Agricultural producers in Kazakhstan need about 236,000 mt of fertilizers that the country does not produce in sufficient quantities, Interfax reported, citing a Kazakhstan agriculture ministry press release.
According to the report, Agriculture Minister Yerbol Karashukeyev, speaking at a meeting in Moscow with fertilizer company executives, said the fertilizers in question include ammonium sulfate, urea, UAN, and compound fertilizers.
The Kazakhstan government in mid-May approved a list of fertilizers, comprising ammonium nitrate and ammonium phosphate fertilizers, which can only be exported by the producers (GM June 2, p. 28). The introduction of restrictions on the export of these products was intended to support domestic farmers.