Strategic Lens

Fertiliser: China and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 6.1 million of fertilisers to United States and bought USD 35.3 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United States sold USD 35.3 million of fertilisers, against USD 6.1 million the other way.
  • BothTwo-way trade in fertilisers is 55 percent below its 2022 peak of USD 91.4 million.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to United States: fertilisers

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 10.1Low 6.1 / High 22.92025: 6.1

201910.1
202012.3
20217.7
202222.9
202317.7
202411.3
20256.1

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from United States: fertilisers

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 50.1Low 17.9 / High 68.52025: 35.3

201950.1
202034.6
202117.9
202268.5
202326.1
202419.6
202535.3

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026