Date: October, 2005
Abstract: The fertilizer industry in the EU-15 has gone through a process of restructuring and modernization, forced by decreasing demand, ensuing overcapacity and strict environmental regulations. It is time for the industry to set new strategies to face the challenge of ongoing shrinking demand in the EU and the impact the decoupling and the Single Farm Payment will have on fertilizer usage because of implementation of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP 1).The players in the new member states (EU-1...
Research Type: Industry Note