No. 1 Central Document emphasizes the supply and price of agricultural materials

It is reported that on February 22, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Doing a Good Job in Comprehensively Promoting the Key Work of Rural Revitalization in 2022" (No.
1 Document of the Central Committee in 2022) was officially released
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This is the 19th Central No.
1 document to guide the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" since the 21st century
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The full text has 35 measures in 8 parts
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The document emphasizes that the two bottom lines of ensuring national food security and preventing large-scale return to poverty must be firmly adhered to, and efforts should be made to ensure food production and the supply of important agricultural products, and to ensure the production and storage of chemical fertilizers and other agricultural materials
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Li Zhijian, vice president of the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Planning Institute, told reporters, "This year's Central Document No.
1 has raised the importance of food security to a new height, and emphasized the stable price and supply of fertilizers
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It is understood that last year, the National Development and Reform Commission issued consecutive documents from Various measures have been taken to stabilize the price and supply of chemical fertilizers, which shows its role as a 'ballast stone' to ensure food security
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However, last year, chemical fertilizers were listed in many high-energy-consumption projects.
'The policy was forced to shut down for a few months
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Li Zhijian also mentioned that under the combined effect of multiple factors, food security may be threatened this year
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On the one hand, the recent weather is unusually cold, which will affect the growth of wheat seedlings
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On the other hand, the global epidemic has caused a decrease in the international grain planting area, and the international grain supply is quite tight
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Coupled with the political turmoil in foreign countries and the shortage of energy supply, the international fertilizer supply is insufficient, and the international urea price as high as 1,000 US dollars / ton also affects the enthusiasm of farmers to use fertilizer
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Therefore, the expectation of food supply this year is not good, and the supply will be tight
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This is also an important reason why the document emphasizes the need to "do a good job in the production and storage of chemical fertilizers and other agricultural materials, and promote the maintenance of supply and stable prices"
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The words "continuous reduction in the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides" and "continuously promoting the reduction and efficiency of chemical fertilizers and pesticides" that appeared in the No.
1 document of the Central Committee in 2021 have been replaced by "do a good job in the production, storage and transportation of chemical fertilizers and other agricultural materials in this year's No.
1 document.
Promoting supply and price stability” instead
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In this regard, Gu Zongqin, chairman of the China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association, said that the central government attaches great importance to agriculture, and the No.
1 document every year talks about agricultural issues
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This year, there is no mention of reducing the amount of chemical fertilizers.
The main reason is that since the second half of last year, the nitrogen fertilizer market has been "tightly balanced", and the price has reached a record high.
The country has taken timely measures to control coal prices
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"But there are still many problems in the current nitrogen fertilizer 'guaranteeing supply and stable price'
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" Gu Zongqin said
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First, coal prices are still at a high level, and the ex-factory price of bituminous coal is 1100-1200 yuan/ton
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The price of natural gas has also reached a historically high level.
The price inside the index is 2.
25 yuan/cubic meter, and the price outside the index is about 5.
3 yuan/cubic meter, which has already made it unbearable for enterprises.
Second, the current climate in the south is gloomy and cold, and civil gas is increasing.
Gastou nitrogen fertilizer enterprises have stopped production; third, in response to the fact that there are many smog and haze weather in winter, some coaltou enterprises have reduced or stopped production
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The above factors have led to the recent low daily output of urea in the country
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"The next step in the nitrogen fertilizer industry is to ensure the supply and price of nitrogen fertilizer as the top priority, and provide more material guarantees for agricultural and food security
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We must also actively apply to relevant government departments to coordinate sufficient supply and reasonable prices of coal and natural gas, and The government is requested to provide enterprises with sufficient energy consumption indicators and environmental protection emission indicators, etc.
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Nitrogen fertilizer enterprises should also do everything possible to improve the utilization rate of production capacity, make good use of external resources, and make good use of the 'window period'.
Use full power to produce fertilizers
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" Gu Zongqin emphasized
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