Fertilizer anti-caking agents have broad application space, and functional compounding and greening are important upgrade directions.

Fertilizer anti-caking agent is a type of fertilizer additive that can prevent fertilizers from clumping, moisture absorption, and powdering. Fertilizer anti-caking agents can be divided into two categories: organic anti-caking agents and inorganic anti-caking agents. Organic anti-caking agents are mainly polymers and surfactants, and inorganic anti-caking agents are mainly inorganic salts and inert materials. Fertilizer anti-caking agents are one of the longest-used and most widely used fertilizer additives. In recent years, with the development of my country’s fertilizer industry, the market demand for fertilizer anti-caking agents has gradually been released.

There are many factors that affect the caking of chemical fertilizers, including storage time, air humidity, temperature, storage pressure, etc. Caking is a common problem with chemical fertilizers, including ammonium sulfate, compound fertilizer, ammonium phosphate, urea and other chemical fertilizers that are prone to clumping. Caking fertilizers is not conducive to mechanized fertilization and will also affect fertilizer efficiency. The use of chemical fertilizer anti-caking agents can effectively solve many problems caused by chemical fertilizer caking. In the context of the upgrading of the chemical fertilizer industry structure, the application prospects of chemical fertilizer anti-caking agents are broad.

According to the “2023-2028 my country Fertilizer Anti-caking Agent Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center , China’s fertilizer anti-caking agent industry started late. In the early days, domestic enterprises had small production scale and relatively backward technology, so their competitiveness was weak. After entering the 21st century, thanks to technological breakthroughs, my country has gradually realized the domestic production of fertilizer anti-caking agents, and the gap between the performance of domestic fertilizer anti-caking agents and the international advanced level has gradually narrowed.

my country is a major agricultural country, with chemical fertilizer consumption and production ranking among the top in the world. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2021, my country’s chemical fertilizer output will be 54.46 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 502,000 tons. At present, my country’s fertilizer industry is in a critical era of structural transformation. Reducing quantity, increasing efficiency, and improving quality have become the main theme of industry development. Fertilizer anti-caking agents directly affect the performance of chemical fertilizers. Against this background, the demand for fertilizer anti-caking agents will continue to be released.

Fertilizer anti-caking agents can be divided into powdered anti-caking agents, oily anti-caking agents, water-based anti-caking agents, etc. During the production and use process, powdery anti-caking agents and oily anti-caking agents will produce floating oil and dust, which will cause environmental pollution. As environmental protection requirements become increasingly stringent, the market for water-based anti-caking agents has good development prospects. In terms of development trends, in order to meet multi-faceted market demands, fertilizer anti-caking agents are being upgraded in the direction of functional compounding, environmental protection, and high efficiency.

Industry analysts said that fertilizer anti-caking agents can improve the utilization rate of fertilizers, which is in line with the development of the fertilizer industry in terms of quantity reduction, efficiency improvement, and quality improvement. According to the trend, my country’s chemical fertilizer industry is huge and the fertilizer anti-caking agent market has broad development space. There are many types of fertilizer anti-caking agents. As market consumption upgrades and environmental protection supervision becomes increasingly strict, traditional fertilizer anti-caking agents will be gradually eliminated. The application prospects of green, efficient and multi-functional fertilizer anti-caking agents are broader.