According to customs statistics, Chinese 1-4 month 2014 import and export volume fell 3.1%, of which exports fell 4.8%. 1-4 month, China grain (including soybeans) imports increased by 44.8%, Chinese fertilizer export volume growth of 130.5%.

On May 8, 2014, promulgated by the General Administration of customs statistics data show: the first 4 months, 8.1 trillion yuan of China's import and export value, than the same period last year decreased by 3.1%. Among them, the export of 4.16 yuan, down 4.8%; imports of 3.94 yuan, down 1.2%; trade surplus of 215400000000 yuan, reduced 42.9%. According to the current situation, Chinese to complete the government 2014 year foreign trade growth target of 7.5%, free method based inspection costs, the implementation of export customs clearance facilitation, export tax rebate policy in time, must also be some stability and promoting the export of re introduction of series of measures. Foreign trade policy in the last ten years as the government, reduce and cancel the export tax rebates for some products, expand the export of processing trade ban catalog, and restrictions on some products to levy export tariffs (special export tariff), have the reverse adjustment potential.

The international food prices low, Chinese grain imports increase. 1-4 in 2014, China total imports of 32949000 tons of grain, an increase of 44.8%. Among them, soybean imports 21848000 tons, an increase of 41.2%; imports an average price of 2990.9 yuan / ton, down 9.7% yoy. In addition to other food imports of soybean increased 52.4% compared to the same period, the average import price drops compared to the same period 11.6%. The global economic growth is the overall slowdown, futures, spot prices of agricultural commodities in the international food is running low, grain prices at home and abroad is pulled big, is the main reason for the increase in imports Chinese. By the end of 2013, the central government clearly put forward the strategy of national food security is the new "give priority to with me, based on domestic, to ensure that the production capacity, appropriate to import, support of science and technology", to ensure the safety requirements, basic self-sufficiency in grain rations. From the outside, the international market oil diets imported food, the specific implementation is "appropriate to import" strategy.

China fertilizer exports continue to maintain the growth rate at. In 2014 April, a total of China export all kinds of mineral fertilizer and 2120000 tons of chemical fertilizer; 1-4 month accumulative total export 6690000 tons, an increase of 130.5%; total export amount of $1987000000, a year-on-year growth of 111.5%. In April Chinese imported mineral fertilizer and 820000 tons of chemical fertilizer; 1-4 month accumulative total imports 2900000 tons, down 8.3% yoy. Because of China domestic gas, electric, chemical fertilizer on production and circulation transport, tax incentives and so on, are affixed to the "two high and one capital" label, so China for most fertilizer products export levy export tariffs (some varieties are still busy season higher tariffs). However, with the natural gas, electric power, railway transportation, the price change process, the fertilizer industry enjoy preferential rate reduced year by year.

Through the customs data, we need to do a deeper thinking. Chinese fertilizer (nitrogen fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer, potash fertilizer and compound fertilizer) price can be said to be the lowest in the world, capable of grain and other agricultural products prices are much higher than the international market. How to develop the rural land circulation, modern agriculture? How to adjust the preferential policy and chemical fertilizer export tariff policy? Encourage agriculture going out, agricultural production of fertilizer to complete? These problems are the market reform, the fertilizer industry to play the market plays a decisive role in the allocation of resources must be considered.