Russia:
Complex fertilizers exports fell 9.8 percent, to 6.84 million mt, in the first eight months of 2019 compared with the same year-earlier period, according to Russia’s Federal Customs Service. Nitrogen fertilizer exports rose 3.5 percent in the eight months through August, reaching 9.11 million mt, the Federal Customs Service reported.
Acron reported this week that it has inked fertilizer agreements with the regional agricultural departments of Bryansk, Orel, and Novgorod for next year. Under the deals, the producer will supply more than 100,000 mt of NPK and ammonium nitrate. The producer said it signs agreements with regional departments of agriculture every year, enabling it to plan shipments and meet Russian farmers growing demand for fertilizer products.
Acron shipped more than 640,000 mt of fertilizers in the first nine months of 2019 to the Russian market, where ammonium nitrate and NPK fertilizers remain the most popular products with growers. Acron said its ammonium nitrate shipments to domestic customers increased 16 percent in the first nine months compared with the same year-ago period.