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Who buys Russia’s potassium chloride (potash)? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Russia exported $4.6 billion of potassium chloride (potash) (15.5 million tonnes), 24.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were Brazil (35%), China (27%) and the United States (10%). Russia was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of potassium chloride (potash).

Summary

Value
$4.6billion
Tonnes
15.5million tonnes
Share of world total
24.4%
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
Brazil1.6Tonnes: 5,409,632USD per tonne: $29534.7%Sea
China1.3Tonnes: 4,243,840USD per tonne: $29627.2%Sea
United States0.48Tonnes: 1,479,954USD per tonne: $32110.3%Sea
Indonesia0.35Tonnes: 1,198,672USD per tonne: $2967.7%Sea
India0.32Tonnes: 1,095,350USD per tonne: $2916.9%Sea
Malaysia0.23Tonnes: 851,992USD per tonne: $2745.1%Sea
Poland0.09Tonnes: 257,862USD per tonne: $3341.9%Sea
South Africa0.05Tonnes: 188,130USD per tonne: $2561.1%Sea
Turkey0.03Tonnes: 89,264USD per tonne: $2860.55%Sea
Sri Lanka0.02Tonnes: 54,931USD per tonne: $3870.46%Sea
Colombia0.02Tonnes: 66,621USD per tonne: $3160.46%Sea
Serbia0.02Tonnes: 103,021USD per tonne: $1820.41%Sea
France0.02Tonnes: 58,704USD per tonne: $2770.35%Sea
Peru0.02Tonnes: 47,089USD per tonne: $3400.35%Sea
Uruguay0.01Tonnes: 31,429USD per tonne: $3190.22%Sea
Zimbabwe0.01Tonnes: 15,780USD per tonne: $6220.21%Sea
Honduras0.01Tonnes: 31,606USD per tonne: $3100.21%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire0.01Tonnes: 26,500USD per tonne: $3380.19%Sea
Argentina0.01Tonnes: 20,760USD per tonne: $3850.17%Sea
Spain0.01Tonnes: 22,782USD per tonne: $2960.15%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Brazil has been its main destination since 2018

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

  • Brazil 1.6
  • China 1.3
  • United States 0.48
  • Indonesia 0.35
  • India 0.32

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Brazil0.041.6
China0.181.3
United States0.010.48
Indonesia0.020.35
India0.050.32

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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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