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Fertilizer sprayGlobal purchases of imported fertilizers cost a total US$112.9 billion in 2025.
The overall cost of fertilizers imported in 2025 increased by an average 15.1% paid by all importing countries from 5 years earlier in 2021 when fertilizers purchases were valued at $98.1 billion.
Year over year, international purchases of fertilizers accelerated by 17.7% compared to $96 billion starting in 2024.
Key Geographic Insights for Exported Fertilizers
The 5 biggest importers of fertilizers in 2025 were Brazil, India, United States of America, mainland China and Australia. That cohort of major buyers generated over two-fifths (41.6%) of total international spending on fertilizers imported in 2025.
From a continental perspective, Asian countries spent the most on imported fertilizers during 2025 with purchases costing $38.6 billion or 34.2% of the global total. In second place were importers based in Europe at 22%. Another 20.9% of globally imported fertilizers was delivered to Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
Another 12.4% was sent to importers in North America.
Smaller percentages were sold to buyers in Africa (6.8%), then Oceania (3.6%) led by Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
Sales by Type of Imported Fertilizers
As for different categories of imported fertilizers, three-quarters (75.2%) were nitrogen-based products.
Potassic fertilizers represent 19.4% compared to phosphatic fertilizers at 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 2025.
- Brazil: US$15.5 billion (13.7% of total fertilizers imported)
- India: $14.3 billion (12.6%)
- United States: $9 billion (8%)
- mainland China: $4.9 billion (4.3%)
- Australia: $3.3 billion (2.9%)
- France: $3.24 billion (2.9%)
- Thailand: $2.9 billion (2.6%)
- Canada: $2.7 billion (2.4%)
- Indonesia: $2.5 billion (2.2%)
- Mexico: $2.27 billion (2%)
- Bangladesh: $2.19 billion (1.9%)
- Poland: $2.15 billion (1.9%)
- Germany: $2.06 billion (1.8%)
- Argentina: $2.06 billion (1.8%)
- Türkiye: $2 billion (1.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 62.9% of all fertilizers imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for fertilizers from 2024 to 2025 were: India (up 82.5%), Argentina (up 33.5%), Bangladesh (up 31.7%) and Germany (up 31.5%).
Those countries that posted year-over-year declines in their imported fertilizers purchases were Mexico (down -6.9%) and the United States of America (down -4%).
The 100 key importers in the automated database below represent 98.4% of global spending on imported fertilizers during 2025.
| 1 | Brazil | $15,493,908,000 | +14.1% |
| 2 | India | $14,267,143,000 | +82.5% |
| 3 | United States | $8,995,782,000 | -4% |
| 4 | mainland China | $4,877,452,000 | +5.7% |
| 5 | Australia | $3,305,352,000 | +7.2% |
| 6 | France | $3,243,103,000 | +23.7% |
| 7 | Thailand | $2,906,152,000 | +11.8% |
| 8 | Canada | $2,722,588,000 | +4.9% |
| 9 | Indonesia | $2,511,434,000 | +27.4% |
| 10 | Mexico | $2,274,689,000 | -6.9% |
| 11 | Bangladesh | $2,187,066,000 | +31.7% |
| 12 | Poland | $2,150,163,000 | +30.5% |
| 13 | Germany | $2,063,626,000 | +31.5% |
| 14 | Argentina | $2,057,730,000 | +33.5% |
| 15 | Türkiye | $2,004,894,000 | +16.8% |
| 16 | Spain | $1,788,978,000 | +43% |
| 17 | Vietnam | $1,781,542,000 | +5.8% |
| 18 | United Kingdom | $1,643,762,000 | +33.5% |
| 19 | Belgium | $1,566,869,000 | +5.3% |
| 20 | Romania | $1,399,189,000 | +49.4% |
| 21 | Italy | $1,398,125,000 | +23.5% |
| 22 | Malaysia | $1,329,876,000 | +14.4% |
| 23 | Ukraine | $1,208,307,000 | +2.7% |
| 24 | Colombia | $1,107,279,000 | +20.7% |
| 25 | South Africa | $1,075,999,000 | +17.9% |
| 26 | Netherlands | $922,380,000 | +12.9% |
| 27 | Peru | $904,963,000 | +4.2% |
| 28 | Philippines | $897,735,000 | +4.7% |
| 29 | Japan | $878,173,000 | +16% |
| 30 | Paraguay | $744,639,000 | +9.3% |
| 31 | Ireland | $740,514,000 | +32% |
| 32 | Zambia | $731,279,000 | +10.6% |
| 33 | South Korea | $720,669,000 | -0.6% |
| 34 | New Zealand | $687,342,000 | +31% |
| 35 | Pakistan | $679,762,000 | -17.7% |
| 36 | Chile | $659,548,000 | +14.4% |
| 37 | Ecuador | $606,451,000 | +21.1% |
| 38 | Sweden | $573,424,000 | +35.5% |
| 39 | Czech Republic | $569,599,000 | +18.2% |
| 40 | Ethiopia | $560,657,000 | +559% |
