Table 2. 6. 10 : Potassic
fertilizers
Imports
SITC Rev.3 : 562.3
HS : 3104.20/90
| Quantity (thousand tons) | Value (million US $) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | |
| WORLD | 27167.6 | 27375.7 | 31102.5 | 32190.4 | 31362.9 | 35261.9 | 2826.9 | 3199.5 | 3591.3 | 3986.7 | 3842.9 | 4195.9 |
| DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES | 15039.0 | 15570.3 | 16796.6 | 16726.4 | 17106.9 | 18332.8 | 1154.8 | 1715.2 | 1897.7 | 1970.7 | 1960.5 | 1957.5 |
| AMERICA | 7305.4 | 7296.9 | 8048.2 | 8063.2 | 8316.1 | 9213.8 | 83.9 | 691.6 | 762.0 | 705.1 | 670.9 | 726.8 |
| Canada | 96.9 | 113.5 | 76.0 | 68.9 | 88.1 | 86.3 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 13.8 | 15.0 |
| United States | 7208.5 | 7183.4 | 7972.2 | 7994.3 | 8228.0 | 9127.5 | 68.8 | 675.2 | 751.1 | 695.3 | 657.1 | 711.8 |
| EUROPE | 5768.6 | 6164.8 | 6654.7 | 6568.3 | 6706.8 | 6973.4 | 777.5 | 722.5 | 825.3 | 931.4 | 947.6 | 888.4 |
| European Union 15 | 5275.0 | 5602.6 | 6088.4 | 5990.7 | 6129.0 | 6416.6 | 706.9 | 651.0 | 750.7 | 851.1 | 867.6 | 812.0 |
| Austria | 179.3 | 180.7 | 195.8 | 74.5 | 99.6 | 63.1 | 20.7 | 18.0 | 20.8 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 13.9 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 1300.9 | 2027.1 | 1313.2 | 1429.0 | 1317.1 | 1463.0 | 160.5 | 219.6 | 149.7 | 175.2 | 165.5 | 156.8 |
| Denmark | 241.2 | 253.0 | 283.2 | 284.8 | 148.0 | 193.9 | 32.2 | 29.2 | 32.9 | 38.4 | 22.8 | 25.0 |
| Finland | 226.0 | 227.0 | 297.0 | 135.0 | 114.0 | 117.0 | 29.2 | 26.2 | 35.3 | 20.6 | 18.0 | 15.5 |
| France | 1259.3 | 1008.9 | 1414.0 | 1320.0 | 1620.2 | 1821.1 | 170.7 | 115.9 | 175.7 | 182.8 | 214.1 | 205.8 |
| Germany | 110.4 | 137.3 | 84.9 | 92.9 | 110.6 | 116.2 | 14.2 | 15.8 | 10.1 | 14.3 | 17.4 | 15.7 |
| Greece | 118.9 | 71.6 | 107.2 | 156.7 | 179.5 | 185.3 | 22.9 | 12.5 | 20.2 | 32.3 | 37.4 | 32.6 |
| Ireland | 218.1 | 252.3 | 260.4 | 243.1 | 316.2 | 261.6 | 33.5 | 33.1 | 35.6 | 40.7 | 49.0 | 34.5 |
| Italy | 670.6 | 667.6 | 642.7 | 599.7 | 523.1 | 627.6 | 96.4 | 86.3 | 90.4 | 94.2 | 84.0 | 89.6 |
| Netherlands | 506.2 | 410.5 | 569.6 | 600.3 | 570.6 | 551.2 | 70.6 | 52.5 | 68.6 | 86.6 | 78.6 | 68.7 |
| Portugal | 57.3 | 60.0 | 66.8 | 68.2 | 81.0 | 91.2 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 11.6 | 15.6 |
| Spain | 215.6 | 109.0 | 117.7 | 263.4 | 357.3 | 360.0 | 26.5 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 36.7 | 48.8 | 49.0 |
| Sweden | 152.6 | 147.0 | 263.8 | 280.0 | 220.0 | 220.0 | 19.7 | 17.0 | 31.3 | 42.7 | 34.7 | 30.0 |
| United Kingdom | 18.6 | 50.6 | 472.1 | 443.1 | 471.8 | 345.4 | 2.7 | 7.5 | 58.9 | 66.2 | 73.5 | 59.3 |
| Other Europe | 493.6 | 562.2 | 566.3 | 577.6 | 577.8 | 556.8 | 70.6 | 71.5 | 74.6 | 80.3 | 80.0 | 76.4 |
| Iceland | 10.0 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| Norway | 440.1 | 512.6 | 520.5 | 537.9 | 542.6 | 530.8 | 62.0 | 63.9 | 67.1 | 73.2 | 73.9 | 72.3 |
| Switzerland | 43.5 | 43.1 | 39.4 | 33.3 | 27.3 | 22.6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 237.9 | 300.3 | 266.6 | 234.1 | 307.5 | 310.0 | 29.0 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 26.7 | 32.0 | 32.0 |
| ASIA | 1231.2 | 1263.8 | 1283.9 | 1215.1 | 1234.2 | 1201.6 | 200.6 | 207.7 | 213.6 | 212.0 | 231.4 | 220.3 |
| Israel | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Japan | 1231.0 | 1263.6 | 1283.8 | 1214.8 | 1232.2 | 1199.6 | 200.5 | 207.6 | 213.6 | 211.9 | 230.7 | 219.8 |
| OCEANIA | 495.9 | 544.5 | 543.2 | 645.7 | 542.3 | 634.0 | 63.8 | 70.1 | 72.6 | 95.5 | 78.6 | 90.0 |
| Australia | 279.2 | 305.0 | 332.2 | 386.0 | 305.3 | 394.0 | 33.5 | 36.6 | 42.1 | 53.9 | 43.0 | 54.0 |
| New Zealand | 216.7 | 239.5 | 211.0 | 259.7 | 237.0 | 240.0 | 30.3 | 33.5 | 30.5 | 41.6 | 35.6 | 36.0 |
| DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES | 10960.7 | 10688.4 | 12741.5 | 13918.3 | 12735.5 | 15433.4 | 1599.3 | 1419.0 | 1598.9 | 1898.7 | 1758.3 | 2116.7 |
| AMERICA | 3100.2 | 3481.7 | 3793.3 | 3498.5 | 4185.8 | 4820.4 | 438.2 | 437.1 | 477.1 | 527.7 | 620.1 | 708.9 |
| Argentina | 25.7 | 36.6 | 26.4 | 51.8 | 65.3 | 61.5 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 11.7 | 10.7 |
| Barbados | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Belize | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Bolivia | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Brazil | 2174.8 | 2580.3 | 2792.2 | 2534.9 | 3061.7 | 3619.1 | 312.8 | 320.6 | 335.9 | 383.1 | 452.9 | 528.1 |
| Chile | 56.7 | 61.5 | 67.2 | 91.2 | 119.1 | 92.8 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 13.7 | 18.0 | 14.1 |
| Colombia | 293.4 | 231.8 | 305.3 | 265.0 | 264.4 | 285.1 | 36.8 | 29.2 | 39.8 | 35.3 | 35.0 | 39.0 |
| Costa Rica | 98.4 | 86.4 | 98.1 | 94.3 | 82.8 | 80.0 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 14.0 | 13.5 |
| Ecuador | 23.8 | 27.3 | 46.1 | 69.4 | 65.0 | 66.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 7.6 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 10.0 |
| El Salvador | 5.0 | 7.7 | 5.6 | 10.7 | 16.3 | 12.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| French Guiana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Guatemala | 21.7 | 37.7 | 46.5 | 55.1 | 54.8 | 69.2 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 9.5 |
| Honduras | 22.2 | 38.9 | 28.4 | 18.2 | 8.0 | 26.2 | 3.6 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 4.3 |
| Jamaica | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Martinique | 19.3 | 5.3 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Mexico | 194.7 | 210.1 | 177.2 | 135.0 | 250.2 | 294.7 | 24.4 | 24.3 | 26.0 | 20.9 | 36.0 | 45.2 |
| Nicaragua | 8.1 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Panama | 12.1 | 12.1 | 29.1 | 15.4 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| Paraguay | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Peru | 9.4 | 38.3 | 60.7 | 21.2 | 39.7 | 50.3 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 8.1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Uruguay | 7.1 | 9.7 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 13.3 | 18.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Venezuela | 120.7 | 89.0 | 78.4 | 89.5 | 90.4 | 90.0 | 17.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 10.6 |
| AFRICA | 264.2 | 336.9 | 273.2 | 233.8 | 210.7 | 220.6 | 53.5 | 59.8 | 52.8 | 49.7 | 44.3 | 44.8 |
| North Africa | 225.5 | 234.6 | 218.1 | 199.0 | 156.4 | 122.3 | 43.8 | 45.7 | 38.9 | 41.8 | 29.5 | 22.1 |
