COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION 



BY PRIMARY NUTRIENTS and FERTILIZER MATERIALS -- 1*(0 • 19(S '^ 



65 



PRIMARY 

 NUTRIENTS 



1980 



Nitrogen 64,889 



Available P 57,450 



K 8,759 



TOTAL NUTRIENTS »/ 131,098 



FERTILIZER 

 MATERIALS 



NITROGEN MATERIALS: 



Anhydrous Ammonia 8,255 



Aqua Ammon la 



Ammonium Nitrate 59,615 



Ammonium Sulphate 15,244 



Nitrogen Solution 8,401 



Urea 23,570 



Other 



PHOSPHATE MATERIALS: 



Phosphate Rocl< 



Superphosphate-over 251 6,274 



Ammonium Phosphate 19,574 



Other 786 



POTASH MATERIALS: 



Chloride 50-62* 10,522 



Other 6,197 



NATURAL ORGANIC 



SECONDARY AND 

 MICRONUTRIENTS: 



Gypsum 958 



Other 5,002 



MIXTURES 115,065 



TOTAL MATERIALS 



AND MIXTURES 280,463 



1/ Year ending June 1. 



8/ Data for some years may not add due 



1981 



86,440 

 70,069 

 10,836 



167,345 



668 



1982 



1983 



1984 



--Tons-- 



1 14,656 

 76,081 

 12,148 



202,885 



330 



120,579 

 76,374 

 1 1 ,472 



208,425 



137,362 

 88,044 

 13,676 



239,082 



1 ,001 



106 



1985 



108,497 

 75,707 

 12,456 



196,660 



1.023 





