Handout - K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Handout - K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Handout - K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Potash and Magnesium Products<br />
Potash Market China<br />
Market Structure<br />
Potash Use by Crop *<br />
Structure<br />
Products<br />
Predominantly centralised<br />
MOP standard through<br />
long-term contracts<br />
Sugar Crops<br />
5%<br />
Corn<br />
2%<br />
Oil Seeds<br />
3%<br />
Wheat<br />
4%<br />
Other crops<br />
7%<br />
Fruits &<br />
Vegetables<br />
51%<br />
Rice<br />
28%<br />
Agricultural Potash Consumption **<br />
Cultivated Crops ***<br />
kt K 2 O<br />
7.000<br />
6.000<br />
Sugar Crops<br />
1%<br />
Other crops<br />
12%<br />
Corn<br />
20%<br />
5.000<br />
4.000<br />
3.000<br />
2.000<br />
1.000<br />
0<br />
1979/80 1990/91 2001/02 2012/13F<br />
Wheat<br />
14%<br />
Oil Seeds<br />
16%<br />
Rice<br />
18%<br />
Fruits &<br />
Vegetables<br />
19%<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 China, Source: IFA December 2011 *** % of total area harvested, Source: FAO 2010<br />
January 2013 <strong>K+S</strong> Group 85