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Where does Germany get its fertilizers? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $1.4 billion of fertilizers (4.3 million tonnes), 1.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (17%), the Netherlands (16%) and Poland (13%). Germany was the world’s 15th-largest importer of fertilizers.

Summary

Value
$1.4billion
Tonnes
4.3million tonnes
Share of world total
1.5%
World rank
15th
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-exports244Tonnes: 716,388USD per tonne: $34117.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports230Tonnes: 816,582USD per tonne: $28216.2%Sea
Poland188Tonnes: 538,524USD per tonne: $34913.2%Sea
Russia185Tonnes: 514,307USD per tonne: $36013%Sea
Austria111Tonnes: 365,338USD per tonne: $3057.8%Land
Czechia103Tonnes: 370,221USD per tonne: $2787.3%Land
Morocco75Tonnes: 161,888USD per tonne: $4645.3%Sea
Slovakia55.3Tonnes: 185,219USD per tonne: $2983.9%Sea
France54.5Tonnes: 175,788USD per tonne: $3103.8%Sea
Lithuania31.3Tonnes: 122,812USD per tonne: $2552.2%Sea
United Kingdom29.4Tonnes: 96,535USD per tonne: $3052.1%Sea
Israel23.8Tonnes: 64,125USD per tonne: $3711.7%Sea
Spain15.8Tonnes: 26,009USD per tonne: $6061.1%Sea
Finland15.2Tonnes: 55,903USD per tonne: $2721.1%Sea
Switzerland9.2Tonnes: 4,587USD per tonne: $2,0000.65%Land
Italy8Tonnes: 9,774USD per tonne: $8170.56%Sea
Belarus6.6Tonnes: 19,250USD per tonne: $3410.46%Sea
Hungary6.1Tonnes: 33,161USD per tonne: $1830.43%Sea
China5.7Tonnes: 1,297USD per tonne: $4,2710.4%Sea
Portugal3.3Tonnes: 9,938USD per tonne: $3340.23%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Belgium 244
  • Netherlands 230
  • Poland 188
  • Russia 185
  • Austria 111

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium123244
Netherlands351230
Poland81.2188
Russia124185
Austria65.5111

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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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