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Who buys the United States’ fertilizers? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $4.3 billion of fertilizers (9.5 million tonnes), 4.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were Canada (39%), Brazil (15%) and Mexico (7%). The United States was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of fertilizers.

Summary

Value
$4.3billion
Tonnes
9.5million tonnes
Share of world total
4.6%
World rank
6th
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
Canada1.7Tonnes: 3,193,451USD per tonne: $52938.8%Sea
Brazil0.66Tonnes: 1,323,230USD per tonne: $50115.3%Sea
Mexico0.29Tonnes: 844,280USD per tonne: $3396.6%Sea
Australia0.27Tonnes: 656,758USD per tonne: $4056.1%Sea
Argentina0.14Tonnes: 323,549USD per tonne: $4463.3%Sea
Colombia0.13Tonnes: 245,798USD per tonne: $5473.1%Sea
China0.1Tonnes: 301,415USD per tonne: $3452.4%Sea
Benin0.1Tonnes: 189,197USD per tonne: $5152.2%Sea
France0.1Tonnes: 425,777USD per tonne: $2282.2%Sea
Peru0.09Tonnes: 312,536USD per tonne: $2972.1%Sea
Chile0.08Tonnes: 178,703USD per tonne: $4441.8%Sea
Malaysia0.07Tonnes: 132,974USD per tonne: $4921.5%Sea
Paraguay0.07Tonnes: 132,608USD per tonne: $4921.5%Sea
United Kingdom0.07Tonnes: 221,631USD per tonne: $2941.5%Sea
Honduras0.04Tonnes: 96,288USD per tonne: $4030.89%Sea
Dominican Republic0.04Tonnes: 100,117USD per tonne: $3800.87%Sea
Uruguay0.04Tonnes: 93,038USD per tonne: $4020.86%Sea
Japan0.03Tonnes: 45,981USD per tonne: $6420.68%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.03Tonnes: 145,647USD per tonne: $1890.63%Sea
Morocco0.02Tonnes: 87,576USD per tonne: $2830.57%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Canada has been its main destination since 2012

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

  • Canada 1.7
  • Brazil 0.66
  • Mexico 0.29
  • Australia 0.27
  • Argentina 0.14

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada0.191.7
Brazil0.160.66
Mexico0.070.29
Australia0.210.27
Argentina0.070.14

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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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