As what we have said in the earlier china compound fertilizer import and export report, we have analyzed fertilizer market in the first half of 2016 and forecasted N,P,K and compound fertilizer trends in the second half of 2016. To let all fertilizer importers and exporter know more about China’s fertilizer market situation, a detailed report about China fertilizer monthly import and export will be shown to all of yours. This report mainly shows the import and export volume of fertilizers, urea, DAP and NPK fertilizer in January-June of 2016.
China fertilizer import and export in January of 2016
Some fertilizers exports data in Jan.2016
product
|
month
|
Total exports (ten thousands tons)
|
Over 2015
|
fertilizers
|
Jan.
|
249
|
-9.9%
|
DAP
|
Jan.
|
20.2
|
-40.78%
|
urea
|
Jan.
|
141.51
|
-15.8%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.
|
0.0548
|
-76.67%
|
potassium sulphate
|
Jan.
|
0.091
|
-93.3%
|
Fertilizer imports chart of January 2016
product
|
month
|
Total exports (ten thousands tons)
|
Over 2015
|
fertilizers
|
Jan.
|
112
|
30.5%
|
urea
|
Jan.
|
0.0158
|
-83%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.
|
10.1
|
-12.98%
|
potassium sulphate
|
Jan.
|
0.61
|
94.8%
|
KCI
|
Jan.
|
97.23
|
34.7%
|
China monthly total fertilizers, urea, NPK and DAP data in February 2016
Compound fertilizers exports chart in Feb. 2016
Month
|
Total exports (tens thousands tons)
|
Over 2015
|
|
fertilizer
|
Feb.
|
135
|
-48.8%
|
urea
|
Feb.
|
64
|
-50.7%
|
DAP
|
Feb.
|
14.59
|
-52.4%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Feb.
|
0.062
|
-29.6%
|
fertilizers
|
Jan.-Feb.
|
383
|
-28.8%
|
urea
|
Jan.-Feb.
|
205
|
-31%
|
DAP
|
Jan.-Feb.
|
32
|
-42%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.-Feb.
|
0.09
|
-81%
|
potassium sulphate
|
Jan.-Feb.
|
0.3491
|
-84.7%
|
The reason for a decline of china fertilizer export over the same period of 2015 is that India, Brazil, US and other major fertilizer importers decreased import volume. In 2015, according to earlier N,P,K fertilizers, India imported a total of $ 3.538 billion, Brazil $ 0.81 billion and US $ 0.698 billion, accounting for total fertilizers of 32.5%, 7.4% and 6.4% over last year, respectively. In January-February of 2016, China exports of fertilizers to these countries dropped significantly, as India fell 45%, Brazil decreased by 75% and US down 88%. However, there is a various and different increase of export for Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and other countries and regions etc..
According to imports,China fertilizer imports is 0.59 million tons in February of 2016, with KCI imports of 0.45 million tons and a total NPK fertilizer of 0.12 million tons. From January to February, a total imports of all fertilizers is 1.71 million tons, with KCI and NPK fertilizer totals 1.42 million tons and 0.23 millions respectively, up 6.3% and 17.4% over the last year respectively.
Fertilizer imports report in February 2016
product
|
Month
|
Total import (tens thousands tons)
|
Over 2015
|
fertilizers
|
Feb.
|
59
|
– 20%
|
urea
|
Feb.
|
0.11
|
147.7%
|
DAP
|
Feb.
|
0.2
|
– 100%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Feb.
|
12
|
63.6%
|
fertilizers
|
Jan.-Feb.
|
171
|
7.2%
|
urea
|
Jan.-Feb.
|
0.13
|
– 9.1%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.-Feb.
|
23
|
17.4%
|
KCI
|
Jan.-Feb.
|
142
|
– 6.3%
|
China urea, DAP and NPK fertilizer imports and exports report in March 2016
Total fertilizers and some compound fertilizer exports report in March 2016
product
|
month
|
Total exports (tens thousands tons)
|
Over 2015
|
fertilizers
|
Mar.
|
222
|
-29.5%
|
urea
|
Mar.
|
91
|
-37.7%
|
DAP
|
Mar.
|
25
|
-36.5%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Mar.
|
0.11
|
-75.9%
|
fertilizers
|
Jan.-Mar.
|
605
|
-29.1%
|
urea
|
Jan.-Mar.
|
296
|
-33.2%
|
DAP
|
Jan.-Mar.
|
56
|
-39.8%
|
potassium sulphate
|
Jan.-Mar.
|
0.7593
|
-73.5%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.-Mar.
|
0.2
|
-78.5%
|
China imports report in March 2016
product
|
month
|
Total imports (ten thousands tons)
|
Over 215
|
fertilizers
|
Mar.
|
65
|
-15.7%
|
urea
|
Mar.
|
0.0016
|
-98.7%
|
DAP
|
Mar.
|
0.55
|
-100%
|
KCI
|
Mar.
|
51
|
-19.5%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Mar.
|
10
|
22.2%
|
fertilizers
|
Jan.-Mar.
|
237
|
-0.3%
|
urea
|
Jan.-Mar.
|
0.13
|
-51.4%
|
DAP
|
Jan.-Mar.
|
3
|
-61.4%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.-Mar.
|
33
|
18.8%
|
KCI
|
Jan.-Mar.
|
194
|
-2%
|
China monthly fertilizer imports and exports report in April 2016
Report on total fertilizers, urea, NPK fertilizer and DAP exports in April 2016
product
|
month
|
Total exports (ten thousands tons)
|
Over 2015
|
fertilizers
|
Apr.
