# Cultivating capacity growth | World Fertilizer

> China is pursuing supply-side reform in its fertilizer sector, with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology studying how to optimize capacity. Outdated capacity would be forced to close while advanced capacity could receive government subsidies. Urea and ammoniated phosphate plants ran at about 77% and 65% of capacity in 2016.

- Date: 2017-12-27 · published 2017-12-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67423-cultivating-capacity-growth-world-fertilizer
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Closing obsolete nitrogen and phosphate capacity could tighten Chinese export availability over time, but the effect on prices depends on how fast closures happen and how much capacity is replaced.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral

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## Sources

- worldfertilizer.com: https://www.worldfertilizer.com/special-reports/27122017/cultivating-capacity-growth/

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