Largest potassium chloride fertilizer importers, 2024

Imports from world by reporting nation or market, current US$ millions.

What the Data Shows

This page ranks global reporting nations and markets by potassium chloride fertilizer import value in 2024. The five rows use imports from the world, measured in current US$ millions. Brazil led at US$4,241.5M, followed by China at US$3,766.4M and the United States at US$3,720.1M. The scope is potassium chloride, the clean potash-fertilizer product frame found in the source trail.

Data table

Unit: current US$ millions · Period: 2024

RankEntryValuePeriod
1BrazilUS$4,241.5M2024
2ChinaUS$3,766.4M2024
3United StatesUS$3,720.1M2024
4IndiaUS$1,117.3M2024
5IndonesiaUS$1,007.5M2024

Sources

Source 1: UN Comtrade merchandise trade data via World Bank WITS

Publisher: World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade

Dataset/table: UN Comtrade merchandise trade by product and partner · UN Comtrade

Units: thousand current US dollars and kilograms

Date checked: 2026-05-31

Evidence: Supports the 2024 ranked import-value rows for potassium chloride by reporting nation or market.

Data notes & caveats

No share denominator is used. Public wording uses potassium chloride fertilizer rather than the underlying trade code.

Methodology

Values are WITS 2024 import rows for potassium chloride, partner World, trade value in thousand current US dollars, converted to current US$ millions for plotting.

Source consistency notes

Rows use the same product table, year, trade flow, partner and value unit.

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