| 41 | Hungary | $538,926,000 | +24.3% |
| 42 | Lithuania | $530,572,000 | +23.4% |
| 43 | Myanmar | $523,091,000 | -2.3% |
| 44 | Uruguay | $494,164,000 | +34% |
| 45 | Tanzania | $477,080,000 | +25.8% |
| 46 | Bulgaria | $461,100,000 | +26.1% |
| 47 | Kenya | $453,410,000 | +20.5% |
| 48 | Greece | $436,406,000 | +6% |
| 49 | Guatemala | $431,420,000 | +1.9% |
| 50 | Cambodia | $419,834,000 | +6.6% |
| 51 | Djibouti | $393,073,000 | -19.2% |
| 52 | Denmark | $382,479,000 | +11.2% |
| 53 | Portugal | $375,831,000 | +13.2% |
| 54 | Morocco | $370,206,000 | +12.1% |
| 55 | Egypt | $369,042,000 | +24.6% |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | $366,882,000 | +12.3% |
| 57 | Serbia | $354,528,000 | +5.6% |
| 58 | Ivory Coast | $349,975,000 | +44.1% |
| 59 | Austria | $315,113,000 | +7.6% |
| 60 | Latvia | $310,854,000 | +22.3% |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | $305,730,000 | +52% |
| 62 | Malawi | $297,449,000 | +17.4% |
| 63 | Finland | $289,307,000 | +19.7% |
| 64 | Taiwan | $285,479,000 | +1.6% |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | $259,708,000 | +43.7% |
| 66 | Slovakia | $248,806,000 | +25.9% |
| 67 | Laos | $226,600,000 | +10.8% |
| 68 | Nepal | $222,711,000 | +71.4% |
| 69 | Costa Rica | $221,657,000 | -10.9% |
| 70 | Slovenia | $218,645,000 | +5.6% |
| 71 | Burkina Faso | $213,542,000 | +144.5% |
| 72 | Nicaragua | $204,336,000 | +7.6% |
| 73 | Croatia | $199,586,000 | +5.5% |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | $189,004,000 | +1% |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | $185,423,000 | +10.3% |
| 76 | Switzerland | $178,584,000 | +11.8% |
| 77 | Namibia | $172,820,000 | -10.2% |
| 78 | United Arab Emirates | $166,561,000 | +126.9% |
| 79 | Nigeria | $156,788,000 | -37.6% |
| 80 | Norway | $140,918,000 | +31.9% |
| 81 | Burundi | $137,443,000 | +116.7% |
| 82 | Israel | $136,907,000 | +7.1% |
| 83 | Algeria | $134,485,000 | -39.4% |
| 84 | Estonia | $121,152,000 | +18.8% |
| 85 | Ghana | $120,356,000 | -58.9% |
| 86 | Moldova | $118,909,000 | +31.6% |
| 87 | Benin | $116,014,000 | +2.1% |
| 88 | Democratic Republic Congo | $113,646,000 | -13% |
| 89 | Russia | $107,689,000 | +76.5% |
| 90 | Mozambique | $106,562,000 | -40.5% |
| 91 | Togo | $106,127,000 | +9.2% |
| 92 | Angola | $103,083,000 | -1.6% |
| 93 | Senegal | $101,654,000 | +19.4% |
| 94 | Mongolia | $96,780,000 | +33.2% |
| 95 | Honduras | $96,511,000 | -53.4% |
| 96 | Panama | $91,293,000 | +10% |
| 97 | Iraq | $91,242,000 | -73.2% |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | $87,584,000 | +20.8% |
| 99 | Bolivia | $85,951,000 | -0.5% |
| 100 | Rwanda | $81,021,000 | +9.1% |
The strongest percentage increases in their purchases of imported fertilizers from 2024 to 2025 belong to buyers in Ethiopia (up 559%), Burkina Faso (up 144.5%), United Arab Emirates (up 126.9%), Burundi (up 116.7%) and India (up 82.5%).
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 2024 data was available.
Fertilizers Imports into Brazil
Brazil’s global purchases of imported fertilizers totaled US$15.5 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Brazil imported the highest dollar value worth of fertilizers during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Russia: US$4 billion (up 8.1% from 2024)
- mainland China: $2.9 billion (up 51.3%)
- Canada: $1.6 billion (up 20.1%)
- Morocco: $1.2 billion (down -0.4%)
- Nigeria: $709.6 million (up 32.4%)
- Saudi Arabia: $659.9 million (up 33%)
- United States: $616.1 million (up 1.8%)
- Israel: $499 million (up 15.3%)
- Oman: $452.9 million (down -5.2%)
- Egypt: $418 million (up 2.7%)
- Qatar: $403.6 million (up 1.5%)
- Algeria: $275.7 million (up 77.7%)
- Germany: $246.2 million (up 15.1%)
- Norway: $229.5 million (up 55.1%)
- Venezuela: $155.8 million (down -7.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 92.5% of fertilizers imported by Brazil in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of fertilizers to Brazil from 2024 to 2025 were: Algeria (up 77.7%), Norway (up 55.1%), mainland China (up 51.3%) and Saudi Arabia (up 33%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their fertilizers supplied to Brazilian importers included: Venezuela (down -7.3%), Oman (down -5.2%) and Morocco (down -0.4%).
