Handout - K+S Aktiengesellschaft
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Potash and Magnesium Products<br />
Potash Market Brazil<br />
Market Structure<br />
Potash Use by Crop *<br />
Structure<br />
Products<br />
Private trade<br />
MOP gran. through spot<br />
and contracts<br />
Rice<br />
4%<br />
Cotton<br />
4%<br />
Fruits &<br />
Vegetables<br />
5%<br />
Other crops<br />
14%<br />
Soybeans<br />
35%<br />
Corn<br />
17%<br />
Sugar Crops<br />
21%<br />
Agricultural Potash Consumption **<br />
Cultivated Crops ***<br />
kt K 2 O<br />
5.000<br />
4.000<br />
3.000<br />
Rice<br />
5%<br />
Fruits &<br />
Vegetables<br />
5%<br />
Cotton<br />
2%<br />
Other crops<br />
6%<br />
Soybeans<br />
42%<br />
2.000<br />
Sugar Crops<br />
17%<br />
1.000<br />
0<br />
1979/80 1990/91 2001/02 2012/13F<br />
Corn<br />
23%<br />
* Incl. sulphate of potash and low-grade potash, apparent consumption, % of total K 2 O, Source: IFA 2007/08, published 2009<br />
** Fertilizer years Brazil, Source: IFA December 2011 *** % of total area harvested, Source: FAO 2010<br />
January 2013 <strong>K+S</strong> Group 82
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