Fertilizer production in China is led by nitrogen fertilizer.
China's output of nitrogen fertilizer enjoys a high proportion (far higher than the world's average level), while there is a lower proportion for the production of potash fertilizer compared to the world's level.
Globally, Nitrogen fertilizer takes 60% of total fertilizer volume, phosphate fertilizer 23% and potash fertilizer 17%.
In China, the production of nitrogen fertilizer takes about 73% of gross fertilizer output, phosphate fertilizer 22% or so and, potash fertilizer about 5%.In Jan-Apr, 2007, fertilizer output amounted to 23.574 million tons, up 14.56% over the same period of 2006.
The top three provinces by output are Shandong, Hubei and Henan.In 2006, China's export of fertilizer reached 2.348 million tons (a drop of 2.7% year-on-year) and valued by USD 600 million (a rise of 0.75%).
Likewise, China's import of fertilizer reached 3.428 million tons (down 16.5%) and valued by USD 880 million (down 15.2%).With the reorganization and integration of fertilizer industry, large- and medium-size enterprises will be faced with good development opportunities.