** Potassium price goes lower

Affected by various factors such as poor demand and falling raw material prices, the price of potassium has recently declined. Due to the sluggish market conditions, the operating rate of the Mannheimer ** potash companies is not high, and they have reduced their production load or shut down maintenance.

At present, the ex-factory price of 50% powdered **potassium is between RMB 3,400 and RMB 3,650 (t price, the same below), and the ex-factory price for 50% grain **potassium is between RMB 3,500 and RMB 3,750, which is a decrease of RMB 150-250 from the previous high point. More than 300 yuan. Xinjiang Guotou Luo potassium introduced new prices, 51% of the powdery **potassium iron to the station price is 3360 yuan, particle ** potassium to the station price is 3510 yuan. ** Potassium prices fall, there are three main reasons:

First, poor market demand. **Potassium is mainly used in economic crops such as fruit trees. In the second half of 2011, the price of fruits and vegetables dropped sharply. The purchasing price of many fruits fell below 2 yuan/kg. In some places, citrus was only 0.4 yuan/kg. Back, the peasants were miserable and their enthusiasm for using fertilizer was greatly affected.

Second, the impact of the ROK's Luo is greater. The current annual output of Xinjiang Potassium Potassium is as high as 1.3 million tons, which has obvious advantages in scale and cost. The only disadvantage is the long transportation distance, which is greatly affected by the transportation factors. Mannheim's Potassium is more expensive than Potassium and Potassium. Its advantage is that it is close to the market and can be supplied in time. At the beginning of December 2011, the second bid of Yunnan Potassium Potassium, the successful bidder was Luo K, the winning bid price was 3330 yuan. This price was much lower than the market price at that time, and Mannheim manufacturers had to follow the downward adjustment.

Third, the price of raw material potassium chloride was lowered. On December 30, 2011, Qinghai Salt Lake Potash issued a new price, 60% of potassium chloride reached the station price of 3070 yuan, the previous ex-factory price was 3,200 yuan, plus freight, equivalent to a price reduction of about 10%. At present, the price of Russian red potassium in the port area is around 3,000 yuan, and the price of Russian white potassium is around 3,100 yuan. Compared with the high price of the previous period, most of them fall by 2500 to 350 yuan, and the high price exceeds 380 yuan. The lower price of potassium chloride has caused the production costs of the Mannheimer Potassium manufacturers to decline.

International nitrogen fertilizer and phosphate fertilizer prices fell sharply. The Ural and Canadian Potash Corp announced that some production lines will be shut down for maintenance. The weakening of the international market has weakened the support for domestic potash fertilizer prices.