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Where does Mexico get its fertilizers? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Mexico imported $1.8 billion of fertilizers (4.3 million tonnes), 1.9% of the world total. Its main sources were Russia (29%), the United States (16%) and China (11%). Mexico was the world’s 10th-largest importer of fertilizers.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
4.3million tonnes
Share of world total
1.9%
World rank
10th
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
Russia518Tonnes: 1,215,023USD per tonne: $42629.2%Sea
United States286Tonnes: 844,280USD per tonne: $33916.1%Sea
China203Tonnes: 492,051USD per tonne: $41211.4%Sea
Qatar170Tonnes: 456,828USD per tonne: $3729.6%Sea
Chile124Tonnes: 188,000USD per tonne: $6607%Sea
Morocco77.4Tonnes: 150,660USD per tonne: $5144.4%Sea
Belgium re-exports42.1Tonnes: 90,009USD per tonne: $4682.4%Sea
Spain41.1Tonnes: 31,973USD per tonne: $1,2862.3%Sea
Germany38.9Tonnes: 60,665USD per tonne: $6412.2%Sea
Malaysia31Tonnes: 100,507USD per tonne: $3081.8%Sea
Netherlands re-exports30.3Tonnes: 120,865USD per tonne: $2511.7%Sea
Canada29.4Tonnes: 66,453USD per tonne: $4421.7%Sea
Norway24.2Tonnes: 89,186USD per tonne: $2711.4%Sea
Oman23.7Tonnes: 58,500USD per tonne: $4051.3%Sea
Bahrain17.6Tonnes: 44,781USD per tonne: $3920.99%Sea
Brunei14.4Tonnes: 37,795USD per tonne: $3820.81%Sea
Nigeria14.3Tonnes: 46,010USD per tonne: $3110.81%Sea
Algeria12.5Tonnes: 30,220USD per tonne: $4120.7%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago9.3Tonnes: 30,966USD per tonne: $3020.53%Sea
United Kingdom7.9Tonnes: 12,907USD per tonne: $6120.45%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Russia has been its main source since 2019

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

  • Russia 518
  • United States 286
  • China 203
  • Qatar 170
  • Chile 124

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Russia4.5518
United States73.9286
China0203
Qatar0170
Chile6.9124

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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