Latest news on China’s fertilizer export restrictions, May 11, 2025.

China Phosphate and Compound Fertilizer Industry Association (CPCFIA)

Initiative on Strengthening Industry Self-Discipline to Ensure Stable Fertilizer Supply and Prices

Since 2024, enterprises in the phosphate and compound fertilizer industry have proactively shouldered responsibilities, striving to overcome cost pressures from rising raw material prices, stabilizing domestic market prices, ensuring domestic production and supply, and making new contributions to China’s grain production surpassing the 1.4 trillion kilogram milestone. Notably, during the critical period of commercial reserves last winter and this spring, the industry voluntarily halted phosphate ammonium exports, ensured smooth domestic logistics, implemented two rounds of price reductions to benefit farmers, and successfully fulfilled annual supply assurance and price stabilization requirements.

Entering 2025, operational pressures on the phosphate and compound fertilizer industry have intensified. While phosphate rock prices remain persistently high, the costs of raw materials such as sulfur and sulfuric acid continue to rise. Coupled with the current off-season for phosphate and compound fertilizer sales, enterprises face significant challenges in maintaining normal production and operations. To safeguard industry stability and achieve this year’s goals of ensuring supply and stabilizing prices, the China Phosphate and Compound Fertilizer Industry Association (CPCFIA) hereby issues the following initiatives to all industry enterprises:

I. Conduct Scientific Market Analysis and Optimize Raw Material Procurement and Storage

Enterprises shall carefully plan annual production schedules, mitigate cost pressures from persistently high prices of sulfur, phosphate rock, and other raw materials, and ensure sufficient domestic supply of phosphate and compound fertilizer products.

II. Key Enterprises Must Uphold Strict Self-Discipline and Strengthen Responsibility

Leading enterprises should continue to stabilize domestic market prices, refrain from speculative hype or following market trends during critical periods, and resolutely avoid “cutthroat competition” (neijuan) to undercut prices for international market share. They must act as pioneers in maintaining market order. The association will enhance its coordination role to advance the “Four Services” (industry, government, enterprises, and farmers).

III. Collaborate with Upstream and Downstream Partners to Maintain Market Stability

The entire industrial chain is urged to work collectively with phosphate and compound fertilizer enterprises to ensure stable industry operations and coordinated development.

China Phosphate and Compound Fertilizer Industry Association (CPCFIA)

May 11, 2025

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