February 10, 2012
China sees 69.1 million tonnes fertiliser output by 2015
By 2015, the yearly fertiliser output of China is estimated to hit 69.1 million tonnes, according to the most recent forecast by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Specifically, the output of nitrogen fertiliser will reach 46 million tonnes in 2015, phosphate fertiliser 18.6 million tonnes and potash fertiliser 4.5 million tonnes.
Meanwhile, China plans to boost its annual fertiliser output capacity to 77.6 million tonnes by 2015, with the capacity of nitrogen fertiliser at 51.1 million tonnes, that of phosphate fertiliser at 21.5 million tonnes and that of potash fertiliser at five million tonnes/year.