EVOLUTION OF THE SPANISH FERTILIZER MARKET - YEAR 2021/2022.
The fertilizer market in the year 2021/2022.
During the last agricultural campaign 2021/22, sales of fertilizers stood at 4 million tons of product, 19.7 percent lower than the figure for the previous campaign. The consumption of nitrogenous fertilizers has decreased (-17.5 percent), phosphate fertilizers (-4.1 percent), and potassium fertilizers have increased (-27 percent), and complex fertilizers (-22.8 percent).
Expressed in terms of nutrients, sales have reached a total amount of 1.5 million tons, having decreased by 22.1 percent compared to 2020/21, in which 1.9 million tons of nutrients were sold.
In the 2021/22 campaign, the approximate N: P2O5: K2O ratio of nutrient consumption in Spain was 0.81: 0. 34: 0.33 practically the same as the average of the last five agricultural years. That is, for every 800 tons of N, 340 t of P2O5 and 330 t of K2O were consumed. Spain represents approximately 9 percent of European fertilizer consumption and 1 percent of world consumption.
ANFFE is a non-profit entity that includes the main national producers of inorganic fertilizers and European manufacturers with commercial representation in our country. The group of companies has a production capacity in Spain of 7.7 million tons of products, of which:
6.4 million tons correspond to finished products (ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrates, urea, nitrogen solutions, superphosphates, potassium chloride, ammonium phosphates, fertilizers solid and liquid complexes, suspensions, special products, and organominerals).
1.3 million tons are intermediate products (nitric acid and ammonia).
References to Spanish agriculture in 2022.
The second estimate of the Economic Accounts of Agriculture (CEA) 2022, presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, foresees an interannual decrease of 6, 2 percent in Agricultural Income in current terms, standing at 27,663.6 million euros, about 0.7 percentage points and almost 197 million less than in the first estimate.
Therefore, the estimated decrease in agricultural income in current terms last year was 1,828.8 million euros less than what was forecast for 2021, the main factor that has contributed to this being the strong increase in the value of intermediate consumption (inputs), especially feed, with a contribution of -16 percentage points to the year-on-year variation in income and experiencing an increase of 35.1 percent in prices. Fertilizers are next in importance, with -4.1 percentage points, and energy, with a contribution of -4 points.
These downward contributions, on the other hand, were partly offset by the increase in the value of production in the Agricultural Branch, which experienced an interannual increase of 10.6 percent in value, supported mainly by animal production that contributes 15.6 points to the variation in income, due to an upward trend in prices. For its part, plant production experienced a sharp drop in the volumes produced (-13.6 percent), a decrease offset by an increase in prices (+19.9 percent).
Among the official provisions of interest directly related to agriculture, published during 2022, the following should be noted:
Official provisions on agriculture published in 2022
Among the official provisions of interest directly related to agriculture, published during 2021, the following should be noted:
Royal Decree 47/2022 on the protection of waters against diffuse pollution produced by nitrates from agricultural sources. BOE 20.01.22
Specific payment to the cotton crop for the 2022/2023 campaign. BOE 20.01.22
Insurable goods and yields, minimum technical cultivation conditions, scope of application, warranty periods, subscription dates and unit prices in relation to the insurance for multi-crop vegetable farms, included in the corresponding Combined Agricultural Insurance Plan. BOE 08.02.22
Approval of the forty-third Combined Agricultural Insurance Plan. BOE 14.03.22
Royal Decree-Law 4/2022 by which urgent measures are adopted to support the agricultural sector due to the drought. BOE 16.03.22
Delegated Regulation 2022/467, which establishes exceptional adaptation aid for producers in the agricultural sectors. OJEU No. L 96 dated 03/24/22.
Modification of goods and insurable yields, minimum technical cultivation conditions, scope of application, warranty periods, dates of subscription and unit prices of insurance for extensive herbaceous crop farms, included in the corresponding Combined Agricultural Insurance Plan. BOE 31.03.22
Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soils for a circular economy. BOE 09.04.22
Maximum budget limit of the simplified regime for small farmers for the 2021 campaign. BOE 11.04. 22
Order APA/317/2022, which modifies Order APA/908/2021, which defines insurable assets and income , minimum technical conditions for cultivation, scope of application, guarantee periods, subscription dates and unit prices of insurance for extensive arable crops, included in the corresponding Combined Agricultural Insurance Plan. BOE 13.04.22
Granting an exemption to Ireland in accordance with Council Directive 91/676/EEC on the protection of waters against pollution by nitrates used in agriculture. OJEU nº L 129 dated 03.05.22.
Order HFP/413/2022 which reduces for the 2021 tax period the net return indices on irrigated lands that use, to For this purpose, electrical energy applicable in the method of objective estimation of Personal Income Tax for agricultural activities affected by various exceptional circumstances. BOE 11.05.22
Delegated Regulation 2022/1172 supplementing Regulation 2021/2116 with regard to the integrated management and control system of the CAP and the application and calculation of administrative sanctions within the framework of conditionality. OJEU nº L 183 dated 08.07.22.
Implementing Regulation 2022/1173 establishing provisions for the application of Regulation 2021/2116 with regard to the integrated management and control of the CAP. OJEU nº L 183 dated 08.07.22.
