According to the latest statistics released by the State Customs, China exported 2.38 million tons of chemical fertilizers in September, an increase of 31.5% over the same period last year and an increase of 11.7% over the same period last year. In the first three quarters, China's cumulative export of 16.2 million tons of chemical fertilizers, down 9.6% year-on-year; the cumulative export value of 4.61 billion U.S. dollars, up 3.8% year-on-year.

_benefited from the sharp reduction of export tariffs, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium ternary compound fertilizer became the largest increase in chemical fertilizer exports this year. In September, China exported 37,000 tons of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium ternary compound fertilizers, an increase of nearly 21 times over the same period of last year; in the first three quarters, exports totaled 257,000 tons, an increase of 571.1% over the same period of last year.

Besides, because of the good international demand, the export of diammonium phosphate is quite good this year. In September, China exported 830,000 tons of diammonium phosphate, an increase of 33.9% over the same period last year, and 4.840 million tons of diammonium phosphate in the first three quarters, an increase of 5.2% over the same period last year.

Owing to the high production cost and the decline of international market competitiveness, China's urea export situation is poor this year. China exported 190,000 tons of urea in September, the same as the same period last year; the cumulative export of urea in the first three quarters was 1.13 million tons, down 68% from the same period last year.

In terms of imports, China imported 500 thousand tons of chemical fertilizer in September, down 31.5% from the same period last year, down by 12.3%. In the first three quarters, 7.14 million tons of chemical fertilizers were imported, an increase of 8% over the same period of last year; the cumulative import value was 1.98 billion US dollars, an increase of 17.3% over the same period of last year. Among them, the import of potassium chloride ranked first. China imported 420,000 tons of potassium chloride in September, down 27.6% from a year earlier, and 5.56 million tons of potassium chloride in the first three quarters, up 1.3% from a year earlier. The import of N, P, K and three yuan compound fertilizer ranked second. In September, China imported 70,000 tons of N, P and K ternary compound fertilizers, down 50% from a year earlier, and imported 1.09 million tons in the first three quarters, up 22.5% from a year earlier.