Russian mineral fertilizer production fell 17% year-over-year in April to 1.8 million mt of active ingredient according to Interfax, citing the Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).
April’s production was down by similar level on March output.
Potash production in April fell 47.6% year-over-year and 40.4% compared with March, to 0.4 million mt of active ingredient, according to the report.
Both phosphate fertilizer and nitrogen fertilizer production increased year-over-year in April. Phosphate fertilizer output increased 3.8% to 0.4 million mt of active ingredient, but fell 2.3% compared with March.
Nitrogen fertilizer production rose 0.3% to 1 million mt year-over-year in April, but declined 6.5% compared with March. The nitrogen fertilizer data appear to be in product tons.
Ammonia output fell 20.6% year-over-year in April and 13% compared with March, according to the report. Ammonia production totaled 6.2 million mt in the first four months of 2022, down 8.5% year-over-year.