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Where does Brazil get its fertilizers? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Brazil imported $14.4 billion of fertilizers (43.2 million tonnes), 15.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Russia (29%), China (14%) and Canada (10%). Brazil was the world’s largest importer of fertilizers.

Summary

Value
$14.4billion
Tonnes
43.2million tonnes
Share of world total
15.2%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Russia4.2Tonnes: 11,389,704USD per tonne: $36628.9%Sea
China2.1Tonnes: 8,743,999USD per tonne: $23614.3%Sea
Canada1.4Tonnes: 4,685,801USD per tonne: $2989.7%Sea
Morocco1.1Tonnes: 2,577,790USD per tonne: $4247.6%Sea
United States0.66Tonnes: 1,323,230USD per tonne: $5014.6%Sea
Nigeria0.57Tonnes: 1,585,722USD per tonne: $3604%Sea
Oman0.54Tonnes: 1,607,403USD per tonne: $3363.8%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.48Tonnes: 999,791USD per tonne: $4763.3%Sea
Israel0.46Tonnes: 1,551,291USD per tonne: $2993.2%Sea
Uzbekistan0.43Tonnes: 1,433,213USD per tonne: $2983%Sea
Qatar0.43Tonnes: 1,184,362USD per tonne: $3603%Sea
Egypt0.29Tonnes: 715,838USD per tonne: $4012%Sea
Germany0.21Tonnes: 702,610USD per tonne: $3021.5%Sea
Venezuela0.18Tonnes: 526,090USD per tonne: $3511.3%Sea
Algeria0.17Tonnes: 462,853USD per tonne: $3581.2%Sea
Norway0.16Tonnes: 483,136USD per tonne: $3401.1%Sea
Spain0.16Tonnes: 387,713USD per tonne: $4021.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.14Tonnes: 516,077USD per tonne: $2750.98%Sea
Jordan0.11Tonnes: 339,475USD per tonne: $3200.75%Sea
Bolivia0.1Tonnes: 355,628USD per tonne: $2790.69%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

Russia has been its main source since 1998

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Russia 4.2
  • China 2.1
  • Canada 1.4
  • Morocco 1.1
  • United States 0.66

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Russia0.054.2
China< 0.012.1
Canada0.121.4
Morocco< 0.011.1
United States0.160.66

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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