| Algeria | 41.7 | 53.0 | 33.5 | 66.7 | 12.4 | 31.3 | 9.8 | 11.5 | 6.9 | 17.6 | 2.9 | 6.7 |
| Egypt | 77.0 | 77.0 | 74.0 | 36.2 | 38.6 | 1.5 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 14.8 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 1.0 |
| Morocco | 97.3 | 95.0 | 98.9 | 83.1 | 88.8 | 77.4 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 13.4 | 15.4 | 11.9 |
| Tunisia | 9.5 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 16.6 | 12.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.7 | 102.3 | 55.1 | 34.8 | 54.3 | 98.3 | 9.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 7.9 | 14.8 | 22.7 |
| Cameroon | 5.6 | 17.2 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Central African Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chad | 8.5 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Congo | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 35.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 43.3 | 40.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Gabon | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Ghana | 0.5 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Kenya | 4.7 | 34.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Madagascar | 2.9 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 |
| Malawi | 5.0 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Mauritius | 27.8 | 27.8 | 29.3 | 27.6 | 28.8 | 31.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Nigeria | 92.0 | 50.8 | 40.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 13.1 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Reunion | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Senegal | 44.2 | 37.8 | 23.1 | 39.6 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Zimbabwe | 38.7 | 102.3 | 55.1 | 34.8 | 54.3 | 98.3 | 9.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 7.9 | 14.8 | 22.7 |
| ASIA | 7242.3 | 6572.2 | 8360.2 | 9860.1 | 8028.5 | 10117.8 | 1055.4 | 884.6 | 1037.8 | 1284.8 | 1058.1 | 1332.9 |
| West Asia | 213.8 | 205.0 | 166.2 | 176.4 | 165.5 | 149.6 | 45.2 | 33.4 | 21.5 | 28.7 | 27.5 | 24.6 |
| Cyprus | 0.5 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Jordan | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Oman | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Qatar | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 97.1 | 39.7 | 3.5 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 24.0 | 29.3 | 13.7 | 1.7 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Turkey | 112.8 | 161.5 | 155.8 | 147.9 | 137.9 | 119.2 | 14.7 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 16.0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Other Asia | 7028.5 | 6367.2 | 8194.0 | 9683.7 | 7863.0 | 9968.2 | 1010.2 | 851.2 | 1016.3 | 1256.1 | 1030.6 | 1308.3 |
| Bangladesh | 82.0 | 68.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 14.3 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| China | 2968.8 | 2294.0 | 3502.3 | 4396.3 | 3855.5 | 5274.1 | 403.4 | 334.0 | 438.0 | 541.9 | 471.2 | 661.6 |
| Hong Kong, China | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| India | 1264.9 | 1117.6 | 1717.3 | 2026.7 | 858.0 | 1455.0 | 222.0 | 144.8 | 205.5 | 257.5 | 113.1 | 184.1 |
