U.S. Imports Of Major Nitrogen Compounds

TABLE 11
U.S. IMPORTS OF MAJOR NITROGEN COMPOUNDS¹

(Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars)

	2014						2015
	Gross-		Nitrogen				Gross-	Nitrogen
Compound	weight		content-		Value²		weight	content-	Value²	Principal sources in 2015
Ammonium nitrate³	598		203		186,000		494	167	145,000	Canada, 69%; Netherlands, 12%; Russia, 8%.
Ammonium nitrate and	66		18		17,500		40	11	11,000	Netherlands, 77%; Lithuania, 13%; Germany, 7%.
limestone mixtures
Ammonium sulfate³	461		98		128,000		545	116	113,000	China, 60%; Canada, 34%.
Anhydrous ammonia⁴	5,050		4,150		2,780,000		5,250	4,320	2,560,000	Trinidad and Tobago, 63%; Canada, 22%.
Calcium nitrate	64		11		10,200		78	13	11,400	Norway, 94%.
Diammonium phosphate	546	^r	98	^r	263,000	^r	599	108	290,000	Morocco, 37%; China, 32%.
Monoammonium phosphate	935	^r	101		477,000	^r	582	64	300,000	Morocco, 36%; Russia, 30%; China, 25%.
Nitrogen solutions	3,120		934		871,000		3,110	930	792,000	Russia, 39%; Trinidad and Tobago, 25%;-
										-- Canada, 14%; China, 12%.
Potassium nitrate	108		15		81,000		122	17	92,000	Chile, 85%; Germany, 12%.
Potassium nitrate and sodium	2		(5)		835		2	(5)	563	Canada, 65%; Mexico, 22%.
nitrate mixtures
Sodium nitrate	112	^r	18		37,000	^r	114	19	40,300	Chile, 54%; Germany, 17%.
Urea	3,510		1,610		1,250,000		7,190	3,300	2,390,000	Qatar, 20%; Canada, 12%; United Arab Emirates, 12%.
Total-	14,600	^r	7,260	^r	6,100,000	^r	18,100	9,060	6,750,000
^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Cost, insurance, and freight value.
³Includes industrial chemical products.
⁴Includes industrial ammonia.
⁵Less than - unit.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau.