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Russia Boosts Export Quota for Mineral Fertilizers

Russia temporarily increased its export quotas for mineral fertilizers by nearly 700,000 tons until May 31, the Russian Foreign Ministry said April 17, according to an unofficial translation. The quota for nitrogen fertilizers was upped by 231,000 tons to total…

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about 5.7 million tons. The quota for complex fertilizers rose by 466,000 to about 5.6 million tons. The Foreign Ministry said the quotas don't apply to fertilizers to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine or to Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the South Caucasus. The move was made to support Russian fertilizer suppliers facing global sanctions, the ministry said.