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The European Union has increased imports of Russian fertilisers to a maximum level since December 2022. In February, the volume of deliveries amounted to 167 million euros in monetary terms. This exceeded the previous month's figure by 16 percent in physical terms and 21 percent in monetary terms. W...

In January-February 2024, the supply of Russian fertilizers to China increased by 94% compared to the same period in 2023, reaching 891.3 thousand tons.

Russian exporters earned $285.3 million from the sales of these products, a 28% increase from January-February 2023.

This surge in supply has...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On March 13, 2024, EuroChem launched a new plant for producing phosphate fertilizers in Serra do Salitre, Brazil. The ceremony was attended by the President of Brazil, and the state governor and members of the government - the vice president and ministers - also spoke.
During hi...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The arrival of a tanker from Novorossiysk to the United States in December caused a stir in Ukraine. However, the cargo turned out not to be fuel and the shipment was part of a regular apttern. The American authorities and regulators are ensuring their food security and complianc...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian Minister of Agriculture, Dmitry Patrushev informed the State Duma deputies that internal enterprises will buy 5.4 million tonnes of mineral fertilisers by the end of 2023. Concurrently, the quantity of fertiliser application will rise to 65 kilograms per hectare. To p...

By Anna Koroleva

The imports of nitrogen fertilizers to Germany from Russia over the past summer increased by a gigantic 334%, reaching about 167 thousand tons. And for the entire year before that, from July 2022 to June 2023, it amounted to only 38.5 thousand tons. These figures were reported by...