Supplying local needs

The European fertilizer industry counts many independent producers, Yara being one of them.

Despite international price pressure and severe European regulation, European fertilizer manufacturers continue to produce high-quality fertilizers for European farmers.

What are the specificities of European fertilizer production?

Urea or ammonium nitrate?

In Europe, ammonium nitrate is the gold standard for nitrogen fertilization and widely used. Accordingly, most of the ammonium nitrate used in Europe comes from local production.

Part of the ammonium nitrate production is also exported. Urea is mainly imported from other regions.

Investing in the future

The European fertilizer industry offers roughly 50,000 direct and indirect employments. Investments in new equipment and factory upgrades represent over €600m annually. Considerable efforts have been made in recent years to make fertilizer production as clean as possible.

Today, European standards are considered best practice and no other region in the world produces fertilizer with better environmental compatibility than Europe.