Moscow. Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of Russia has signed a government decision to extend the fertilizer export restrictions, which were due to expire on 1 December, until the end of May next year, Russian news agencies report.
The decree sets the total fertiliser export quota for the next six months at 16.95 million tonnes, including: nitrogen fertilizers (urea, urea-ammonium mixture, ammonium nitrate) – 9.81 million tonnes, complex fertilizers – 7.14 million tonnes.
Russia introduced temporary quantitative restrictions on fertilizer exports in May this year with a total export quota of 16.3 million tonnes for six months.
In the summer, the Russian Fertiliser Producers’ Association proposed a change in the principles of export restrictions, replacing quotas with licensing, but this was not supported by the government.