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COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION 



BY PRIMARY NUTRIENTS and FERTILIZER MATERIALS -- 1979 - 1984 1/ 



PRIMARY 

 NUTRI ENTS 



1979 



1980 



1981 



1982 



1983 



1984 



Nitrogen 76,382 



Available P^qS 78,997 



K^O 1 0,292 



TOTAL NUTRIENTS 2/.... 165,671 



FERTI LIZER 

 MATERI ALS 



NITROGEN MATERI ALS: 



Anhydrous Ammonia 6,576 



Aqua Ammonia 



Ammonium NItra + e 66,088 



Ammonium Sulphate 5,469 



Nitrogen Solution 6,846 



Urea 34,455 



Other 250 



PHOSPHATE MATERIALS: 



Phosphate Rock 



Superphosphate-over 25$ 7,977 



Ammonium Phosphate 16,626 



Other 824 



POTASH MATERIALS: 



Ch lorlde 50-62? 



Other 15, 020 



NATURAL ORGANIC 



SECONDARY AND 

 MICRONUTRI ENTS: 



Gypsum 3, 227 



Other 3,911 



MIXTURES 166,565 



TOTAL MATERIALS 



AND MIXTURES 333,834 



1'' Year ending June 1. 



2/ Data for some years may not add due 



64,889 



57,450 



8,759 



131 ,098 



958 

 5,002 



1 16,065 



280.463 



to round I ng , 



--Tons-- 



86,440 114,656 

 70,069 76,081 

 10,836 12,148 



167,345 



668 



422 

 5,699 



133,444 

 341 ,127 



202,885 



120,579 

 76,374 

 1 1 ,472 



208,425 



330 



673 

 2,937 



149,009 

 388,535 



1 ,001 



981 

 3,855 



156,871 

 403,506 



137,362 

 88,044 

 13,676 



239,082 



106 



1 ,764 

 2,973 



179,476 

 462,993 



