Urea — Import quantity in Northern America (excluding intra-trade)
Northern America (excluding intra-trade): Urea — Import quantity was 5.23 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Urea — Import quantity in Northern America (excluding intra-trade), 2002–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for urea — import quantity in Northern America (excluding intra-trade) is 5.23 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 10.8% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, urea — import quantity in Northern America (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 7.76 million t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.90 million t, in 2002.
That places Northern America (excluding intra-trade) 5th out of 32 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.69 million t | 1.90 million t | 5.42 million t | 8 |
| 2010s | 5.89 million t | 4.71 million t | 7.76 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.18 million t | 4.31 million t | 6.16 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America (excluding intra-trade)
More environment data for Northern America (excluding intra-trade)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 1.56 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 1.18 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 4.12 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 1.37 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 1.88 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1.30 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity 625,913 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 9.72 million t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 205,819 t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 74,188 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is urea — import quantity in Northern America (excluding intra-trade)?
- Urea — import quantity in Northern America (excluding intra-trade) was 5.23 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest urea — import quantity recorded in Northern America (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.76 million t in 2015.
- What is the lowest urea — import quantity recorded in Northern America (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.90 million t in 2002.
- How does Northern America (excluding intra-trade) rank for urea — import quantity?
- Northern America (excluding intra-trade) ranks 5th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is urea — import quantity rising or falling in Northern America (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America (excluding intra-trade) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Urea — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Fertilizers by Product dataset contains information on the Production, Trade and Agriculture Use of inorganic (chemical or mineral) fertilizers products. The fertilizer statistics data are for a set of 23 product categories. Both straight and compound fertilizers are included. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/RFB/RFB_EN_README.pdf