|
201
|
-26.2%
|
urea
|
Apr.
|
71
|
-16.0%
|
DAP
|
Apr.
|
29.4
|
-38.9%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Apr.
|
0.12
|
-39.3%
|
fertilizers
|
Jan.-Apr.
|
807
|
-26.2%
|
urea
|
Jan.-Apr.
|
367
|
-30.4%
|
DAP
|
Jan.-Apr.
|
86
|
-39.5%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.-Apr.
|
0.32
|
-71.8%
|
potassium sulphate
|
Jan.-Apr.
|
0.94
|
-78.3%
|
Report on total fertilizers,KCI and NPK fertilizer imports in April 2016
product
|
month
|
Total exports (ten thousands tons)
|
Over 2015
|
fertilizers
|
Apr.
|
91
|
-6.4%
|
urea
|
Apr.
|
0.0019
|
-35.4%
|
DAP
|
Apr.
|
0.07
|
166.5%
|
KCI
|
Apr.
|
71
|
-13.6%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Apr.
|
18
|
28.8%
|
fertilizes
|
Jan.-Apr.
|
328
|
-2%
|
urea
|
Jan.-Apr.
|
0.13
|
-51.2
|
DAP
|
Jan.-Apr.
|
3
|
-61.4%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.-Apr.
|
51
|
22.2%
|
KCI
|
Jan.-Apr.
|
265
|
-5.4%
|
The monthly report shows that the imports of N,P,K fertilizers from other countries will continuous grow in the past time. As one of the world largest NPK fertilizer production and consumption country, compound fertilizer production in China can’t meet domestic application, so china usually need to import large amounts of various types of compound fertilizer such as nitro-based, water soluble, slow-released, stable and other special fertilizers. In 2015, china imported a total of 146.2 ten thousands tons of three elements fertilizer, increase by 32% over 2014 by hitting a new high record. In January-April of 2016, China has imported NPK fertilizer a total of 51 ten thousands tons, up 22.2% comprising last year.
China fertilizer imports and exports statistics in May 2016
Fertilizer exports chart in May 2016
product
|
month
|
Total exports (ten thousands tons)
|
Over 2015
|
fertilizers
|
May.
|
219
|
8.9%
|
urea
|
May.
|
66.42
|
-18.43
|
DAP
|
May.
|
52
|
-21.9%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
May.
|
0.11
|
-54.4%
|
fertilizers
|
May.
|
1025
|
-28.1%
|
urea
|
Jan.-May.
|
433.6
|
-28.82%
|
DAP
|
Jan.-May.
|
137
|
-35.3%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.-May.
|
0.43
|
-68.7%
|
Imports of Urea, DAP, NPK fertilizer data in January-May of 2016
product
|
month
|
Total exports (ten thousands tons)
|
Over 2015
|
fertilizers
|
May.
|
52
|
23.4%
|
urea
|
May.
|
6.23
|
175276%
|
DAP
|
May.
|
0.003
|
-74.8%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
May.
|
6
|
-30.7%
|
KCI
|
Jan.-May.
|
302
|
-10.1%
|
fertilizers
|
Jan.-May.
|
380
|
-5.6%
|
urea
|
Jan.-May.
|
6.35
|
2287.4%
|
DAP
|
Jan.-May.
|
3
|
-61.4%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.-May.
|
56
|
13.1%
|
KCI
|
Jan.-May.
|
37
|
-10.2%
|
Fertilizer imports and exports data in June 2016
China fertilizer exports data in June 2016
production
|
month
|
Total export (tens thousands tons)
|
Over 2015
|
fertilizers
|
June
|
234
|
6.8%
|
urea
|
June
|
71
|
9.4%
|
DAP
|
June
|
71
|
2%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
June
|
0.0055
|
-91.7%
|
fertilizers
|
Jan.-June
|
1257
|
-24.6%
|
urea
|
Jan.-June
|
504
|
-25.3%
|
DAP
|
Jan.-June
|
209
|
-26.1%
|
potassium sulphate
|
Jan.-June
|
1.271
|
-78.7%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.-June
|
0.48
|
-76.4%
|
Report on China monthly fertilizers, KCI, NPK, Urea and DAP imports in June 2016
production
|
month
|
Total export (tens thousands tons)
|
Over 2015
|
fertilizers
|
June
|
45.7
|
-26%
|
KCI
|
June
|
35.2
|
-19.5%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
June
|
9
|
-51.1%
|
urea
|
June
|
0.008
|
-86.69%
|
DAP
|
June
|
0
|
-100%
|
fertilizers
|
Jan.-June
|
426
|
-8.3%
|
KCI
|
Jan.-June
|
337
|
-11.2%
|
NPK fertilizer
|
Jan.-June
|
65
|
-3.7%
|
urea
|
Jan.-June
|
6.37
|
1849.22%
|
DAP
|
Jan.-June
|
3
|
-61.42%
|
Customs statistics show that China imported 6.37 tens thousands tons of urea in January-June of 2016, while among them, 6.32 tens thousands tons of urea are originally and mainly from United Arab Emirates with it’s factory price at $202.6 on average(judged as general fertilizer-used solid urea). According to it’s classification rules, the urea products of HS code 310210000 includes fertilizer-used solid urea, medicinal or industrial solid urea and vehicle-used soluble urea etc..