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Potash trade by country, tonnes of K2O

Canada was the largest net exporter of potash fertiliser in 2024, selling 13.7 Mt more than it bought; Brazil was the largest net importer, buying 8.6 Mt more than it sold.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), fertilisers by nutrient2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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Potash tradeExports minus imports, million tonnes, 2024

Summary

Countries reported exporting 39.8 Mt of potash fertiliser in 2024, 9.6% more than in 2023. The largest net exporters: Canada 13.7 Mt, Russia 10.6 Mt and Israel 2.3 Mt. The largest net importers: Brazil 8.6 Mt, China 7.6 Mt and the United States 5.7 Mt.

192 countries and territories have a figure for 2024. 4 more reported a figure for one of the two years before but not yet for 2024; they are hatched on the map. Fertilisers are counted in tonnes of nutrient: potassium oxide (K2O) for potash, phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) for phosphate. Most fertiliser figures are FAOSTAT’s own estimates, marked e in the table. Net trade is exports minus imports, as each country reports them to FAOSTAT; one country’s exports and its partners’ imports often differ. Flows on the map are the largest in 2025, as importers report them. FAOSTAT does not publish who trades fertilisers with whom, so the flows come from UN Comtrade, as importers report them, and are in tonnes of product, not of nutrient: potash as HS 3104 (mostly potassium chloride, about 60% K2O); phosphate as HS 3103 and the phosphates DAP and MAP (HS 310530, 310540, about 46–52% P2O5).

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), fertilisers by nutrient2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Countries and territories with data

