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2022: Global ammonia production declined 2.6% to 175.9 million tonnes

In 2022, 175.9 million tons of ammonia were produced worldwide, which is 2.6% less than a year earlier. This is evidenced by data from BusinesStat analysts, released in August 2023.

According to experts, the growth in ammonia production 2018-2020. replaced by stagnation in 2021 and a fall in 2022. The energy crisis in Europe and the rise in natural gas prices already in 2021 led to a decrease in ammonia production by European producers. In 2022, the situation was aggravated by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the restriction of Russian gas supplies to Europe, the shutdown of the Togliatti-Odessa pipeline, the refusal of the Baltic ports and world transport companies to work with Russian cargo, the report says.

In mid-2022, after another jump in natural gas prices in To Europe(the price of natural gas TTF rose above 2 thousand euros per thousand m3), CF Industries Holdings Great Britain (), Nitrogenmuvek (), Hungary BASF (), Germany Achema (), Yara Lithuania (), Grupa Norway Azoty and Anwil (), Borealis () announced a decrease in production or closure of plants. Poland France

According to analysts, in 2022 Russia lost all the main transport channels for ammonia exports. Ammonia pumping through the Togliatti-Odessa pipeline stopped, which ensured the transit of most of the Russian products to the port of Odessa for further delivery by sea to European and Asian customers. Property of companies from Russia, located in the Baltic ports, also used to ship ammonia for export by sea, was seized. As a result, Russian ammonia producers focused on exports of products were forced to reduce production volumes, according to BusinesStat.^[1]

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