Belarus’ mineral fertilizer output down 3.7% in Jan-Sep 2020 to 6.255m tonnes
<p> MINSK, Nov 2 – PrimePress. Belarus’ output of all kinds of mineral fertilizers reduced by 3.7% on the year in January-September 2020 to 6.255 million tonnes (in terms of the core fertilizer component), Belarus’ Statistics Committee (Belstat) said in a report. </p> <p> </p> <p> Output of potash fertilizers decreased by 4.4% on the year to 5.392 million tonnes, phosphate fertilizers – down 2.2% to 166,300 tonnes, nitrogen fertilizers – up 1.4% year on year to 696,900 tonnes. </p> <p> </p> <p> Mineral fertilizer inventories stood at 128,500 tonnes as of Oct 1, 2020 (18.5% of average monthly output); including potash – 117,900 tonnes (19.7%), nitrogen – 10,600 tonnes (13.7%), phosphates – 100 tonnes (0.3%). </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, Belarus’ output of all kinds of mineral fertilizers grew 0.9% on the year in January-December 2019 to 8.503 million tonnes (in terms of the core fertilizer component). Output of potash fertilizers stood at 7.348 million tonnes (same as in 2018), nitrogen fertilizers – up 7.9% to 938,600 tonnes, and output of phosphate fertilizers went up 2.7% to 216,900 tonnes. End </p>
2020-11-03
Primepress
Belarus’ mineral fertilizer output down 3.7% in Jan-Sep 2020 to 6.255m tonnes
MINSK, Nov 2 – PrimePress. Belarus’ output of all kinds of mineral fertilizers reduced by 3.7% on the year in January-September 2020 to 6.255 million tonnes (in terms of the core fertilizer component), Belarus’ Statistics Committee (Belstat) said in a report.
Output of potash fertilizers decreased by 4.4% on the year to 5.392 million tonnes, phosphate fertilizers – down 2.2% to 166,300 tonnes, nitrogen fertilizers – up 1.4% year on year to 696,900 tonnes.
Mineral fertilizer inventories stood at 128,500 tonnes as of Oct 1, 2020 (18.5% of average monthly output); including potash – 117,900 tonnes (19.7%), nitrogen – 10,600 tonnes (13.7%), phosphates – 100 tonnes (0.3%).
As previously reported, Belarus’ output of all kinds of mineral fertilizers grew 0.9% on the year in January-December 2019 to 8.503 million tonnes (in terms of the core fertilizer component). Output of potash fertilizers stood at 7.348 million tonnes (same as in 2018), nitrogen fertilizers – up 7.9% to 938,600 tonnes, and output of phosphate fertilizers went up 2.7% to 216,900 tonnes. End