Favored by multiple factors, my country’s calcium ammonium nitrate industry has broad development prospects

Calcium ammonium nitrate is a new type of high-efficiency compound fertilizer with the chemical formula 5Ca(NO3)2·NH4NO3·10H2O, which is suitable for a variety of soils and crops. Calcium ammonium nitrate appears as white round granules, is easily soluble in water, and can be quickly absorbed by green plants. Calcium ammonium nitrate is a common nitrogen fertilizer that is highly hygroscopic and caking, and is in high demand in the global fertilizer market.

The main raw material of calcium ammonium nitrate is calcium carbonate. Calcium carbonate is extremely versatile and has excellent results as top dressing on acidic soils. Driven by market demand, its output continues to grow. In 2021, my country’s calcium carbonate output will reach 40.015 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%. Sufficient supply of raw materials provides guarantee for the development of calcium ammonium nitrate industry.

Ammonium nitrate is flammable and explosive. As early as 2000, the Chinese government had included ammonium nitrate in the scope of explosives and banned its sale as fertilizer. Against this background, calcium ammonium nitrate, as an alternative product to ammonium nitrate, has gained widespread attention in the fertilizer market. At present, calcium ammonium nitrate has been used on a large scale in Europe and the United States and other countries. my country’s nitrogen fertilizers are mainly ammonium bicarbonate and urea, and the market penetration rate of calcium ammonium nitrate is low.

According to the “2022-2026 China Calcium Ammonium Nitrate Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, Calcium ammonium nitrate is the fertilizer with the highest solubility. Its calcium can be directly absorbed by plants, which can fundamentally improve problems such as dead top buds, short plants, dead root tips, and curling of young leaves. At the same time, applying calcium ammonium nitrate to vegetables, fruits and flowers can also extend the shelf life and improve the brightness of plant color. Our country is a major agricultural country. As the crop planting area continues to expand, calcium ammonium nitrate as a high-efficiency compound fertilizer will continue to expand the industry’s development space.

Calcium ammonium nitrate is an efficient and environmentally friendly green fertilizer. In recent years, the state has encouraged the development of the calcium ammonium nitrate industry. In 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the “Calcium Ammonium Nitrate for Agriculture and Usage Regulations”, which puts forward specific requirements for the production, inspection rules, labeling, packaging, transportation and storage of calcium ammonium nitrate for agriculture. Driven by national policies, my country’s calcium ammonium nitrate industry will continue to develop in a standardized direction.

After long-term development, the number of calcium ammonium nitrate production enterprises in my country has continued to grow. my country’s leading calcium ammonium nitrate companies include Shanxi Yangmei Fengxi Fertilizer Co., Ltd., Shanxi Tianji Coal Chemical Group Co., Ltd., and Shenzhen Batian Ecological Engineering Co., Ltd. The above three companies all have large-scale production capabilities of calcium ammonium nitrate.

Industry analysts said that my country has a huge crop planting area and calcium ammonium nitrate has excellent performance and is a new type of high-efficiency compound fertilizer. As market demand is gradually released, the development prospects of my country’s calcium ammonium nitrate industry will continue to improve in the future. In recent years, driven by national policies, my country’s calcium ammonium nitrate industry is gradually developing in a standardized direction. However, my country’s calcium ammonium nitrate market penetration rate is low. Under the influence of positive factors such as technological innovation by leading companies, the industry will enter a stage of rapid development.