Policy escort to ensure domestic fertilizer supply and stable prices

In terms of promoting the coordinated development of urban and rural areas, we will continue to optimize the economic layout, which requires increasing agricultural production, ensuring the supply of agricultural materials, and providing a one-time subsidy of 20 billion yuan to grain farmers. At the same time, strengthens ecological protection and promotes sustainable development, which requires promoting the reduction of pesticides and fertilizers the improvement of efficiency, and the resource utilization of livestock and poultry breeding waste. Under its policy support, in 2021, the prices of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in my country will be effectively controlled, and the supply will be effectively guaranteed, ensuring that the grain output will reach 1.37 trillion kilograms, creating a record high.Entering 2022, the external economic situation will become more severe, among which the surge in international energy products will lead to a sharp rise in the production cost of agricultural materials; the sharp rise in international sea freight costs will greatly increase the pressure on my country's chemical fertilizer import and export; the severe international trade situation will lead to the self-sufficiency of domestic food demand. Substantial increase and so on.In this regard, this year's government work report continues to make it clear that the "six stability" and "six guarantees" work will be done well. There is room and means for macro policies and cross- and counter-cyclical adjustments will be strengthened to provide strong support for the stable operation of the economy. Among them, the goal of agricultural problems is to achieve a grain output of more than 1.3 trillion kilograms, to increase agricultural production, and to promote the overall revitalization of the countryside.As for the guarantee of agricultural materials, this year's government work report continues to call for ensuring the supply and price stability of agricultural materials such as chemical fertilizers, giving farmers another subsidy for agricultural materials, and increasing support for the main agricultural production areas, so that farmers can grow grain with reasonable income and enjoy the benefits. Grain production areas have inherent motivation.Under its policy guarantee, in 2022, my country will first ensure the supply of agricultural materials. It is reported that the domestic coal supply is guaranteed, and the coal storage in the nationally-regulated power plants is at the highest level in history. Coal is my country's basic energy and an important industrial raw material, accounting for about 57% of primary energy consumption. Since the fourth quarter of 2021, energy supply and demand have continued to be tight. Through multi-party planning and coordination, the work of ensuring energy supply and stabilizing prices has achieved phased results, coal prices have returned to a reasonable range, and coal storage in power plants has reached the highest level in history for the same period, ensuring the supply of nitrogen fertilizer.At the same time, there are a lot of phosphate rock resources in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Hubei in my country. In Guizhou, Sichuan, and other areas involved in the policy of "determining production by slag", under the circumstance of ensuring that the annual control amount of phosphogypsum by phosphate fertilizer enterprises does not increase, overall consideration should be given to preparing To meet the needs of phosphate fertilizer production in the peak season of fertilizer and fertilizer use, adjust and balance the new phosphogypsum assessment indicators of the enterprise monthly and quarterly, and improve the utilization rate of phosphate rock. In addition to Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei, and other provinces where phosphate rock is shipped, enterprises that meet the requirements of environmental protection and safety production are allowed to increase the output of phosphate rock to meet the needs of phosphate fertilizer production in other provinces. In particular, state-owned enterprises such as PetroChina, Sinopec, and CNOOC have increased recycling efforts in the production of sulfur, an important raw material for phosphate fertilizer, and the amount of domestic sulfur has increased significantly, ensuring the overall security of domestic phosphate fertilizer supply.In terms of potash fertilizer, although my country's dependence on potash fertilizer imports is as high as more than 50%, to ensure the safety of potash fertilizer supply in the peak season of fertilizer use, the National Development and Reform Commission plans to organize the release of potash fertilizer reserves through low-price auctions, and at the same time guide market expectations and leverage society through reserve release. Resource release to subsidize domestic demand for potash fertilizers. While mobilizing social forces, my country has reached an agreement with Canada and Israel, the main international potash fertilizer producers, on the 2022 potash fertilizer import contract, and superimposed the independent supply of potash fertilizer in the northwest region of my country to ensure the security of potash fertilizer supply in China. Therefore, my country's main chemical fertilizer varieties can ensure sufficient supply and controllable prices this year.Of course, the economic situation at home and abroad will be more complicated in 2022. High external grain and fertilizer prices will push up domestic fertilizer prices to a certain extent. In this regard, while the supply of main raw materials is guaranteed, domestic fertilizer export restrictions cannot be relaxed, to ensure the use of domestic fertilizers. And scientific storage in the first place, to prevent the uncontrollable situation of domestic fertilizer prices. Especially in combination with the requirements of this year's government work report, the issuance and distribution of one-time subsidy funds for domestic farmers can alleviate the impact of rising agricultural costs and ensure that farmers can afford fertilizer.Therefore, based on the current overall operation of domestic chemical fertilizers and external pressures, under the guidance of this year's government work report on agriculture and agricultural materials policies, the overall supply of domestic chemical fertilizers can meet the demand, the price will not exceed the acceptable range of farmers, and agricultural production can operate normally and reasonably. (Li Yubo)