Exports, imports and net trade in million tonnes (Mt) or tonnes (t), as tonnes of K2O, for every country with a figure for 2024, with 2023’s net trade for comparison. e: FAOSTAT’s own estimate or imputation.
Canada13.8 Mt40,000 t13.7 Mt net exportse13.7 Mt net exports
Russia110.6 Mt1,000 t10.6 Mt net exportse7.7 Mt net exports
Israel2.3 Mt6,000 t2.3 Mt net exportse2.4 Mt net exports
Belarus22.2 Mt898 t2.2 Mt net exportse3.0 Mt net exports
Germany1.9 Mt153,000 t1.8 Mt net exportse1.8 Mt net exports
Laos1.6 Mt22,000 t1.6 Mt net exportse1.5 Mt net exports
Turkmenistan553,000 t2,000 t550,000 t net exportse304,000 t net exports
Chile495,000 t31,000 t464,000 t net exportse326,000 t net exports
Spain356,000 t260,000 t97,000 t net exportse104,000 t net exports
Jordan86,000 t5,000 t80,000 t net exportse789 t net exports
Uzbekistan78,000 t2,000 t76,000 t net exportse57,000 t net exports
Bolivia31,000 t4,000 t27,000 t net exportse40,000 t net exports
Kazakhstan27,000 t12,000 t16,000 t net exportse48,000 t net exports
Singapore4,000 t1,000 t3,000 t net exportse4,000 t net exports
North Korea1,000 t0 t1,000 t net exportse3,000 t net exports
Aruba0 t0 t0 t net exportse0 t net exports
Bhutan0 t0 t0 t net exportse1 t net imports
Eritrea0 t0 t0 t net exportse0 t net exports
Micronesia0 t0 t0 t net exportse4 t net imports
Kiribati0 t0 t0 t net exportse0 t net exports
Marshall Islands0 t0 t0 t net exportse0 t net exports
Nauru0 t0 t0 t net exportse0 t net exports
Palau0 t0 t0 t net exportse0 t net exports
Tuvalu0 t0 t0 t net exportse0 t net exports
Samoa0 t0 t0 t net exportse0 t net exports
Central African Republic0 t1 t1 t net importse0 t net exports
Greenland0 t1 t1 t net importse1 t net imports
Vanuatu0 t1 t1 t net importse0 t net exports
Saint Kitts and Nevis0 t3 t3 t net importse3 t net imports
Cook Islands0 t4 t4 t net importse1 t net imports
Seychelles0 t4 t4 t net importse20 t net imports
South Sudan0 t8 t8 t net importse3 t net imports
Burundi0 t10 t10 t net importse10 t net imports
Tonga0 t12 t12 t net importse12 t net imports
Bermuda0 t13 t13 t net importse17 t net imports
Grenada0 t16 t16 t net importse24 t net imports
Antigua and Barbuda0 t17 t17 t net importse14 t net imports
Cabo Verde0 t31 t31 t net importse25 t net imports
Faroe Islands0 t53 t53 t net importse17 t net imports
São Tomé and Príncipe0 t58 t58 t net importse58 t net imports
Maldives0 t66 t66 t net importse60 t net imports
Guinea-Bissau0 t68 t68 t net importse107 t net imports
Barbados0 t70 t70 t net importse34 t net imports
Comoros0 t77 t77 t net importse80 t net imports
Equatorial Guinea0 t77 t77 t net importse3 t net imports
Hong Kong214 t293 t79 t net importse216 t net imports
Afghanistan0 t80 t80 t net importse1,000 t net exports
Malta0 t85 t85 t net importse114 t net imports
French Polynesia0 t85 t85 t net importse64 t net imports
Saint Lucia0 t106 t106 t net importse106 t net imports
Dominica0 t141 t141 t net importse141 t net imports
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0 t141 t141 t net importse141 t net imports
Gambia0 t157 t157 t net importse694 t net imports
Mauritania0 t199 t199 t net importse654 t net imports
Bahamas0 t223 t223 t net importse190 t net imports
Mongolia0 t233 t233 t net importse233 t net imports
New Caledonia0 t358 t358 t net importse358 t net imports
Palestine0 t473 t473 t net importse473 t net imports
Luxembourg1,000 t2,000 t546 t net importse363 t net imports
Montenegro1 t622 t621 t net importse483 t net imports
Mozambique2,000 t3,000 t646 t net importse13,000 t net imports
Lesotho0 t690 t690 t net importse264 t net imports
Solomon Islands0 t728 t728 t net importse559 t net imports
Suriname0 t757 t757 t net importse488 t net imports
Tajikistan0 t760 t760 t net importse177 t net imports
Liberia3 t795 t792 t net importse378 t net imports
Jamaica0 t888 t888 t net importse1,000 t net imports
Chad0 t1,000 t1,000 t net importse126 t net imports
Brunei13 t1,000 t1,000 t net importse980 t net imports
Bahrain0 t1,000 t1,000 t net importse3,000 t net imports
Kyrgyzstan0 t1,000 t1,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Armenia43 t1,000 t1,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Djibouti0 t2,000 t2,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Sudan0 t2,000 t2,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Libya0 t2,000 t2,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Trinidad and Tobago23 t2,000 t2,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Qatar309 t2,000 t2,000 t net importse4,000 t net imports
Niger0 t2,000 t2,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Fiji0 t2,000 t2,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Haiti0 t2,000 t2,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Belize0 t2,000 t2,000 t net importse6,000 t net imports
Cuba2 t3,000 t3,000 t net importse3,000 t net imports
Syria0 t3,000 t3,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Ethiopia0 t3,000 t3,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Mauritius12 t3,000 t3,000 t net importse1,000 t net imports
Botswana38 t3,000 t3,000 t net importse3,000 t net imports
Guinea0 t3,000 t3,000 t net importse400 t net imports
Nigeria0 t3,000 t3,000 t net importse3,000 t net imports
Guyana89 t4,000 t4,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
Georgia157 t4,000 t4,000 t net importse3,000 t net imports
Cyprus7 t4,000 t4,000 t net importse3,000 t net imports
Eswatini443 t4,000 t4,000 t net importse4,000 t net imports
Madagascar0 t4,000 t4,000 t net importse3,000 t net imports
Albania12 t4,000 t4,000 t net importse2,000 t net imports
North Macedonia48 t4,000 t4,000 t net importse3,000 t net imports
Democratic Republic of the Congo0 t4,000 t4,000 t net importse4,000 t net imports
Iceland0 t4,000 t4,000 t net importse3,000 t net imports
Republic of the Congo18 t5,000 t5,000 t net importse3,000 t net imports
Togo105 t5,000 t5,000 t net importse10,000 t net imports