| Indonesia | 456.7 | 512.4 | 369.0 | 535.0 | 494.2 | 623.6 | 62.5 | 63.5 | 45.7 | 81.4 | 75.1 | 90.9 |
| Korea, Dem. People's Republic of | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Korea, Republic of | 673.7 | 622.3 | 679.1 | 709.6 | 723.0 | 701.8 | 89.5 | 81.6 | 85.3 | 97.1 | 100.8 | 91.9 |
| Malaysia | 829.9 | 921.1 | 1051.3 | 1068.8 | 946.0 | 950.0 | 102.9 | 104.9 | 121.9 | 139.4 | 123.1 | 123.0 |
| Pakistan | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 24.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.3 |
| Philippines | 206.7 | 197.5 | 201.6 | 208.4 | 286.4 | 219.9 | 35.7 | 27.9 | 29.2 | 34.2 | 46.2 | 52.4 |
| Singapore | 90.2 | 83.0 | 67.8 | 57.3 | 32.9 | 34.0 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| Sri Lanka | 49.4 | 83.1 | 106.4 | 57.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 9.6 | 12.9 | 16.6 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Taiwan, Province of China | 259.8 | 320.4 | 282.5 | 345.1 | 291.0 | 328.2 | 35.8 | 40.8 | 35.3 | 47.7 | 40.6 | 43.9 |
| Thailand | 136.2 | 136.3 | 136.1 | 198.5 | 218.3 | 247.1 | 20.5 | 19.6 | 20.2 | 29.6 | 33.2 | 36.5 |
| OCEANIA | 10.1 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Fiji | 10.1 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| EUROPE | 343.9 | 290.6 | 304.4 | 315.9 | 300.5 | 264.6 | 50.4 | 36.1 | 29.3 | 34.6 | 33.9 | 28.2 |
| Croatia | 193.0 | 149.4 | 160.0 | 181.4 | 171.0 | 175.0 | 31.9 | 18.8 | 11.6 | 19.3 | 19.2 | 19.4 |
| Slovenia | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| TFYR Macedonia | 10.0 | 10.7 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of | 140.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 120.0 | 115.0 | 75.0 | 17.0 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 7.0 |
| COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE | 1167.9 | 1117.0 | 1564.4 | 1545.7 | 1520.5 | 1495.7 | 72.8 | 65.3 | 94.7 | 117.3 | 124.1 | 121.7 |
| Bulgaria | 60.0 | 12.7 | 6.6 | 26.4 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Czech Republic | - | 65.9 | 82.5 | 116.9 | 109.6 | 106.5 | - | 6.6 | 9.2 | 14.7 | 12.9 | 11.6 |
| Czechoslovakia (former) | 210.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 21.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Estonia | 48.0 | 25.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Hungary | 20.9 | 74.6 | 95.2 | 107.3 | 112.4 | 116.5 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 10.9 | 10.9 |
| Latvia | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 11.7 | 24.7 | 11.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
| Lithuania | 100.0 | 82.0 | 52.4 | 157.7 | 67.8 | 82.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 8.6 | 4.0 | 5.4 |
| Poland | 197.8 | 316.2 | 663.3 | 745.0 | 802.7 | 820.7 | 15.9 | 23.3 | 45.6 | 59.1 | 67.6 | 69.5 |
| Romania | 26.2 | 42.8 | 90.1 | 96.6 | 84.9 | 83.8 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.5 |
| Russian Federation | 250.0 | 261.0 | 273.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Slovakia | - | 34.3 | 88.7 | 93.9 | 112.7 | 66.1 | - | 2.1 | 5.5 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 6.2 |
| Ukraine | 250.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.0 |