Russian mineral fertilizer production fell by 14.4% year-over-year in September, to 1.7 million mt of active ingredient, Interfax reported on Oct. 26, citing the Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). Production was down 6.5% compared with August.
Potash production fell 45.7% year-over-year and 18.6% compared with August, to 0.5 million mt.
Phosphate fertilizer production increased by 2.5% to 0.3 million mt year-over-year, but fell 7% compared with August.
Nitrogen fertilizer production reached 1 million mt in September, according to the report, up 8.8% on the year, and up 0.7% on August output.
Russia produced a total of 17.7 million mt (active ingredient) of fertilizers in the nine months to end-September 2022, 9.9% less than the same prior-year period. Potash production fell by 29% to 5.7 million mt, while phosphate fertilizer production rose 1.2% to 3.3 million mt and nitrogen fertilizers increased 4.2% to 8.8 million mt, according to the report.
Ammonia production fell by 16.9% in the nine-month period compared with a year-earlier, falling to 12.7 million mt.