Iraq0 t5,000 t5,000 t net importse4,000 t net imports
Nepal0 t5,000 t5,000 t net importse5,000 t net imports
Lebanon30 t6,000 t6,000 t net importse4,000 t net imports
Uganda17 t6,000 t6,000 t net importse6,000 t net imports
Gabon0 t6,000 t6,000 t net importse6,000 t net imports
El Salvador4,000 t10,000 t6,000 t net importse14,000 t net imports
Moldova0 t7,000 t7,000 t net importse9,000 t net imports
Rwanda0 t7,000 t7,000 t net importse7,000 t net imports
Dominican Republic9,000 t17,000 t7,000 t net importse7,000 t net imports
Tunisia764 t9,000 t8,000 t net importse4,000 t net imports
Senegal5,000 t13,000 t8,000 t net importse21,000 t net imports
Azerbaijan0 t9,000 t9,000 t net importse10,000 t net imports
Bosnia and Herzegovina19 t10,000 t10,000 t net importse9,000 t net imports
Venezuela0 t10,000 t10,000 t net importse20,000 t net imports
Morocco224,000 t235,000 t11,000 t net importse50,000 t net imports
Iran3,000 t15,000 t12,000 t net importse44,000 t net imports
Kuwait1,000 t14,000 t13,000 t net importse8,000 t net imports
Finland7 t15,000 t15,000 t net importse8,000 t net imports
Panama306 t15,000 t15,000 t net importse15,000 t net imports
Slovakia906 t16,000 t15,000 t net importse13,000 t net imports
Estonia1,000 t16,000 t15,000 t net importse13,000 t net imports
Switzerland41 t16,000 t16,000 t net importse11,000 t net imports
Oman6,000 t23,000 t16,000 t net importse12,000 t net imports
Papua New Guinea0 t18,000 t18,000 t net importse13,000 t net imports
Angola290 t18,000 t18,000 t net importse8,000 t net imports
Bulgaria10,000 t29,000 t19,000 t net importse23,000 t net imports
Sweden81,000 t101,000 t19,000 t net importse8,000 t net imports
Burkina Faso93 t23,000 t23,000 t net importse38,000 t net imports
Benin18 t25,000 t25,000 t net importse3 t net imports
Slovenia14,000 t40,000 t26,000 t net importse32,000 t net imports
Austria10,000 t37,000 t27,000 t net importse18,000 t net imports
Malawi252 t28,000 t27,000 t net importse30,000 t net imports
Portugal31,000 t59,000 t28,000 t net importse40,000 t net imports
Namibia8,000 t37,000 t30,000 t net importse328 t net imports
Algeria37 t32,000 t32,000 t net importse39,000 t net imports
Ghana837 t33,000 t33,000 t net importse33,000 t net imports
Tanzania958 t34,000 t33,000 t net importse17,000 t net imports
Myanmar0 t35,000 t35,000 t net importse83,000 t net imports
Cameroon0 t35,000 t35,000 t net importse35,000 t net imports
Saudi Arabia18,000 t55,000 t36,000 t net importse32,000 t net imports
Croatia11,000 t51,000 t40,000 t net importse29,000 t net imports
Latvia15,000 t56,000 t41,000 t net importse23,000 t net imports
Cambodia2 t43,000 t43,000 t net importse12,000 t net imports
United Kingdom210,000 t253,000 t44,000 t net importse7,000 t net imports
Mali4,000 t49,000 t45,000 t net importse11,000 t net imports
United Arab Emirates8,000 t53,000 t45,000 t net importse45,000 t net imports
Kenya9,000 t58,000 t49,000 t net importse67,000 t net imports
Sri Lanka0 t50,000 t50,000 t net importse21,000 t net imports
Denmark15,000 t68,000 t53,000 t net importse46,000 t net imports
Honduras11,000 t67,000 t56,000 t net importse51,000 t net imports
Romania16,000 t72,000 t57,000 t net importse40,000 t net imports
Greece27,000 t87,000 t59,000 t net importse40,000 t net imports
Serbia42,000 t103,000 t60,000 t net importse51,000 t net imports
Côte d'Ivoire22,000 t83,000 t61,000 t net importse58,000 t net imports
Hungary11,000 t73,000 t62,000 t net importse40,000 t net imports
Argentina0 t68,000 t68,000 t net importse47,000 t net imports
Lithuania30,000 t104,000 t73,000 t net importse55,000 t net imports
Czechia6,000 t82,000 t76,000 t net importse66,000 t net imports
Pakistan0 t82,000 t82,000 t net importse45,000 t net imports
Uruguay403 t87,000 t87,000 t net importse81,000 t net imports
Guatemala5,000 t102,000 t97,000 t net importse69,000 t net imports
Netherlands309,000 t411,000 t101,000 t net importse14,000 t net exports
Costa Rica5,000 t109,000 t104,000 t net importse67,000 t net imports
Norway429,000 t546,000 t117,000 t net importse40,000 t net imports
Ireland2,000 t122,000 t120,000 t net importse114,000 t net imports
New Zealand101 t132,000 t132,000 t net importse109,000 t net imports
Türkiye49,000 t202,000 t153,000 t net importse168,000 t net imports
Peru2,000 t157,000 t156,000 t net importse102,000 t net imports
Taiwan87,000 t243,000 t156,000 t net importse75,000 t net imports
Ecuador766 t158,000 t157,000 t net importse116,000 t net imports
Mexico1,000 t160,000 t159,000 t net importse157,000 t net imports
Philippines8,000 t171,000 t163,000 t net importse164,000 t net imports
Egypt2,000 t173,000 t171,000 t net importse33,000 t net imports
Ukraine257 t184,000 t184,000 t net importse161,000 t net imports
Bangladesh1 t185,000 t185,000 t net importse626,000 t net imports
Italy47,000 t258,000 t210,000 t net importse191,000 t net imports
Japan6,000 t243,000 t237,000 t net importse222,000 t net imports
Paraguay48 t276,000 t276,000 t net importse262,000 t net imports
Belgium387,000 t674,000 t287,000 t net importse205,000 t net imports
South Africa30,000 t342,000 t312,000 t net importse207,000 t net imports
Colombia11,000 t410,000 t399,000 t net importse355,000 t net imports
Australia1,000 t403,000 t401,000 t net importse260,000 t net imports
Vietnam73,000 t492,000 t419,000 t net importse419,000 t net imports
South Korea32,000 t486,000 t454,000 t net importse310,000 t net imports
France26,000 t488,000 t462,000 t net importse358,000 t net imports
Poland108,000 t717,000 t608,000 t net importse364,000 t net imports
Thailand48,000 t711,000 t663,000 t net importse507,000 t net imports
Malaysia86,000 t1.1 Mt989,000 t net importse1.7 Mt net imports
Indonesia13,000 t2.1 Mt2.1 Mt net importse1.5 Mt net imports
India19,000 t2.5 Mt2.5 Mt net importse2.2 Mt net imports
United States2.9 Mt8.6 Mt5.7 Mt net importse5.3 Mt net imports
China3244,000 t7.9 Mt7.6 Mt net importse6.8 Mt net imports
Brazil71,000 t8.7 Mt8.6 Mt net importse8.3 Mt net imports

