China imported 3 million mt of potassium chloride from Russia in 2023, up 76% from the prior year’s 1.7 million mt, according to an Interfax report on Jan. 30, citing China’s General Administration of Customs. China imported 2.25 million mt of potassium chloride from Russia in 2021.
Russian supplies of complex fertilizers to China last year also increased significantly, to 400,000 mt, according to the report. China imported nearly 3.5 million mt of potassium chloride from Belarus last year, up from 1.9 million mt in 2022 and 1.75 million mt in 2021.