U.S. Exports Of Major Nitrogen Compounds

TABLE 10
U.S. EXPORTS OF MAJOR NITROGEN COMPOUNDS¹

(Thousand metric tons)

	2014				2015
	Gross		Nitrogen		Gross	Nitrogen
Compound	weight		content		weight	content	Principal destinations in 2015
Ammonium nitrate²	442	^r	150	^r	448	152	Canada, 60%; Mexico, 26%.
Ammonium sulfate²	1,260		267		973	206	Brazil, 41%; Peru, 16%; Canada, 11%.
Anhydrous ammonia	135		111		113	93	Chile, 43%; Belgium, 30; Mexico, 15%.
Diammonium phosphate	2,520	^r	453		2,120	381	India, 30%; Brazil, 12%; Mexico, 10%; Colombia, 6%.
Monoammonium phosphate	2,150	^r	237	^r	2,290	251	Canada, 36%; Brazil, 30%; Australia, 14%.
Urea	451	^r	207	^r	380	174	Canada, 90%; Mexico, 3%; Netherlands, 3%.
Total	6,960	^r	1,430	^r	6,320	1,260
^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Includes industrial chemical products.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.