List of the largest fertilizer manufacturers
The list of the largest fertilizer manufacturers sorts the manufacturers of fertilizers according to their production capacities or their dollar sales.
The market for potash salt is dominated by an oligopoly of Canpotex (Nutrien, Mosaic), Belaruskali and Uralkali .
According to production capacity
N = nitrogen fertilizer, P = phosphate fertilizer, K = potash salt:
| rank | company | country | Production capacity in million t per year |
Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nutrien |
 Canada
|
34 | N, P, K |
| 2 | Mosaic |
 United States
|
23 | N, P, K |
| 3 | Uralkali |
 Russia
|
14th | K |
| 4th | Belaruskali |
 Belarus
|
13.5 | K |
| 5 | OCP |
 Morocco
|
12 | P |
| 6th | CF Industries |
United States
|
9.5 | N |
| 7th | Yara |
 Norway
|
9 | N, P |
| 8th | Maʿaden |
 Saudi Arabia
|
5.5 | N, P |
| 9 | K + S |
 Germany
|
5.5 | K |
| 10 | ICL |
 Israel
|
5 | P, K |
Individual evidence
- ^ Alistair MacDonald, How a Potash Cartel Collapsed. In: Wall Street Journal . December 14, 2015, accessed July 29, 2016 .
- ↑ EuroChem Annual Report 2015 , p. 14, based on figures from Fertecon
- ↑ Nutrien: Fact Book 2018