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Where does France get its fertilizers? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $2.5 billion of fertilizers (7.2 million tonnes), 2.6% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (21%), the Netherlands (13%) and Russia (10%). France was the world’s 6th-largest importer of fertilizers.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
7.2million tonnes
Share of world total
2.6%
World rank
6th
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
Belgium re-exports534Tonnes: 1,582,176USD per tonne: $33721.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports322Tonnes: 1,111,526USD per tonne: $29012.8%Sea
Russia261Tonnes: 720,431USD per tonne: $36010.4%Sea
Egypt222Tonnes: 565,597USD per tonne: $3938.9%Sea
Germany205Tonnes: 571,309USD per tonne: $3598.2%Sea
Morocco175Tonnes: 365,292USD per tonne: $4787%Sea
Algeria155Tonnes: 432,237USD per tonne: $3586.2%Sea
Spain144Tonnes: 354,914USD per tonne: $4065.8%Sea
United States96.9Tonnes: 425,777USD per tonne: $2283.9%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago86.9Tonnes: 338,443USD per tonne: $2573.5%Sea
Lithuania66.5Tonnes: 186,922USD per tonne: $3562.7%Sea
Israel38.8Tonnes: 69,303USD per tonne: $5601.6%Sea
Italy28.5Tonnes: 48,765USD per tonne: $5831.1%Sea
Canada24.2Tonnes: 46,657USD per tonne: $5190.97%Sea
Poland21.3Tonnes: 57,090USD per tonne: $3730.85%Sea
Slovakia20.7Tonnes: 44,990USD per tonne: $4590.82%Sea
China16.1Tonnes: 57,504USD per tonne: $2790.64%Sea
United Kingdom15Tonnes: 50,603USD per tonne: $2970.6%Sea
Portugal14.9Tonnes: 32,024USD per tonne: $4650.59%Sea
Austria10.8Tonnes: 24,006USD per tonne: $4490.43%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Belgium 0.53
  • Netherlands 0.32
  • Russia 0.26
  • Egypt 0.22
  • Germany 0.21

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium0.320.53
Netherlands0.190.32
Russia0.110.26
Egypt0.010.22
Germany0.150.21

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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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