Statistics agency says Russia's fertilizer output down

23 May 2012 14:35  [Source: ICIS news]

MOSCOW (ICIS)--Russia's overall production of fertilizers decreased over the past four months, the Russian statistics agency Rosstat said in an announcement on Wednesday.

From January–April 2012 the country's total output of mineral fertilizers was down by 5.3% year on year at 6.02m tonnes, according to the agency.

Nitrogen fertilizers output was down by 0.1% year on year at 2.83m tonnes, while potash production dropped to 1.61m tonnes – 13.5% down year on year – it said. Ammonia production was 6.7% lower year on year at 4.62m tonnes, Rosstat said.

However, taking April's figures in isolation, the country's total output of mineral fertilizers was 3.4% up year on year at 1.61m tonnes. In the same month, nitrogen fertilizers output was up by 1.1% year on year at 712,000 tonnes, while potash production reached 638,000 tonnes, or 5.6% up year on year, it said.

Ammonia output in April was 5% down year on year at 1.19m tonnes, according to the agency.

By: Sergei Blagov
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