It should be noted that Poland remains the largest buyer for the third consecutive month, spending 44 million euros on Russian fertilizers in February. Belgium increased its purchases almost five times, Romania increased its purchases 2.4 times, Bulgaria increased its purchases 2.1 times and Germany increased its purchases 1.8 times.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), up to 60% of the EU’s potassium is imported from Russia and Belarus, and 31% of its nitrogen from Russia.