According to the statistics of the Chinese Customs, from January to June 2019, China exported 12.61 million tons of fertilizers, of which 2.04 million tons of fertilizers, 16.8 million tons of potassium chloride, 58.2 million tons of potassium sulfate and 0.87 million tons of potassium nitrate were exported in June.

From January to June 2019, China imported 5.434 million tons of other potassium chloride (except pure potassium chloride) and 27.6 million tons of potassium sulfate. In June alone, 609,000 tons of other potassium chloride and 67,000 tons of potassium sulfate were imported.