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Top Fertilizers Imports by Country

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Global purchases of imported fertilizers cost a total US$90.6 billion in 2024.

The overall value of fertilizers imported in 2024 increased by an average 39.3% from all importing countries from 5 years earlier in 2020 when fertilizers purchases were valued at $65 billion.

Year over year, international purchases of fertilizers slowed by -12.3% compared to $103.4 billion starting in 2023.

Key Geographic Insights for Exported Fertilizers

The 5 biggest importers of fertilizers in 2024 were Brazil, United States of America, India, mainland China and Australia. That cohort of major buyers paid over two-fifths (42.5%) of total international spending on fertilizers imported in 2024.

From a continental perspective, Asian countries spent the most on imported fertilizers during 2024 with purchases costing $28.6 billion or 31.6% of the global total. In second place were importers based in Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean at 22.7%. Another 22.4% of globally imported fertilizers was delivered to Europe.

Another 14.3% was sent to importers in North America.

Smaller percentages were sold to buyers in Africa (5%), then Oceania (4.1%) led by Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

Sales by Type of Imported Fertilizers

As for different categories of imported fertilizers, almost three-quarters (73%) were nitrogen-based products.

Potassic fertilizers represent 22.2% compared to phosphatic fertilizers at 3.4%. Excluding those mineral or chemical fertilizer subcategories, the other fertilizer type is animal or vegetable fertilizers which accounted for the remaining 1.3%.

For research purposes, the high-level Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for fertilizers is 31.

Below are the 15 countries that spent the most on imported fertilizers during 2024.

Brazil: US$13.6 billion (15% of total fertilizers imported)
United States: $9.4 billion (10.3%)
India: $7.8 billion (8.6%)
mainland China: $4.6 billion (5.1%)
Australia: $3.1 billion (3.4%)
France: $2.62 billion (2.9%)
Thailand: $2.6 billion (2.9%)
Canada: $2.6 billion (2.9%)
Indonesia: $2 billion (2.2%)
Türkiye: $1.72 billion (1.9%)
Poland: $1.65 billion (1.8%)
Germany: $1.61 billion (1.8%)
Argentina: $1.54 billion (1.7%)
Belgium: $1.49 billion (1.6%)
Vietnam: $1.3 billion (1.4%)

By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 63.5% of all fertilizers imported in 2024.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for fertilizers from 2023 to 2024 were: Australia (up 29.1%), Thailand (up 14.5%), Poland (up 10.9%) and Argentina (up 10.1%).

Those countries that posted declines in their imported fertilizers purchases were led by: Türkiye (down -28.1% from 2023), India (down -24.9%), mainland China (down -17.8%) and Belgium (down -13.8%).

The 100 key importers in the automated database below represent 98.1% of global spending on imported fertilizers during 2024.

