Handout - K+S Aktiengesellschaft
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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