Russia produced nearly 60 million mt of mineral fertilizers in physical weight in 2023, according to an Interfax report, citing Mikhail Yurin, the country’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade.
The 2023 data are preliminary and the exact figure was not reported, but Yurin said the data represented “a growth of 9%” on 2022 output. According to data cited by this week’s report, Russia produced 54.3 million mt of mineral fertilizers in 2022, down 7% from 2021’s output of 58.6 million mt.
Early this month, the head of the Russian Fertilizers Producers Association (RFPA), Andrey Guryev, reportedly said he expected the country’s fertilizer production to total 59 million mt in full-year 2023 after reaching 53 million mt in the first 11 months through November (GM Jan. 5, p. 25).
RFPA said if current capacity utilization at Russia’s fertilizer plants is maintained, the association expects fertilizer production this year to reach more than 64 million mt.