The global industry that mines, manufactures and distributes fertilizer, the agricultural and chemical minerals added to soil to supply crops with nutrients, an industry valued at approximately 200 billion dollars. China is the world largest producer and consumer of nitrogen fertilizers, while the company Yara International is the world largest producer of nitrogen based fertilizer, and potash production is concentrated in Canada, Russia and Belarus, which together account for more than half of global output.
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Which nutrient dominates fertilizer use and who uses the most?
Nitrogen is most of it; China uses the most.
Nitrogen makes up the largest share. Agricultural use of inorganic fertilizers in 2023 was 190 million tonnes of nutrients, of which 112 million tonnes or 58 percent was nitrogen. In the 2021 ranking, the main users were China, India, Brazil and the United States of America in descending order, with China the largest user of each nutrient.
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Fertilizer manufacturing is a chemical process, classified as a segment of the chemical industry.
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A fertilizer or fertiliser is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.
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