Russia boosts fertilizer exports 7% in Jan-July to 26.1 mln tonnes - association head

MOSCOW. Aug 29 (Interfax) - Russia increased its mineral fertilizer exports 7% year-on-year in January-July 2025 to 26.1 million tonnes, the head of the Russian Fertilizer Producers Association, Andrei Guryev, told journalists.

He confirmed the export forecast for this year at 44 million tonnes (+5% compared to 2024).

Deliveries of Russian fertilizers to China amounted to 2.7 million tonnes in 7M 2025, Guryev said. He recalled that by the end of last year they had increased by a third and reached 4.7 million tonnes.

India increased its purchases of fertilizers from Russia 20% in H1, to 2.5 million tonnes. The growth was primarily due to increased supplies of phosphorus-containing fertilizers.

The share of Russian supplies in India's total fertilizer imports in January-June rose to a record 33%, Guryev said. At the same time, Russia provides 89% of India's imports for complex NPK fertilizers.