<Anchor> In order for



the urea number problem to be resolved quickly, China will eventually have to loosen the urea export control measures, and there are many prospects that it will not be easy for the time being. A Chinese media outlet also reported that this incident was the result of South Korea's own initiative.



Correspondent Kim Ji-sung from Beijing brought this information.



<Reporter> This



is the data released by the China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association.



The nationwide urea factory utilization rate was 56.91%, down more than 11 percentage points from last year.



The main reasons are the rise in the price of coal, the raw material for urea, and the increase in production costs due to the lack of electricity.



[Tang Ke/Director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China: The price of fertilizer raw materials such as coal, natural gas, and sulfur has risen significantly. It has more than doubled compared to the same period last year.] The



Chinese fertilizer specialized media reported that the chemical fertilizer export inspection method will continue for a relatively long time to stabilize the Chinese domestic market.



Earlier, from the middle of last month, the Chinese authorities required that elements that were exported without separate quarantine or inspection must go through quarantine.



There is also a forecast that domestic supply and demand in China will be stable until early next year, when China's wheat farming and coal heating are finished.



[Changpyo Hong / Head of KOTRA’s China Headquarters: (In China) 19 trade centers are mobilized to actively search for companies that can export urea and urea water as much as possible.]



China's foreign ministry said it was actively negotiating with South Korea, saying that the urea export controls were not aimed at a specific country, but an Internet media operated by China's state-run broadcasting reported that "Korea's self-sufficiency without accumulating strategic resources."



In China, there is even talk of using the resource crisis originating from China, such as urea water and magnesium, as a lever to raise China's status.



(Video coverage: Duk-Hyun Choi, Video editing: Seung-Hee Lee, CG: Soo-Hyun Shim)  



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