kt	+1 kt	+3 kt
Ecuador	Latin America	+238 kt	+49 kt	+164 kt
Egypt	Africa	−2.2 Mt	−654 kt	+109 kt
El Salvador	Latin America	+38 kt	+6 kt	+2 kt
Equatorial Guinea	Africa	+0.2 kt	+<0.1 kt	+0.2 kt
Eritrea	Africa	+3 kt
Estonia	Europe	+55 kt	+9 kt	+8 kt
Eswatini	Africa	+11 kt	+4 kt	+6 kt
Ethiopia	Africa	+132 kt	+102 kt	+2 kt
Falkland Islands	Latin America	+<0.1 kt	0 kt	0 kt
Fiji	Oceania	+4 kt	+2 kt	+5 kt
Finland	Europe	−225 kt	−173 kt	−102 kt
France	Europe	+1.7 Mt	+347 kt	+421 kt
French Polynesia	Oceania	+0.5 kt	+0.5 kt	+0.1 kt
Gabon	Africa	+4 kt	+3 kt	+4 kt
Gambia	Africa	+1 kt	+2 kt	+0.2 kt
Georgia	Russia and Central Asia	−150 kt	+7 kt	+4 kt
Germany	Europe	−12 kt	+110 kt	−2.0 Mt
Ghana	Africa	+51 kt	+14 kt	+39 kt
Greece	Europe	+82 kt	−32 kt	+63 kt
Greenland	North America	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	0 kt
Grenada	Latin America	+0.2 kt	+0.3 kt	+0.2 kt
Guatemala	Latin America	+227 kt	+67 kt	+144 kt
Guinea	Africa	+15 kt	+3 kt	+3 kt
Guinea-Bissau	Africa	+0.4 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Guyana	Latin America	+6 kt	+5 kt	+4 kt
Haiti	Latin America	+1 kt	+3 kt	+3 kt
Honduras	Latin America	+130 kt	+48 kt	+89 kt
Hong Kong	East Asia	+7 kt	−0.1 kt	−21 kt
Hungary	Europe	+113 kt	+63 kt	+54 kt
Iceland	Europe	+9 kt	+6 kt	+5 kt
India	South Asia	+6.8 Mt	+4.2 Mt	+2.7 Mt
Indonesia	South-East Asia	−450 kt	+485 kt	+2.7 Mt
Iran	Middle East	−1.6 Mt	+2 kt	+8 kt
Iraq	Middle East	+31 kt	+38 kt	+11 kt
Ireland	Europe	+429 kt	+93 kt	+136 kt
Israel	Middle East	+84 kt	−341 kt	−1.6 Mt
Italy	Europe	+536 kt	+105 kt	+187 kt
Jamaica	Latin America	+3 kt	+3 kt	+0.8 kt
Japan	East Asia	+191 kt	+205 kt	+194 kt
Jordan	Middle East	−28 kt	−153 kt	−1.4 Mt
Kazakhstan	Russia and Central Asia	+103 kt	−132 kt	−41 kt
Kenya	Africa	+191 kt	+119 kt	+49 kt
Kuwait	Middle East	+5 kt	+1 kt	+14 kt
Kyrgyzstan	Russia and Central Asia	+33 kt	+3 kt	+2 kt
Laos	South-East Asia	+134 kt	+21 kt	−1.4 Mt
Latvia	Europe	+128 kt	+26 kt	+32 kt
Lebanon	Middle East	+11 kt	−67 kt	+7 kt
Lesotho	Africa	+2 kt	+1 kt	+1.0 kt
Liberia	Africa	+2 kt	+0.6 kt	+3 kt
Libya	Africa	−34 kt	+18 kt	+2 kt
Lithuania	Europe	−235 kt	−405 kt	+54 kt
Luxembourg	Europe	+28 kt	+0.6 kt	+0.7 kt
Macao	East Asia	+0.4 kt	0 kt	−<0.1 kt
Madagascar	Africa	+4 kt	+6 kt	+5 kt
Malawi	Africa	+87 kt	+24 kt	+32 kt
Malaysia	South-East Asia	−639 kt	+187 kt	+1.4 Mt
Maldives	South Asia	+0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+0.1 kt
Mali	Africa	+32 kt	+8 kt	+5 kt
Malta	Europe	−3 kt	−<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Marshall Isds	Oceania	+0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Mauritania	Africa	+29 kt	+3 kt	+0.2 kt
Mauritius	Africa	−52 kt	−27 kt	+1 kt
Mexico	Latin America	+984 kt	+102 kt	+251 kt
Micronesia	Oceania	+<0.1 kt
Moldova	Europe	+69 kt	+14 kt	+5 kt
Mongolia	East Asia	+0.4 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Montenegro	Europe	+2 kt	+0.6 kt	+0.6 kt
Montserrat	Latin America	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Morocco	Africa	−1.1 Mt	−5.6 Mt	+286 kt
Mozambique	Africa	+65 kt	+57 kt	+19 kt
Myanmar	South-East Asia	+518 kt	+65 kt	+82 kt
Namibia	Africa	+60 kt	+37 kt	−5 kt
Nauru	Oceania			0 kt
Nepal	South Asia	+57 kt	+21 kt	+0.1 kt
Netherlands	Europe	−1.4 Mt	−55 kt	+115 kt
New Caledonia	Oceania	+5 kt	+0.4 kt	+0.3 kt
New Zealand	Oceania	+338 kt	+141 kt	+140 kt
Nicaragua	Latin America	+87 kt	+22 kt	+35 kt
Niger	Africa	+3 kt	+4 kt	+2 kt
Nigeria	Africa	−1.5 Mt	+119 kt	+4 kt
Niue	Oceania	0 kt	0 kt	0 kt
Norfolk Island	Oceania	−<0.1 kt	−<0.1 kt	−<0.1 kt
North Korea	East Asia	+2 kt	+5 kt	−1 kt
North Macedonia	Europe	+21 kt	+6 kt	+5 kt
Norway	Europe	−410 kt	−290 kt	−55 kt
Oman	Middle East	−1.3 Mt	−22 kt	+6 kt
