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Potash and Magnesium Products<br />

Potash Market Europe (EU 27)<br />

Structure<br />

Products<br />

Market Structure<br />

Private trade with countryspecific<br />

regulations<br />

MOP standard, gran. and<br />

specialities through spot<br />

and contracts<br />

Agricultural Potash Consumption ***<br />

Other<br />

crops**<br />

31%<br />

Sugar Crops<br />

6%<br />

Potash Use by Crop *<br />

Oil Seed<br />

10%<br />

Fruits &<br />

Vegetables<br />

14%<br />

Corn<br />

12%<br />

Other<br />

Coarse<br />

Grains<br />

14%<br />

Wheat<br />

13%<br />

Cultivated Crops ****<br />

kt K 2 O<br />

8.000<br />

Other<br />

crops**<br />

24%<br />

Wheat<br />

24%<br />

6.000<br />

4.000<br />

Sugar Crops<br />

1%<br />

2.000<br />

0<br />

1979/80 1990/91 2001/02 2012/13F<br />

Fruits &<br />

Vegetables<br />

8%<br />

Corn<br />

7%<br />

Oil Seed<br />

15%<br />

Other<br />

Coarse<br />

Grains<br />

21%<br />

* Incl. sulphate of potash and low-grade potash, apparent consumption, % of total K 2 O, Source: IFA 2007/08, published 2009 ** incl.<br />

potatoes, pastures and forestry *** Fertilizer years Western and Central Europe, Source: IFA December 2011 **** % of arable land,<br />

Source: FAO 2009/2010<br />

January 2013 <strong>K+S</strong> Group 81

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