Russian fertilizer production in May increased by 6% year-over-year, to 2.2 million mt of active ingredient, Interfax reported, citing the Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). May production was up 1.5% compared with April.
Potash output in May rose 11% year-over-year and 4% from April, to 0.7 million mt of active ingredient. Nitrogen fertilizer production in May increased 7% year-over-year to 1.1 million mt, but was down 0.4% from April. Phosphate fertilizer production in May fell 5% year-over-year to 0.4 million mt, but rose 3% from April.
In the five months through May 31, 2023, Russia produced 10.3 million mt of fertilizers (active ingredient), down 0.8% year-over-year. Potash production fell 12%, to 3.1 million mt, phosphate fertilizer output rose 2%, to 1.9 million mt, and nitrogen fertilizer output increased by 6%, to 5.3 million mt.
Ammonia production fell 5% in the first five months of the year, to 7.2 million mt, but was up 5% in May compared with May 2022.