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Where does the United States get its fertilizers? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $9.6 billion of fertilizers (27.6 million tonnes), 10% of the world total. Its main sources were Canada (40%), Russia (14%) and Saudi Arabia (8%). The United States was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of fertilizers.

Summary

Value
$9.6billion
Tonnes
27.6million tonnes
Share of world total
10%
World rank
2nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Canada3.8Tonnes: 14,029,323USD per tonne: $27340.1%Sea
Russia1.3Tonnes: 4,023,966USD per tonne: $32413.6%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.8Tonnes: 1,533,715USD per tonne: $5208.4%Sea
Morocco0.51Tonnes: 772,139USD per tonne: $6585.3%Sea
Qatar0.36Tonnes: 1,035,214USD per tonne: $3503.8%Sea
Israel0.34Tonnes: 733,822USD per tonne: $4603.5%Sea
Mexico0.22Tonnes: 289,193USD per tonne: $7742.3%Sea
Egypt0.22Tonnes: 369,096USD per tonne: $5802.3%Sea
Algeria0.17Tonnes: 504,348USD per tonne: $3391.8%Sea
Jordan0.16Tonnes: 269,179USD per tonne: $5811.6%Sea
Norway0.15Tonnes: 580,567USD per tonne: $2651.6%Sea
Nigeria0.15Tonnes: 393,207USD per tonne: $3751.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.13Tonnes: 373,465USD per tonne: $3441.3%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago0.13Tonnes: 559,244USD per tonne: $2291.3%Sea
Germany0.12Tonnes: 275,723USD per tonne: $4351.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.11Tonnes: 324,835USD per tonne: $3231.1%Sea
Oman0.09Tonnes: 262,731USD per tonne: $3570.98%Sea
Lithuania0.09Tonnes: 128,954USD per tonne: $7110.96%Sea
Chile0.08Tonnes: 100,459USD per tonne: $7890.83%Sea
Tunisia0.07Tonnes: 91,024USD per tonne: $7280.69%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Canada was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Canada 3.8
  • Russia 1.3
  • Saudi Arabia 0.8
  • Morocco 0.51
  • Qatar 0.36

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada0.993.8
Russia0.081.3
Saudi Arabia0.050.8
Morocco00.51
Qatar00.36

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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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