Domestic potash market started slowly, and the price was not changed significantly after the Spring Festivel. From the perspective of supply, domestic production enterprises of potassium chloride in the Northwest region start at a low level. During the Spring Festival, only Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Group Company Limited remains normal prodiction, and the quotation is temporarily stable, with the official price of 60% crystal potassium of 2100 yuan (ton price, the same below), while the market price of 2010~2080 yuan. Other local manufacturers started winter maintenance in December and January and planned to resume production in March. For local small factories, the ex-factory quotation of 57% potassium chloride was 1400~1450 yuan with an indifferent transactions. Imported potassium stocks slowly declined, as of the middle of February, port stocks was about 2 million tons; some traders suspended quotation, trading limited. Besides, 62% white potassium quoted 2180~2260 yuan, and Russian red potassium quoted 2000~2050 yuan. Edge trade potassium chloride is not available for sale.

The Spring Festival holiday was extended, all regions have not yet fully resumed work, port delivery has been limited, and domestic railway transportation operated difficultly. At present, the quoted prices show a continuation of those before the festival basically. The operating rate of compound fertilizer in domestic mainstream regions still stayed lowly. Among them, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu and other regions declined significantly. The downstream compound fertilizer plants are under construction, their demand for potash fertilizer is pretty less, and the product inventory in the plants is increasing. In the case of blocked transportation, raw materials can not be delivered, finished products can not be shipped out, forcing the demand of potash fertilizer in a state of stagnation.

Potassium sulfate market is relatively stable. The stock of finished products in processing potassium sulfate enterprises s incrasing, bacuase the raw material potassium chloride can not be delivered smoothly into the plants. Liaoning Migao plant started normally, the ex-factory price of 50% potassium sulfate particles is 2700 yuan, and the mainstream price of Mannheim 52% is 2500~2800 yuan. At present, the biggest problem that troubles Mannheim potassium sulfate enterprise is that the by-product hydrochloric acid is difficult to be dealt with and the storage capacity is limited. Due to the upside down price of hydrochloric acid in partial areas, follow-up enterprises are under particular pressure in production. The arrival price of 50% resource-based potassium sulfate powder in Qinghai is 2400 yuan, and that of 52% potassium potassium in Xinjiang is 2550~2570 yuan.