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Production volume of nitrogen fertilizer in China from 2000 to 2023 (in million metric tons)

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Release date

April 2025

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Region

China

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

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Values have been rounded.
The source does not provide a release date. The date given is the date of data access.

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The production volume of nitrogen fertilizer in China peaked in 2015 at **** million metric tons. Output dropped to **** million metric tons in 2018 and increased gradually thereafter. In 2023, production volume of nitrogen fertilizer in China saw an increase to **** million metric tons.

Chemical fertilizers

The total production volume of chemical fertilizers, namely nitrogen, phosphate, and potash fertilizers, amounted to almost ** million metric tons in 2023. With an annual production of **** million metric tons in 2023, nitrogen fertilizer is the dominant one among types of chemical fertilizer being produced in China. Meanwhile, with an annual consumption volume of **** million tons in the 2023, most of the chemical fertilizers produced were consumed domestically. The regions which consumed the most chemical fertilizers in China is Henan, Shandong, Anhui, and Hebei.

International trade

Despite the large domestic production capacity for fertilizer in China, the country is importing considerably amounts. Fertilizer imports to China have been fluctuating between and * million metric tons over the last decade. The import volume of fertilizer reached its peak in 2023 with a total of million tons. This amount had an import value of over *** billion U.S. dollars.