Overall, the value of Brazil’s imported fertilizers rose by an average 14.1% from all supplying countries since 2024 when fertilizers purchased cost $13.6 billion.
Fertilizers Imports into India
India’s global purchases of imported fertilizers totaled US$14.3 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which India imported the highest dollar value worth of fertilizers during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Russia: US$3 billion (up 82.1% from 2024)
- Saudi Arabia: $2.5 billion (up 78.5%)
- mainland China: $2.1 billion (up 153.2%)
- Morocco: $1.8 billion (up 94.1%)
- Oman: $915.5 million (up 0.3%)
- Indonesia: $411.2 million (up 1036.6%)
- Qatar: $365.4 million (up 86.4%)
- United Arab Emirates: $362.2 million (up 20.6%)
- Australia: $322.1 million (up 169.3%)
- Canada: $304.7 million (down -21.6%)
- Jordan: $283.1 million (up 27.8%)
- Nigeria: $218.4 million (up 1043.8%)
- Turkmenistan: $201 million (up 104.4%)
- Malaysia: $177.7 million (up 220.3%)
- Finland: $159.5 million (up 642.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 92.9% of fertilizers imported by India in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of fertilizers to India from 2024 to 2025 were: Nigeria (up 1,044%), Indonesia (up 1,037%), Finland (up 642.7%) and Malaysia (up 220.3%).
Canada (down -21.6%) was the lone listed supplier that experienced a year-over-year decline in the value of fertilizers supplied to Indian importers.
Overall, the value of India’s imported fertilizers spiked by an average 82.5% from all supplying countries since 2024 when fertilizers purchased cost $7.8 billion.
Fertilizers Imports into America
America’s global purchases of imported fertilizers totaled US$9 billion in 2025. Below are the top suppliers from which the United States of America imported the highest dollar value worth of fertilizers during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Canada: US$3.8 billion (down -2.9% from 2024)
- Russia: $1.8 billion (up 37.9%)
- Saudi Arabia: $458.6 million (down -42.5%)
- Qatar: $450.7 million (up 24.5%)
- Israel: $284.7 million (down -16.1%)
- Mexico: $238.2 million (down -4.1%)
- Trinidad/Tobago: $222.5 million (up 8.4%)
- Nigeria: $163.2 million (up 10.6%)
- Algeria: $154.5 million (down -9.6%)
- Lithuania: $150.9 million (up 81.8%)
- Morocco: $149.6 million (down -23.3%)
- Netherlands: $145.1 million (up 5.2%)
- Belgium: $141.8 million (up 31%)
- Norway: $134.1 million (down -14.5%)
- Egypt: $121.5 million (down -30.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93% of fertilizers imported by the United States of America in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of fertilizers to the United States from 2024 to 2025 were: Lithuania (up 81.8%), Russia (up 37.9%), Belgium (up 31%) and Qatar (up 24.5%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their fertilizers supplied to American importers included: Saudi Arabia (down -42.5%), Egypt (down -30.8%), Morocco (down -23.3%) and Israel (down -16.1%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported fertilizers fell by an average -4% from all supplying countries since 2024 when fertilizers purchased cost $9.4 billion.
Fertilizers Imports into China
Mainland China’s global purchases of imported fertilizers totaled US$4.9 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which China imported the highest dollar value worth of fertilizers during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Russia: US$1.6 billion (up 13.1% from 2024)
- Belarus: $747.2 million (down -11.5%)
- Laos: $700 million (up 16%)
- Canada: $697 million (down -6.3%)
- Norway: $277.2 million (up 12%)
- Israel: $229.8 million (up 1.7%)
- Belgium: $160.6 million (up 37.7%)
- Jordan: $120.4 million (up 7.9%)
- Finland: $61.7 million (down -10.7%)
- Uzbekistan: $54.5 million (up 108.6%)
- Italy: $39.1 million (up 47.4%)
- United States: $35.3 million (up 80.6%)
- Germany: $34.1 million (up 28.3%)
- Netherlands: $19.4 million (down -17.2%)
- Spain: $19.2 million (down -4.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.8% of fertilizers imported by mainland China in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of fertilizers to China from 2024 to 2025 were: Uzbekistan (up 108.6%), United States of America (up 80.6%), Italy (up 47.4%) and Belgium (up 37.7%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their fertilizers supplied to Chinese importers included: Netherlands (down -17.2%), Belarus (down -11.5%), Finland (down -10.7%) and Canada (down -6.3%).
Overall, the value of China’s imported fertilizers grew by an average 5.7% from all supplying countries since 2024 when fertilizers purchased cost $4.6 billion.
See also Top Fertilizers Exports by Country, China’s Top Trading Partners, Mexico’s Top Trading Partners, Japan’s Top Trading Partners and South Korea’s Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on July 8, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 8, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on July 8, 2026
Wikipedia, Fertilizer. Accessed on July 8, 2026
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