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Who buys China’s fertilizers? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $9.7 billion of fertilizers (30 million tonnes), 10.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were Brazil (21%), India (9%) and Vietnam (8%). China was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of fertilizers.

Summary

Value
$9.7billion
Tonnes
30million tonnes
Share of world total
10.2%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Brazil2.1Tonnes: 8,743,999USD per tonne: $23621.3%Sea
India0.83Tonnes: 1,741,580USD per tonne: $4788.6%Sea
Vietnam0.75Tonnes: 2,526,459USD per tonne: $2977.8%Sea
Australia0.52Tonnes: 1,341,103USD per tonne: $3915.4%Sea
Bangladesh0.47Tonnes: 831,873USD per tonne: $5674.9%Sea
Indonesia0.47Tonnes: 1,647,486USD per tonne: $2834.8%Sea
Thailand0.45Tonnes: 1,108,562USD per tonne: $4094.7%Sea
Philippines0.3Tonnes: 1,083,364USD per tonne: $2803.1%Sea
Pakistan0.28Tonnes: 625,042USD per tonne: $4552.9%Sea
Japan0.27Tonnes: 502,732USD per tonne: $5382.8%Sea
Malaysia0.23Tonnes: 940,013USD per tonne: $2402.3%Sea
Myanmar0.22Tonnes: 904,217USD per tonne: $2392.2%Sea
Mexico0.2Tonnes: 492,051USD per tonne: $4122.1%Sea
Argentina0.18Tonnes: 368,856USD per tonne: $4851.9%Sea
South Korea0.15Tonnes: 359,622USD per tonne: $4051.5%Sea
Peru0.14Tonnes: 355,440USD per tonne: $4081.5%Sea
Turkey0.13Tonnes: 763,079USD per tonne: $1751.4%Sea
New Zealand0.13Tonnes: 292,452USD per tonne: $4321.3%Sea
Chile0.12Tonnes: 214,881USD per tonne: $5371.2%Sea
South Africa0.11Tonnes: 458,595USD per tonne: $2341.1%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Brazil has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Brazil 2.1
  • India 0.83
  • Vietnam 0.75
  • Australia 0.52
  • Bangladesh 0.47

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Brazil< 0.012.1
India< 0.010.83
Vietnam0.020.75
Australia< 0.010.52
Bangladesh0.020.47

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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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