Four departments: crack down on the manufacture and sale of counterfeit and inferior fertilizers, strictly investigate price fraud and other acts

According to the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the State Administration of Market Supervision have recently jointly issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Spring Plowing Fertilizer Production and Supply and Price Stabilization in 2019" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), requiring strict Crack down on illegal activities in the manufacture and sale of counterfeit and inferior fertilizers, and seriously investigate and deal with price fraud, price bidding, price collusion and other illegal activities.
? The "Notice" requires strengthening the supply of raw materials and stabilizing fertilizer production.
It is necessary to strengthen organization and coordination, strive to ensure the stable supply of natural gas and raw material lump coal required for fertilizer production, and strive to increase the operating rate of enterprises.
It is necessary to treat differently, implement policies according to the enterprise, and accurately regulate and control, coordinate the relationship between coal consumption control and coal-based fertilizer production, and strive to increase the production of fertilizers before spring ploughing.
? Strengthen the distribution and transportation of chemical fertilizers, and promote the regional balance of production and sales.
It is necessary to properly organize and arrange transportation capacity, and give priority to ensuring the export needs of chemical fertilizers from main producing areas such as nitrogen fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer, and potash fertilizer.
Support should be given to the transportation of coal, phosphate ore and other raw materials required for fertilizer production, and timely transportation of imported chemical fertilizers to Hong Kong should also be provided.
? The "Notice" also requires that the adjustment of imports and exports and reserves should be strengthened to ensure supply in the domestic market.
Priority should be given to ensuring the fertilizer needs for spring farming.
According to the surplus and shortage of the domestic fertilizer market, the variety adjustment plan should be made in advance and the import should be organized.
It is necessary to strictly implement the national off-season storage of chemical fertilizers, and promptly start sales after the arrival of spring plowing, and strive to meet the needs of the peak season for fertilizer use.
? Strengthen the supervision of the agricultural material market and standardize the order of production and operation.
It is necessary to strengthen the supervision of all links in the entire chain from the source to the ground, combined with the special spring campaign against counterfeit agricultural materials, severely crack down on illegal activities in the production and sale of fake and inferior fertilizers, and severely investigate and deal with price fraud, price drive ups, and price collusion.
? Strengthen agrochemical technical services, and promote the reduction of fertilizer application to increase efficiency.
In conjunction with the implementation of the zero-growth action of chemical fertilizer use, research and improvement of chemical fertilizer reduction and efficiency technology models, advocate the use of environmentally friendly, high-efficiency, and new fertilizers, and further promote soil testing and formula fertilization technology to improve fertilizer efficiency and reduce fertilizer costs.
The "Notice" emphasizes that chemical fertilizers are an important means of agricultural production and the "grain" of grain.
The guarantee of the supply of chemical fertilizers and the basic stability of prices during spring ploughing are related to annual agricultural production.
While implementing relevant policies, relevant parties should strengthen the monitoring analysis and information release of the fertilizer market supply and demand and price situation, timely discover signs, tendencies, and potential problems in the market operation, and study and take targeted measures to promote the fertilizer market Smooth operation.