As anticipated, Russia proposes to extend export quotas for nitrogen fertilizers and certain other fertilizers for another six months beyond May 31 to help support the domestic market (GM March 31, p. 1).
The Russian government proposes to set an export quota of 17.94 million mt for certain fertilizer products to run from June 1 to Nov. 30, 2023, according to an Interfax report on April 14, citing the government draft resolution prepared by the Industry and Trade Ministry and posted on the regulation.gov.ru website.
The proposed export quota for June 1-Nov. 30 is up from the current 12.6 million mt running Jan. 1 through May 31 this year. The government at the end of March had increased the export quota for ammonium nitrate (AN) by 300,000 mt (GM March 31, p. 1).
With regard to AN, market sources said they don’t expect the new quota export numbers for June 1-Nov. 30 to impact the market.
Proposed Quotas Totals by Product
| Product | Customs Commodity Codes | Total (million mt) For June 1-Nov. 30, 2023 |
| Urea | 3102 10 100 0 | 6.0 |
| 3102 10 900 0 | ||
| UAN | 3102 80 000 0 | 1.27 |
| Ammonium nitrate | 3102 30 100 0 | 4.23 |
| 3102 30 900 0 | ||
| NPK | 3105 20 100 0 | 3.73 |
| 3105 20 900 0 | ||
| MAP | 3105 40 000 0 | 1.99 |
| Nitrophosphates | 3105 5900 0 | 698,550 mt |
| Total1 | 17.94 |
1 May not add up due to rounding
Data source: regulation.gov.ru as cited by Interfax report
Russia first introduced quotas for the export of nitrogen and complex fertilizers on Dec. 1, 2021 (GM Nov. 5, 2021).