The Plan of Zero Growth in Use of Fertilizer Led to an Obvious Drop in Use of Fertilizer in 2017

By CnAgri2017-11-13 13:46:37 Print By September 2017, monthly fertilizer output all had seen a drop of 3%-7%. Fertilizer output during January-September totaled 50.454 million MT, down 5.2% or 2.56 million MT year on year. 2017 fertilizer output would decrease by more 3 million MT.
 
The main reason for a drop in fertilizer output is the plan of zero growth in use of fertilizer. So far, the coverage rate of technology of formula fertilization by soil testing has exceeded 80%, and formula fertilization has accounted for more 50% of the total use of fertilizer for main grain varieties; organic fertilizer has covered 400 million mu of areas nationwide and green manure planting areas have been upward of 50 million mu; there have been 6 provinces such as Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Hebei, Hubei and Jiangsu where fertilizer consumption has exceeded 3 million MT, of which fertilizer consumption in Hubei, Shandong, Anhui, Hebei and Jiangsu has decreased.  
 Table, Fertilizer Output by Month, January-September 2017

Month	Output (00,000MT)	Accumulated Output (00,000MT)	A Year-on-Year Increase(%)	An Accumulated Growth(%)
January 2017	-	-	-	-
February	-	1047.9	-	-7.3
March 2017	605.2	1681.9	-7	-7
April 2017	569	2198.7	-6.3	-7.4
May 2017	591.1	2818.6	-3.2	-6.1
June 2017	601.3	3475.7	1.2	-4.5
July 2017	549.1	3971.4	-6.2	-5.4
August 2017	568.5	4533.1	-3.9	-5.6
September 2017	564.7	5045.4	-3.1	-5.2

Data Source: BOABC