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Soybean demands

40% of fertilizer consumption

Interview with Eduardo Monteiro, Director of Distribution at Mosaic Company in Brazil

There are plenty of exploration of raw materials. and Fertilizantes Tocantins.
fertilizer’s raw material in In 2019, 22.02 million tons Those companies together
Brazil, natural deposits of of fertilizer were imported, dominate the market.
phosphorus, containing 337 mainly from Russia, United AgriBrasilis interviewed the
million tons of ore, and 308 States, Canada, China, Egypt, economist Eduardo Monteiro,
million tons of potassium in Israel and Algeria1. Director of Distribution at
ore. Thus it could be concluded Local production in 2019 was Mosaic Company to portray
the country would be close to marked by the closure of two the Brazilian fertilizer sector.
self-sufficiency. But the reality units of the Nitrogen Fertilizer The company is involved in
is different. Factory (FAFENs) controlled by the production, wholesale and
The consumption of the state-owned company for import of fertilizers.
fertilizer produced locally petroleum Petrobras, that was Mosaic Company was
is decreasing. The historical also motivated by the drop of created in 2004, from a joint
series indicates that in the last 9 exports. venture between IMC Global
years Brazil increased fertilizer Considering agricultural and Cargill. The company
imports by 28%, while exports expansion, 2020 projection is is considered the largest
in the same period fell from a 2% increase in consumption, producer of phosphate and
675,037 tons to 172,058 tons. estimated to be 37.2 million potash fertilizers in the world,
This is due to the fact of tons. with sales of more than 27
a continuous dependence There are five giants in this million tons of fertilizers in
on suppliers that afford highly competitive market: 40 countries. In the third
better infrastructure for the Yara, Mosaic, Heringer, Fertipar quarter of 2019, Mosaic posted
大豆占巴西化肥消费的40%

巴西美盛公司分销总监Eduardo Monteiro访谈

巴西拥有大量的化肥原 进口主要来自俄罗斯、美 主宰了市场。
料，天然磷矿床含有3.37亿 国、加拿大、中国、埃及、 为描绘巴西的化肥行
吨矿石，3.08亿吨矿石钾。 以色列和阿尔及利亚。 业，AgriBrasilis采访了经
因此，可以得出巴西几乎可 随着国有石油公司Pe - 济学家Eduardo Montei-
以自给自足这一结论，但现 trobras运营的两个氮肥厂 ro，他也是美盛公司的分销
实却并非如此。 （FAFENs）的关闭, 2019 总监。美盛公司从事肥料的
巴西国产的肥料消耗量 年巴西国内化肥生产的速度 生产，批发和进口。
正在走下坡路。历史记录 有所放缓，而出口下降也是 美盛公司成立于2 0 0 4
表明，在过去9年里巴西的 其中的推力。 年，由IMC Global和 Car-
肥料进口量增加了28%， 考虑到农业的扩 gill两家公司合资成立。该
而同期的化肥出口量却从 张，2020年的化肥预估消费 公司被认为是世界上最大的
675,037吨下降至172,058 量将增长2%，预计为3720 磷肥和钾肥生产商，在40个
吨。 万吨。 国家的化肥销售超过2700
造成该现状的原因在于长 在这个竞争激烈的市场 万吨。2019年第三季度，
期对供应商的依赖——这些 中，有五家巨头：Yara，- 美盛公司在全球的净利润为
供应商为勘探原材料提供更 Mosaic，Heringer，Ferti- 2900万美元。
好的基础设施。2019年， par和Fertilizantes Tocan- 巴西的化肥行业情况如
巴西进口化肥2202万吨， tins，这五家巨头公司共同 何？进出口的差额是多少？