Pakistan	South Asia	+147 kt	+328 kt	+79 kt
Palau	Oceania	−7 kt	−7 kt	−7 kt
Palestine	Middle East	+0.2 kt	+0.4 kt	+<0.1 kt
Panama	Latin America	+24 kt	+9 kt	+54 kt
Papua New Guinea	Oceania	+31 kt	+3 kt	+5 kt
Paraguay	Latin America	+164 kt	+203 kt	+296 kt
Peru	Latin America	+565 kt	+135 kt	+86 kt
Philippines	South-East Asia	+512 kt	+132 kt	+173 kt
Poland	Europe	+299 kt	+256 kt	+694 kt
Portugal	Europe	+46 kt	+9 kt	+47 kt
Qatar	Middle East	−2.2 Mt	+0.9 kt	+2 kt
Romania	Europe	+819 kt	+180 kt	+19 kt
Russia	Russia and Central Asia	−8.2 Mt	−3.2 Mt	−10.4 Mt
Rwanda	Africa	+2 kt	+4 kt	+2 kt
Saint Barthélemy	Latin America	−2 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Saint Helena	Africa	−<0.1 kt	−<0.1 kt	−<0.1 kt
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Latin America	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Saint Lucia	Latin America	+<0.1 kt	+0.3 kt	+0.1 kt
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Latin America	+<0.1 kt	+0.6 kt	+0.3 kt
Samoa	Oceania	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+0.2 kt
Saudi Arabia	Middle East	−3.1 Mt	−3.0 Mt	+31 kt
Senegal	Africa	+29 kt	−17 kt	+6 kt
Serbia	Europe	+130 kt	−3 kt	+53 kt
Seychelles	Africa	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Sierra Leone	Africa	+2 kt	+1 kt	+3 kt
Singapore	South-East Asia	−49 kt	−2 kt	−7 kt
Slovakia	Europe	−146 kt	+16 kt	+13 kt
Slovenia	Europe	+43 kt	+38 kt	+3 kt
Solomon Islands	Oceania	−<0.1 kt	−<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Somalia	Africa	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
South Africa	Africa	+411 kt	+147 kt	+322 kt
South Korea	East Asia	+144 kt	−67 kt	+353 kt
Spain	Europe	+659 kt	+166 kt	−124 kt
Sri Lanka	South Asia	+119 kt	+16 kt	+79 kt
Sudan	Africa	+46 kt	+10 kt	+0.9 kt
Suriname	Latin America	+8 kt	+0.8 kt	+0.6 kt
Sweden	Europe	+194 kt	+61 kt	−29 kt
Switzerland	Europe	+31 kt	+5 kt	+10 kt
Syria	Middle East	+34 kt	+7 kt	+2 kt
Taiwan	East Asia	+41 kt	+20 kt	+144 kt
Tajikistan	Russia and Central Asia	+11 kt	+4 kt	+<0.1 kt
Tanzania	Africa	+142 kt	+112 kt	+19 kt
Thailand	South-East Asia	+1.6 Mt	+336 kt	+765 kt
Togo	Africa	+39 kt	+20 kt	+13 kt
Tonga	Oceania	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America	−530 kt	+1 kt	+2 kt
Tunisia	Africa	−46 kt	−177 kt	+6 kt
Türkiye	Middle East	+1.2 Mt	+136 kt	+114 kt
Turkmenistan	Russia and Central Asia	−469 kt	+5 kt	−0.1 kt
Turks and Caicos Islands	Latin America	−<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt	+<0.1 kt
Tuvalu	Oceania	+<0.1 kt
Uganda	Africa	+22 kt	+7 kt	+10 kt
Ukraine	Europe	+755 kt	+272 kt	+211 kt
United Arab Emirates	Middle East	−871 kt	−23 kt	−65 kt
United Kingdom	Europe	+1.0 Mt	+145 kt	+118 kt
United States	North America	+2.3 Mt	−490 kt	+4.4 Mt
Uruguay	Latin America	+271 kt	+131 kt	+89 kt
Uzbekistan	Russia and Central Asia	−412 kt	−10 kt	−335 kt
Venezuela	Latin America	−190 kt	+4 kt	+10 kt
Viet Nam	South-East Asia	+223 kt	+168 kt	+96 kt
Yemen	Middle East	+8 kt	+2 kt	+1 kt
Zambia	Africa	+277 kt	+63 kt	+35 kt
Zimbabwe	Africa	+135 kt	+53 kt	+61 kt

Matrices, partners and corrections

Where to find the bilateral detail, and how the customs data are cleaned.

Trade matrix

The 12 largest exporters of a product by its 12 largest importers. Each product page also gives the largest routes of the year. Values by route and the full matrix are part of Pro.

Trade matrix

Partners of a country

Each country and product page gives suppliers and destinations, partners over time and supplier concentration.

Example: India, DAP

Corrections

Phantom tonnes, misclassified codes and duplicate reporting are corrected flow by flow, each on documented evidence.

All corrections