Nitrogen fertilizer industry development relatively late in our country, until 1935 in Dalian and Nanjing built two nitrogenous fertilizer plant, the production of ammonium sulfate. Before 1949, the amount of nitrogenous fertilizer of the national total production was 600000 tons (N), mainly used for coastal provinces. After the founding of new Chinese, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer industry to obtain rapid development.

From raw materials, coal, fertilizer production of raw materials is used to anthracite, manufacturers are mainly concentrated in Shanxi, Shandong and other regions. At present, the application of pressurized gasification of pulverized coal, so many manufacturers moved to Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia and other coal producing area. According to the nitrogen fertilizer industry depth analysis and study strategy consulting business investment that, due to the contradiction between the supply surge, civil and agricultural supply by the instability of the seasonal factors, natural gas prices rise, yield decreased obviously. Therefore nitrogen fertilizer raw materials tend to coal supply.

From a cost perspective, in recent years, although China's urea production increased, but the production cost of urea also increased significantly.

2010-2012, urea production total cost of 210 yuan per ton increase. The coal production cost rising trend is not obvious. Excluding this factor, affected by the electricity and freight costs, increased by 100 yuan per ton of urea. In March, the government increase the transportation price per ton, per thousand kilometers increased 2 times. Freight rates continue to rise, also marks the urea production into the high cost era. From a technical point of view, China's fertilizer technology is in the leading level in the world, pressurized gasification coal device in the construction and put into operation a total of 102 sets of independent research and development, including 61 sets of imported 41 sets, a surprising number of.

China nitrogen fertilizer industry has 3 basic characteristics.

First, the structure of raw materials, product structure, industrial layout adjustment and technology progress, industry concentration further improved.

Second, the production of nitrogenous fertilizer is mainly to meet domestic demand, due to the consumption of resources based industries, the state does not encourage exports, the export volume control in less than 10% of the total output.

Third, economic growth, consumption upgrade, China's urea production costs.

Is expected in the future direction of development, nitrogen fertilizer industry first, phasing out of preferential policies. Second, subsidies for farmers to increase. Thirdly, to restructure some large enterprises, new technology and new products will increase the promotion, market demand. Finally, the government encourages the production of low carbon environmental protection, environmental protection will be valued. 2010-2015 will be the third wave of industrial upgrading, but the problem of excess production capacity will continue to increase, "the Twelfth Five Year Plan" period, the net increase of production capacity of 7000000 tons. Thus, China nitrogenous fertilizer industry challenges and opportunities coexist, industry will be more efficient, differentiation, function, development direction.