Russia’s mineral fertilizer production fell 8.3% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2023, to 6 million mt of active ingredient, Interfax reported on April 26, citing the country’s Federal State Statistics Service, Rosstat.
Potash production fell 31% year-over-year to 1.7 million mt, while production of phosphate fertilizers increased 7% to 1.1 million mt and nitrogen fertilizers output also rose, by 4.7% to 3.2 million mt.
In March, fertilizer production fell 4.6% year-over-year to 2 million mt of active ingredient, but was 6% higher than in February 2023.
Potash production fell 20.7% year-over-year in March, but grew 5.3% compared with February to 0.6 million mt.
Phosphate fertilizers output fell 2.4% in March but increased 6% on February, while nitrogen fertilizers production rose 5.7% year-over-year in March to 1.1 million mt, up from 6.3% in February.