Urea Production and Market in the CIS

Carbamide (urea) is a bulk chemical product mainly used as a nitrgoen fertiliser. Global production is estimated at more than 160m tonnes CO(NH₂)_2. About 90% of the production find application in agriculture. In addition, it is widely used for the synthesis of melamine, urea formaldehyde and urea melamine formaldehyde resins, purification of flue gases from nitrogen oxides of heat power stations, boiler plants, waste incineration power plants, internal combustion engines, etc. At the present time, total CIS urea capacity amounts to 13.9m tonnes per year and utilisation rate is 85–90%. Find out more about urea production in the world's market from our article.

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