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Where does Brazil get its urea? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Brazil imported $2.9 billion of urea (8.3 million tonnes), 14.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Nigeria (20%), Russia (19%) and Oman (19%). Brazil was the world’s largest importer of urea.

Summary

Value
$2.9billion
Tonnes
8.3million tonnes
Share of world total
14.3%
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 millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Nigeria572Tonnes: 1,585,722USD per tonne: $36019.6%Sea
Russia550Tonnes: 1,506,415USD per tonne: $36518.9%Sea
Oman540Tonnes: 1,607,403USD per tonne: $33618.5%Sea
Qatar426Tonnes: 1,184,362USD per tonne: $36014.6%Sea
Venezuela185Tonnes: 526,090USD per tonne: $3516.3%Sea
Algeria166Tonnes: 462,853USD per tonne: $3585.7%Sea
Bolivia93.5Tonnes: 336,647USD per tonne: $2783.2%Land
Bahrain84.8Tonnes: 238,301USD per tonne: $3562.9%Sea
Saudi Arabia83.2Tonnes: 249,761USD per tonne: $3332.9%Sea
Egypt57.6Tonnes: 152,859USD per tonne: $3772%Sea
Turkmenistan51.5Tonnes: 143,875USD per tonne: $3581.8%Sea
China22.7Tonnes: 48,962USD per tonne: $4630.78%Sea
United Arab Emirates21.2Tonnes: 62,400USD per tonne: $3390.73%Sea
Azerbaijan18.6Tonnes: 57,140USD per tonne: $3250.64%Sea
Germany18.3Tonnes: 49,304USD per tonne: $3710.63%Sea
Malaysia14.3Tonnes: 38,564USD per tonne: $3700.49%Sea
Indonesia4.4Tonnes: 12,236USD per tonne: $3580.15%Sea
France2.9Tonnes: 3,942USD per tonne: $7310.1%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports2Tonnes: 4,270USD per tonne: $4620.07%Sea
Slovenia1.3Tonnes: 2,520USD per tonne: $5070.04%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Nigeria has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Nigeria 0.57
  • Russia 0.55
  • Oman 0.54
  • Qatar 0.43
  • Venezuela 0.18

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Nigeria00.57
Russia< 0.010.55
Oman00.54
Qatar00.43
Venezuela< 0.010.18

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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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