China’s Industrial Use of Urea to Grow by 1 Million Tons

China’s 2015 urea consumption is estimated by China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association at 58.8 million tons, of which 43.8 million tons was for agricultural production, unchanged from 2014, and 15 million tons was used in industrial sectors, up 11% y/y. The breakdown of the industrial consumption of urea included: 1) urea-formaldehyde resins, more than 9 million tons; 2) melamine, more than 2.8 million tons; and 3) denitration, more than 2.5 million tons.