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), fertilisers by nutrient2023 and 2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Notes

  1. Russia: Russia’s customs service stopped publishing detailed trade figures in 2022, so FAOSTAT’s trade figures for Russia since then may be estimates or incomplete.
  2. Belarus: FAOSTAT estimates Belarus’s potash trade. Its exports fell in 2022, when Lithuania stopped Belarusian potash passing through its port of Klaipėda.
  3. China: Production in 2024: USGS, as FAOSTAT’s figure is an estimate far from it.

Not yet reported

Nicaragua (2022: 26,000 t net imports); Yemen (2023: 1,000 t net imports); Zambia (2023: 16,000 t net imports); Zimbabwe (2023: 40,000 t net imports).

Largest flows, 2025

The 20 largest flows in 2025, exporter to importer, as importers report them to UN Comtrade, in tonnes of product.
CanadaUnited States11.2 Mt
RussiaBrazil6.2 Mt
CanadaBrazil5.2 Mt
RussiaChina4.7 Mt
BelarusChina2.5 Mt
LaosChina2.3 Mt
CanadaChina2.2 Mt
CanadaIndonesia1.8 Mt
RussiaIndonesia1.7 Mt
RussiaIndia1.2 Mt
RussiaUnited States1.1 Mt
RussiaMalaysia1.1 Mt
IsraelBrazil1.1 Mt
TurkmenistanIndia1.0 Mt
CanadaIndia909,000 t
CanadaBelgium767,000 t
IsraelChina658,000 t
GermanyBrazil628,000 t
CanadaSouth Korea543,000 t
CanadaMorocco486,000 t

Source: UN Comtrade, imports by partner (HS 3103, 3104, 310530, 310540)2025Updated 10 Nov 2026

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