RankImporterFertilizer Imports2023-4

1.	Brazil	$13,581,411,000	-7.2%
2.	United States	$9,371,797,000	-4.5%
3.	India	$7,829,707,000	-24.9%
4.	mainland China	$4,615,419,000	-17.8%
5.	Australia	$3,084,716,000	+29.1%
6.	France	$2,619,522,000	-8.1%
7.	Thailand	$2,598,613,000	+14.5%
8.	Canada	$2,595,809,000	+4%
9.	Indonesia	$1,971,391,000	-2.7%
10.	Türkiye	$1,715,874,000	-28.1%
11.	Poland	$1,647,252,000	+10.9%
12.	Germany	$1,609,499,000	-9.3%
13.	Argentina	$1,541,038,000	+10.1%
14.	Belgium	$1,487,672,000	-13.8%
15.	Vietnam	$1,254,808,000	-10.9%
16.	Spain	$1,251,378,000	-8.5%
17.	United Kingdom	$1,225,276,000	-11.9%
18.	Ukraine	$1,177,094,000	-4.4%
19.	Malaysia	$1,162,216,000	-2.7%
20.	Italy	$1,143,032,000	-14.7%
21.	Mexico	$1,027,871,000	-58.2%
22.	Bangladesh	$966,078,000	-37.3%
23.	Romania	$936,267,000	-18.3%
24.	Colombia	$917,583,000	-13.2%
25.	South Africa	$912,551,000	+10.7%
26.	Peru	$868,327,000	+19.6%
27.	Philippines	$857,192,000	-12.5%
28.	Pakistan	$826,121,000	+76.9%
29.	Netherlands	$808,189,000	-8.3%
30.	Japan	$756,842,000	-12.1%
31.	South Korea	$724,859,000	-2.1%
32.	Paraguay	$680,970,000	-6%
33.	Zambia	$661,399,000	-5.6%
34.	Chile	$576,689,000	+8%
35.	Ireland	$560,837,000	-0.5%
36.	Myanmar	$535,325,000	-8.8%
37.	New Zealand	$524,721,000	+18%
38.	Ecuador	$500,778,000	+4.4%
39.	Czech Republic	$482,046,000	+2%
40.	Hungary	$471,119,000	+5%
41.	Lithuania	$430,359,000	-12.6%
42.	Guatemala	$423,506,000	+20.5%
43.	Sweden	$423,275,000	+0.2%
44.	Greece	$403,150,000	+25.7%
45.	Cambodia	$393,704,000	+21%
46.	Kenya	$376,331,000	-17.1%
47.	Uruguay	$368,715,000	0%
48.	Bulgaria	$367,014,000	-0.4%
49.	Portugal	$359,103,000	-7%
50.	Denmark	$348,411,000	+6.6%
51.	Serbia	$321,646,000	-13%
52.	Austria	$292,706,000	+4.9%
53.	Taiwan	$281,012,000	+4.9%
54.	Latvia	$265,820,000	-5.9%
55.	Costa Rica	$248,815,000	+2.3%
56.	Finland	$247,751,000	-23.5%
57.	Ivory Coast	$242,857,000	-32.8%
58.	Slovenia	$237,759,000	+40.6%
59.	Morocco	$211,395,000	-37.6%
60.	Honduras	$207,289,000	-2.8%
61.	Sri Lanka	$201,114,000	-14.4%
62.	Namibia	$192,554,000	+110.8%
63.	Croatia	$189,277,000	-19.8%
64.	Slovakia	$188,830,000	-15.2%
65.	Saudi Arabia	$187,088,000	-6.4%
66.	Tanzania	$180,785,000	-60.5%
67.	Kazakhstan	$180,764,000	-12.5%
68.	Mozambique	$179,022,000	-6.3%
69.	Laos	$178,687,000	+11.1%
70.	Dominican Republic	$168,154,000	+6%
71.	Switzerland	$159,691,000	-8.1%
72.	Iraq	$151,419,000	-53.3%
73.	Egypt	$145,516,000	-48.7%
74.	Afghanistan	$140,518,000	+77.4%
75.	Algeria	$135,931,000	-30.2%
76.	Zimbabwe	$130,930,000	-66.3%
77.	Israel	$127,802,000	+21.3%
78.	United Arab Emirates	$119,672,000	+3.8%
79.	Nepal	$117,376,000	+46.8%
80.	Benin	$113,657,000	-16.9%
81.	Norway	$106,841,000	-5.6%
82.	Estonia	$101,974,000	-20.8%
83.	Ghana	$97,819,000	-61.6%
84.	Togo	$97,151,000	+17.7%
85.	Moldova	$90,326,000	-32.7%
86.	Burkina Faso	$87,305,000	-25.8%
87.	Bolivia	$86,386,000	-0.6%
88.	Uzbekistan	$86,320,000	-53.3%
89.	Panama	$82,962,000	-25%
90.	El Salvador	$76,795,000	-23.2%
91.	Nigeria	$76,140,000	-69.2%
92.	Mongolia	$72,632,000	+34%
93.	Azerbaijan	$72,492,000	+0.6%
94.	Iran	$71,865,000	-84.7%
95.	Papua New Guinea	$71,837,000	-22.6%
96.	Burundi	$63,426,000	-35.8%
97.	Democratic Republic Congo	$62,896,000	-51.2%
98.	Russia	$60,955,000	-8.4%
99.	Mauritania	$57,904,000	+36.4%
100.	Bosnia/Herzegovina	$56,059,000	-6.7%

The strongest percentage increases in their purchases of imported fertilizers from 2023 to 2024 belong to buyers in Namibia (up 110.8%), Afghanistan (up 77.4%), Pakistan (up 76.9%), Nepal (up 46.8%) and Slovenia (up 40.6%).

You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the above table columns. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that no 2023 data was available.

Fertilizers Imports into Brazil

Brazil’s global purchases of imported fertilizers totaled US$13.6 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Brazil imported the highest dollar value worth of fertilizers during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.

Russia: US$3.7 billion (up 4.4% from 2023)
mainland China: $1.9 billion (up 17.5%)
Canada: $1.3 billion (down -32.4%)
Morocco: $1.2 billion (down -2.8%)
United States: $605 million (down -10%)
Nigeria: $536 million (up 19.3%)
Saudi Arabia: $496.3 million (down -14.8%)
Oman: $477.8 million (down -14.8%)
Israel: $433 million (down -28.8%)
Egypt: $406.8 million (up 53.6%)
Qatar: $397.6 million (down -20.1%)
Uzbekistan: $393.4 million (up 7.5%)
Germany: $214 million (down -43.2%)
Venezuela: $168.1 million (down -8.7%)
Algeria: $155.1 million (down -43.1%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 91.3% of fertilizers imported by Brazil in 2024.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of fertilizers to Brazil from 2023 to 2024 were: Egypt (up 53.6%), Nigeria (up 19.3%), mainland China (up 17.5%) and Uzbekistan (up 7.5%).

Countries that experienced declines in the value of their fertilizers supplied to Brazilian importers included: Germany (down -43.2% from 2023), Algeria (down -43.1%), Canada (down -32.4%) and Israel (down -28.8%).

