At the Agriculture Council held in Luxembourg on Monday 11 October, several ministers from EU countries discussed the negative impact of rising fertiliser prices on agricultural markets.
Poland, who was supported by several delegations, presented a note on the subject.
“The price increases observed in the global gas market are a significant factor in price increases on means of production, resulting in a clear increase in the costs of agricultural activity. The growth in the prices of fertilisers is the most perceivable and concerning”, said Poland.
This problem affects Europe and the world as a whole. “There is a direct correlation between the amount of available fertiliser and the end levels of production”, said French Agriculture Minister Julien Denormandie.
At the beginning of September, the EU's agricultural organisations and cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca) had already raised the alarm and called for an end to the anti-dumping measures intended to target nitrogen fertilisers (see EUROPE 12785/6): “the price of fertilisers, in particular ammonium nitrate urea solution (ANU), continues to rise in all EU countries. This situation is due to several factors: the global increase in demand for fertilisers and the prices of gas and sea freight, as well as insufficient competition on the European market”, explained Copa-Cogeca.
Link to Poland's note: https://bit.ly/3iLKyH5 (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)