Belarus’ mineral fertilizer output down 9.8% in Jan-Jul 2020 to 4.675m tonnes
<p> MINSK, Aug 31 – PrimePress. Belarus’ output of all kinds of mineral fertilizers reduced by 9.8% on the year in January-July 2020 to 4.675 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 11.4% on the year to 4.003 million tonnes, phosphate fertilizers – down 3.1% to 119,700 tonnes, nitrogen fertilizers – up 1.6% year on year to 552,900 tonnes. </p> <p> </p> <p> Mineral fertilizer inventories stood at 132,700 tonnes as of Aug 1, 2020 (20.5% of average monthly output); including potash – 104,400 tonnes (18.3%), nitrogen – 30,900 tonnes (39.3%), phosphates – 1,900 tonnes (10.8%). </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 remained at 7.348 million tonnes, nitrogen fertilizers – up 7.9% to 938,600 tonnes, and output of phosphate fertilizers went up 2.7% to 216,900 tonnes. End </p>
2020-09-01
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MINSK, Aug 31 – PrimePress. Belarus’ output of all kinds of mineral fertilizers reduced by 9.8% on the year in January-July 2020 to 4.675 million tonnes (in terms of the core fertilizer component), Belarus’ Statistics Committee (Belstat) said in a report.
Output of potash fertilizers decreased 11.4% on the year to 4.003 million tonnes, phosphate fertilizers – down 3.1% to 119,700 tonnes, nitrogen fertilizers – up 1.6% year on year to 552,900 tonnes.
Mineral fertilizer inventories stood at 132,700 tonnes as of Aug 1, 2020 (20.5% of average monthly output); including potash – 104,400 tonnes (18.3%), nitrogen – 30,900 tonnes (39.3%), phosphates – 1,900 tonnes (10.8%).
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 remained at 7.348 million tonnes, nitrogen fertilizers – up 7.9% to 938,600 tonnes, and output of phosphate fertilizers went up 2.7% to 216,900 tonnes. End