Overall, the value of Brazil’s imported fertilizers went down by an average -7.2% from all supplying countries since 2023 when fertilizers purchased cost $14.6 billion.

Fertilizers Imports into America

America’s global purchases of imported fertilizers totaled US$9.4 billion in 2024. Below are the top suppliers from which the United States of America imported the highest dollar value worth of fertilizers during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.

Canada: US$3.9 billion (down -15.3% from 2023)
Russia: $1.3 billion (down -19.4%)
Saudi Arabia: $797.1 million (down -3.9%)
Qatar: $362.1 million (up 0.2%)
Israel: $339.5 million (up 11.7%)
Mexico: $248.4 million (up 63.5%)
Trinidad/Tobago: $205.3 million (up 35%)
Morocco: $195 million (up 13.2%)
Egypt: $175.6 million (up 131%)
Algeria: $170.9 million (down -31.4%)
Norway: $156.7 million (up 17.1%)
Jordan: $156.5 million (up 79.9%)
Nigeria: $147.5 million (down -19.8%)
Netherlands: $137.9 million (up 52%)
Germany: $126.1 million (up 3.7%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 89.5% of fertilizers imported by the United States of America in 2024.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of fertilizers to United States from 2023 to 2024 were: Egypt (up 131%), Jordan (up 79.9%), Mexico (up 63.5%) and the Netherlands (up 52%).

Countries that experienced double-digit percentage declines in the value of their fertilizers supplied to American importers were: Algeria (down -31.4% from 2023), Nigeria (down -19.8%), Russia (down -19.4%) and Canada (down -15.3%).

Overall, the value of America’s imported fertilizers slowed by an average -4.5% from all supplying countries since 2023 when fertilizers purchased cost $9.8 billion.

Fertilizers Imports into India

India’s global purchases of imported fertilizers totaled US$7.83 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which India imported the highest dollar value worth of fertilizers during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.

Russia: US$1.7 billion (down -31.1% from 2023)
Saudi Arabia: $1.4 billion (up 5.1%)
Morocco: $942.6 million (up 94.3%)
Oman: $912.4 million (up 10.4%)
mainland China: $845.5 million (down -67.4%)
Canada: $392.5 million (down -18.8%)
United Arab Emirates: $300.4 million (up 20.3%)
Jordan: $221.6 million (down -39.1%)
Qatar: $196.1 million (up 11.2%)
Australia: $119.6 million (up 281.5%)
Israel: $111.1 million (down -28.7%)
Turkmenistan: $100.6 million (up 15.5%)
Bahrain: $63.4 million (up 300.4%)
Malaysia: $55.5 million (up 24.8%)
Egypt: $51.5 million (down -39.6%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 94.5% of fertilizers imported by India in 2024.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of fertilizers to India from 2023 to 2024 were: Bahrain (up 300.4%), Australia (up 281.5%), Morocco (up 94.3%) and Malaysia (up 24.8%).

Countries that experienced declines in the value of their fertilizers supplied to Indian importers included: mainland China (down -67.4% from 2023), Egypt (down -39.6%), Jordan (down -39.1%) and Russia (down -31.1%).

Overall, the value of India’s imported fertilizers reduced by an average -24.9% from all supplying countries since 2023 when fertilizers purchased cost $10.4 billion.

Fertilizers Imports into China

Mainland China’s global purchases of imported fertilizers totaled US$4.6 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which China imported the highest dollar value worth of fertilizers during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.

Russia: US$1.4 billion (up 9.6% from 2023)
Belarus: $844 million (down -42.2%)
Canada: $744 million (down -8.1%)
Laos: $603.3 million (down -4.3%)
Norway: $247.4 million (down -10.5%)
Israel: $226.1 million (down -35.3%)
Belgium: $116.7 million (down -18.7%)
Jordan: $111.6 million (down -66.6%)
Finland: $69.1 million (up 0.5%)
Germany: $26.6 million (down -61.4%)
Italy: $26.5 million (up 9.6%)
Uzbekistan: $26.1 million (up 109%)
Netherlands: $23.5 million (up 39.4%)
Spain: $20.2 million (up 41.1%)
United States: $19.6 million (down -25.2%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.4% of fertilizers imported by mainland China in 2024.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of fertilizers to China from 2023 to 2024 were: Uzbekistan (up 109%), Spain (up 41.1%), Netherlands (up 39.4%) and Russia (up 9.6%).

Countries that experienced declines in the value of their fertilizers supplied to Chinese importers included: Jordan (down -66.6% from 2023), Germany (down -61.4%), Belarus (down -42.2%) and Israel (down -35.3%).

Overall, the value of China’s imported fertilizers were down by an average 17.8% from all supplying countries since 2023 when fertilizers purchased cost $5.6 billion.

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Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on June 30, 2025

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 30, 2025

Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 30, 2025

Wikipedia, Fertilizer. Accessed on June 30, 2025

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