Brazilian shipments to Algeria totaled USD 1.8 billion through September, up 6.9% from the same period in 2025.
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The Arab country’s exports grew 6% in the first eight months of the year, driven by industrial goods and increased purchases by markets such as China and the European Union.
Conflict in the Middle East directly affects purchases of the input, which is essential for planting crops. Domestic production also declines this year
Despite volatile agricultural input prices, Brazil is seen as a reliable food supplier.
Sonatrach and the Algerian Fertilizer Company signed contracts with Italian and Chinese companies to build production and port facilities for Algeria’s fertilizer project.
A bill creating an incentive program to boost domestic fertilizer production and reduce import dependence has been approved by the Senate and now heads to the president for sanction.
During a presentation by SCA Brasil Aliança, experts discussed the challenges facing producers who depend on fertilizer. Brazil imports approximately 85% of the fertilizer it consumes.
Jordan’s export revenue rose 5.8% in the first five months of this year. Exports of raw potash increased 38%, while nitrogen fertilizer exports climbed 15%.
The Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services has added six nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer production projects to its portfolio of strategic initiatives.
Petrobras’ Nitrogen Fertilizer Plant III (UFN-III), located in Três Lagoas in Mato Grosso do Sul state, will receive USD 1 billion to complete its construction.
FAO report says global fertilizer trade declined in the first four months of the year due to the conflict in the Middle East. Prices rose by an average of 25%.
Data from Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services show a 0.7% increase in exports and a 21.5% decline in imports compared to the same period in 2025.
Sales from the Arab country, concentrated in fertilizers, grew more than 500% between January and April. Exports ended the period down 8%.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited the plant, which received USD 20 million in investments. The facility has the capacity to produce 1,300 metric tons of urea per day, equivalent to 5% of national demand.
