The accumulated resources of mineral fertilizers (taking into account balances in 2015) amount to 2.8 million tonnes, which is 343,5 thousand tonnes more than on the corresponding date in 2015.

The average price of the most popular forms of fertilizers, including VAT, packaging, transport and distribution costs compared to the same date in 2015 is as follows: for ammonium nitrate 13 819 thousand rubles per ton (-4%), urea – 18 730 thousand rubles per ton (-4%), potassium chloride is 15 thousand 456 roubles per tonne (+4%), azofoska – 21 976 thousand rubles per ton (-2%), ammophos – 29 586 thousand rubles per ton (-5%).

According to agribusiness management bodies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the need for mineral fertilizers in 2016 for spring fieldwork is 2.6 million tonnes