23 Jun 2014 15:26

Russia boosts mineral fertilizer production 11% in January-May

MOSCOW. June 23 (Interfax) - Russian companies increased mineral fertilizer production 10.8% in January-May 2014 year-on-year to 8.5 million tonnes, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reported.

Potash fertilizer had the biggest production increase, rising 31.1% to 3.4 million tonnes. Production of nitrogen fertilizer advanced 0.4% to 3.7 million tonnes and phosphate fertilizer output was down 1.2% to 1.4 million tonnes.

Ammonia production increased 3.9% to 6.5 million tonnes. Sulphuric acid production fell 4.3% to 4.11 million tonnes, while caustic soda production declined 3.9% to 433,500 tonnes.