Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America (excluding intra-trade)
Northern America (excluding intra-trade): Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 1.30 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America (excluding intra-trade), 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America (excluding intra-trade) is 1.30 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 36.4% on the previous year and up 71.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 1.68 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 12,660 t, in 2001.
That places Northern America (excluding intra-trade) 25th out of 60 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America (excluding intra-trade), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 448,779 t | — |
| 1991 | 577,915 t | +28.8% |
| 1992 | 403,993 t | -30.1% |
| 1993 | 477,531 t | +18.2% |
| 1994 | 415,075 t | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 297,140 t | -28.4% |
| 1996 | 357,884 t | +20.4% |
| 1997 | 352,882 t | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 438,574 t | +24.3% |
| 1999 | 280,524 t | -36.0% |
| 2000 | 14,057 t | -95.0% |
| 2001 | 12,660 t | -9.9% |
| 2002 | 353,484 t | +2692.2% |
| 2003 | 306,706 t | -13.2% |
| 2004 | 1.10 million t | +260.0% |
| 2005 | 597,543 t | -45.9% |
| 2006 | 734,908 t | +23.0% |
| 2007 | 606,146 t | -17.5% |
| 2008 | 876,544 t | +44.6% |
| 2009 | 397,992 t | -54.6% |
| 2010 | 852,434 t | +114.2% |
| 2011 | 1.09 million t | +28.4% |
| 2012 | 561,725 t | -48.7% |
| 2013 | 634,130 t | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 758,296 t | +19.6% |
| 2015 | 1.01 million t | +33.6% |
| 2016 | 849,306 t | -16.2% |
| 2017 | 1.21 million t | +43.0% |
| 2018 | 1.01 million t | -16.6% |
| 2019 | 1.10 million t | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 1.07 million t | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 1.68 million t | +57.7% |
| 2022 | 1.05 million t | -37.9% |
| 2023 | 953,790 t | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 1.30 million t | +36.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America (excluding intra-trade) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +2692.2% | 12,660 t | 353,484 t |
| 2004 | +260.0% | 306,706 t | 1.10 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 405,030 t | 280,524 t | 577,915 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 500,407 t | 12,660 t | 1.10 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 909,372 t | 561,725 t | 1.21 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 million t | 953,790 t | 1.68 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America (excluding intra-trade)
- 22 Spain 259,838 t compare
- 23 Italy 257,808 t compare
- 24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 253,433 t compare
- 25 Japan 242,933 t compare
- 26 China, Taiwan Province of 242,818 t compare
- 27 Morocco 234,618 t compare
- 28 Yugoslav SFR 221,100 t
More environment data for Northern America (excluding intra-trade)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 1.56 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 1.37 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 1.88 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 14.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 36.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1.30 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 1.88 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 4.12 million t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 1.18 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 1.37 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America (excluding intra-trade)?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America (excluding intra-trade) was 1.30 million t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Northern America (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.68 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Northern America (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,660 t in 2001.
- How does Northern America (excluding intra-trade) rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Northern America (excluding intra-trade) ranks 25th out of 60 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Northern America (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern America (excluding intra-trade) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity with 83 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity with 83 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.