Russian mineral fertilizer production increased 16% year-over-year in July, to 2.1 million mt of active ingredient, Interfax reported, citing the Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). Compared with June, output grew by 1.6%.
Potash fertilizer production in July rose 50% year-over-year and 8% from June, to 0.8 million mt of active ingredient. Phosphate fertilizer production was up 0.9% year-over-year, to 0.4 million mt, and increased 5% compared with June 2023. Nitrogen fertilizer output for July totaled 960,000 tonnes, up 2% year-over-year but down 4% from June.
Russia produced 14.53 million mt (active ingredient) of fertilizers in the first seven months of the year, up 2% from last year. Potash output for the period fell 0.6% year-over-year, to 4.6 million mt, while phosphate fertilizer production rose 1%, to 2.6 million mt.
Nitrogen fertilizer output in the first seven months rose nearly 5%, to 7.3 million mt. Ammonia production fell nearly 2% year-over-year, however, to 9.9 million mt.