China Is Accelerating Phosphate Production, TBRC Report Shows

This is significant given that ten years ago, Chinese exports were close to zero. In 2016, China produced 17,295.7 thousand metric tonnes of phosphate fertilizer, and the consumption was 11,857.6 thousand metric tonnes. The imports of phosphate fertilizers into China were 198.6 thousand metric tonnes, and the exports from China were 4,714.2 thousand metric tonnes.