According to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics , in 2013 the country produced 71.537 million tons of fertilizer (pure volume, the same below ) , an increase of 4.89% compared to 2012 , production topped 70 million tons mark, a new record high .

Sub- provincial perspective, the top five provinces in output were Hubei, Shandong , Henan, Guizhou, Shanxi , production was 11.867 million tons , 8.263 million tons , 5.359 million tons , 5.117 million tons , 4.461 million tons , which is 5 2013 annual provinces have achieved positive growth, Henan largest increase, up 19.44% , and the remaining four provinces increased by 0.98% - 9.96% range.

Sub-species , the biggest increase in potash production , in 2013 the country produced a total of 5,930,200 tons of potash , an increase of 16.3 % over the previous year , China's potash self-sufficiency rate also increased to about 53% ; nitrogen fertilizer production increase came in second , in 2013 the national total produced 49,274,600 tons of nitrogen fertilizer , up 5.87% over the previous year ; fertilizer due to low prices, companies operating load is not high, the yield decreased rather than increased , in 2013 the country produced 16,328,700 tons of phosphate fertilizer , down 1.37 percent from the previous year .