After the income collapse of European producers in recent years, European manufacturers warned that Russia's tariffs that prevent Russia from prohibiting Russia from dumping cheap fertilizers to the European Union market "too little, too late."
After the invasion of Ukraine in an all -round way, Russia was prevented from selling pipeline natural gas to the European Union. Instead, it used natural gas to increase the output and export of their fertilizers, which was not sanctioned.
A fertilizer supervisor said: "This is the dumping of textbooks."
For the vital fertilizer of global agriculture, fertilizer is very dependent on natural gas as raw materials, which makes European producers work hard to compete in stubborn high -gas prices.
The European Commission proposed on Tuesday that in the next three years, Russia and Belarus's tariffs on certain fertilizers gradually increased, since the current level of 6.5 %. The plan is now voted by the European Parliament and the Minister of the Commission, and has carefully calibrated to avoid disturbing France and the Netherlands such as the Netherlands with huge agricultural industries.
However, this move does not meet the fertilizer companies in the area, and many companies are in serious financial difficulties.
Yara International CEO SVEIN TORE HOLSETHER said: "The European Union has made every effort." Yara International's CEO. An extended stage will only kick further distance, because it will only begin to affect the agricultural season of 2026 or even 2027. "
Holsether calls on the EU to "improve the level of ambitions", saying that tariffs will help improve the movement environment, but unfortunately, it is too little, too late. "
Ahmed El-Hoshy, CEO of Fertiglobe, the fertilizer company headquartered in the Arab Emirates, said that before the new EU proposal, European farmers' nutrition producers "faced higher artificial artificial artificial manufacturers Costs, higher energy costs, higher energy costs, higher supervision-some things have been given. " He added that tariffs "will have a significant impact on the European protection industry."
He said that the United States had urged its farmers to use this situation to buy cheaper fertilizers and reduce their production costs.
Holsether warns that because the price of natural gas in Europe is 345 % higher than that of the United States, and it is even higher than Russia, "European manufacturers may want to transfer their operations in the Atlantic Ocean.
He also said that the European fertilizer department will not easily recover from the decline in production.
"These industries are not like the restaurant during COVID, and you close it, and then reopen when the situation changes," Holsether said. "When you transfer production to other places and invest in new facilities, they will stay. This is not you and then go back."
The committee stated that the proposed new tariffs will be applicable to 15 % of Russia's agricultural products, which has not increased import tariffs. It said in a statement: "This import, especially the import of fertilizers, has made the European Union vulnerable to the potential forced action of Russia, so it constitutes risks to the EU's grain security."
According to the committee's proposal, the additional tariffs on Russia and Belarus fertilizer will start at 13 % and reach 50 % in the next three years, so that farmers have time to find other sources. This is 6.5 % of the current responsibilities.
Leo Alders, president of European trade fertilizer, urged Brussels to increase the tariff level to at least 30 %, and further increased every six months.
He said: "Although we strongly support the action plan, the urgency of the current landscape requires more ambitious methods."
Andy (Andy) border other reports in Brussels