Ukraine imported almost 398,000 tons of cheap fertilizers from Poland last year. What does Russia have to do with this?

Ammonium nitrate, NPK fertilizers, and sulfates were most imported to Ukraine last year from Poland. As Group DF Holding, which is engaged in the production of fertilizers, reported, the import of Polish fertilizers is associated with the following specifics:

1. Poland continues its fertilizer trade with the aggressor countries of Russia and Belarus – in 2022, Poland imported 180,000 tons of nitrogen fertilizers from Russia, and in 2023 – almost 600,000 tons. The Polish market is oversaturated with cheap fertilizers, and the surplus is resold to other countries.
2. Some Polish manufacturers have close ties with Moscow – Russians remain co-owners of some Polish fertilizer plants.
3. Poland subsidizes its fertilizer producers. Ukrainian factories are deprived of state aid and compete in unequal conditions.

Because of this, the Ukrainian chemical industry is in favor of limiting imports from those countries that are currently oversaturated with fertilizers from the aggressor state.