Chemical fertilizer export increase, Imports of grain increase

May 8th, the general administration of customs statistics show that: the first four months, China's import and export gross 8.1 trillion yuan, compared with the same period last year dropped by 3.1%.Among them, the export of 4.16 trillion yuan, down 4.8%;Imports of 3.94 trillion yuan, down 1.2%;Trade surplus of 215.4 billion yuan, down 42.9%.

International food prices low, China's grain imports.1 - in April 2014, China imported 32.949 million tons of grain, year-on-year increase of 44.8%.Among them, the soybean imports 21.848 million tons, year-on-year increase of 41.2%;Soybean imports average price of 2990.9 yuan/ton, down 9.7% year-on-year.Other than soybean grain imports increased 52.4% year-on-year, import prices fell 11.6% year on year.Slowing global growth overall, the international grain and other agricultural commodities futures, spot prices are low, grain difference between home and abroad, is a major cause of China's imports increased.At the end of 2013, the central explicitly put forward the new national food security strategy is to "give priority to with me, based on domestic, to ensure that production capacity, modest imports, science and technology support", rations to ensure safety, grain self-sufficiency.From the international market oil outside of imported food, fodder, but also the specific implementation of strategy of "moderate import".

China chemical fertilizer exports continue to keep the pace of growth.In April 2014, China exported 2.12 million tons of all kinds of mineral fertilizer and fertilizer;1 - total export of 6.69 million tons, in April rose 130.5%;Accumulative total export amount is $1.987 billion, up 111.5% from a year earlier.4 months countries import all kinds of mineral fertilizer and 820000 tons of chemical fertilizer;1-4 month accumulative total import 2.9 million tons, down 8.3% year on year.Due to China's domestic production and circulation of fertilizers have spirit, electricity, transport, tax preferential policies, and have been labeled with "high-polluting, high-energy-consuming and resource-dependent" label, so export duties were imposed on Chinese exports to most of chemical fertilizer (partial varieties also impose higher tariffs on season).But, as the price change process such as natural gas, electric power, railway transport, chemical fertilizer industry enjoy preferential rate reduced year by year.

Through the customs data, we need to do a deeper thinking.China's chemical fertilizer (nitrogen fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer, potash fertilizer and compound fertilizer) can be said to be the lowest price, but the price of grain and other agricultural products is far higher than the international market at present.How farmland circulation, modern agriculture development?Preferential policies fertilizer with chemical fertilizer export tariff policy how to adjust?Go out and encourage agriculture fertilizers and other agricultural production materials how to form a complete set?These problems are fertilizer industry marketization reform, plays a decisive role for the allocation of resources must be considered.