Agreement of the Council of Ministers of July 19, 2022, by which the Agreement of November 30, 2021, by which The forty-third Combined Agrarian Insurance Plan is approved, modified by the Agreement of the Council of Ministers of March 8, 2022. BOE 30.07.22
Law 19/2022, for the recognition of legal personality to the Mar Menor lagoon and its basin. BOE 03.10.22
Insurable assets and yields, minimum technical cultivation conditions, scope of application, warranty periods, subscription dates and unit prices of farm insurance of forage crops, included in the corresponding Combined Agricultural Insurance Plan. BOE 25.10.22
Implementing Decision 2022/2069 granting the exemption requested by the Netherlands in accordance with Directive 91/676/EEC , relating to the protection of waters against pollution produced by nitrates from agricultural sources. OJ No. L 277 dated 10.27.22.
Appeal European Commission/Spain (Case C-576/22: Vulnerable Areas due to nitrate contamination). OJEU No. C 418 dated 10.31.22.
Final regional average values that characterize each region of the regional application model for the basic payment scheme in 2022. BOE 03.11.22
European Parliament resolution on measures against water pollution caused by nitrates, including improvements in the various nitrate measurement systems in the States members. OJEU No. C 434 dated 15.11.22.
Insurable assets and yields, minimum technical cultivation conditions, scope of application, warranty periods, subscription dates and unit prices of farm insurance fruit trees. BOE 30.11.22
Law 30/2022, of December 23, which regulates the management system of the Common Agricultural Policy and other related matters. BOE 12.24.22
Modification of goods and insurable yields, minimum technical cultivation conditions, scope of application, warranty periods, dates of subscription and unit prices of insurance for extensive herbaceous crop farms, included in the corresponding Combined Agricultural Insurance Plan. BOE 31.03.22
Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soils for a circular economy. BOE 09.04.22
Maximum budget limit of the simplified regime for small farmers for the 2021 campaign. BOE 11.04. 22
Order APA/317/2022, which modifies Order APA/908/2021, which defines insurable assets and income , minimum technical conditions for cultivation, scope of application, guarantee periods, subscription dates and unit prices of insurance for extensive arable crops, included in the corresponding Combined Agricultural Insurance Plan. BOE 13.04.22
Granting an exemption to Ireland in accordance with Council Directive 91/676/EEC on the protection of waters against pollution by nitrates used in agriculture. OJEU nº L 129 dated 03.05.22.
Order HFP/413/2022 which reduces for the 2021 tax period the net return indices on irrigated lands that use, to For this purpose, electrical energy applicable in the method of objective estimation of Personal Income Tax for agricultural activities affected by various exceptional circumstances. BOE 11.05.22
Delegated Regulation 2022/1172 supplementing Regulation 2021/2116 with regard to the integrated management and control system of the CAP and the application and calculation of administrative sanctions within the framework of conditionality. OJEU nº L 183 dated 08.07.22.
Implementing Regulation 2022/1173 establishing provisions for the application of Regulation 2021/2116 with regard to the integrated management and control of the CAP. OJEU nº L 183 dated 08.07.22.
Agreement of the Council of Ministers of July 19, 2022, by which the Agreement of November 30, 2021, by which The forty-third Combined Agrarian Insurance Plan is approved, modified by the Agreement of the Council of Ministers of March 8, 2022. BOE 30.07.22
Law 19/2022, for the recognition of legal personality to the Mar Menor lagoon and its basin. BOE 03.10.22
Insurable assets and yields, minimum technical cultivation conditions, scope of application, warranty periods, subscription dates and unit prices of farm insurance of forage crops, included in the corresponding Combined Agricultural Insurance Plan. BOE 25.10.22
Implementing Decision 2022/2069 granting the exemption requested by the Netherlands in accordance with Directive 91/676/EEC , relating to the protection of waters against pollution produced by nitrates from agricultural sources. OJ No. L 277 dated 10.27.22.
Appeal European Commission/Spain (Case C-576/22: Vulnerable Areas due to nitrate contamination). OJEU No. C 418 dated 10/31/22.
Final regional average values that characterize each region of the regional application model for the basic payment scheme in 2022. BOE 03.11.22
European Parliament resolution on measures against water pollution caused by nitrates, including improvements in the various nitrate measurement systems in the States members. OJEU No. C 434 dated 15.11.22.
Insurable assets and yields, minimum technical cultivation conditions, scope of application, warranty periods, subscription dates and unit prices of farm insurance fruit trees. BOE 30.11.22
Law 30/2022, of December 23, which regulates the management system of the Common Agricultural Policy and other related matters. BOE 12.24.22
Provisions on the PAC (BOE 29.12.22):
Basic income assistance entitlements
Governance of the CAP Strategic Plan in Spain and the European agricultural funds EAGF and EAFRD
Management and control system for the interventions of the Strategic Plan and other CAP aid
Implementation of interventions in the form of direct payments and the establishment of common requirements within the framework of the CAP Strategic Plan
Rules for the application of the reinforced and social conditionality that beneficiaries of CAP aid must comply with
Agricultural holdings: benchmark income for 2023 (€32,570.47). BOE 29.12.22
Royal Decree 1057/2022 approving the State Strategic Plan for Natural Heritage and Biodiversity to 2030, in application of the Law 42/2007, Natural Heritage and Biodiversity. BOE 12.30.22